Headquarters U.S. Air Force I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e New Defense Strategy s Impact on AF Strategic Planning Mr Jim Brooks, SES, DAF Deputy Director AF Strategic Planning 7 Feb 2012
Bottom Line Strategy Planning Programming Resources Tough, unclear fiscal and security environment We still have and will have the world s best Air Force Airmen and citizen partners are key to shaping and articulating the future...the Air Force has made the hard choices to support the new strategic guidance. And we will be a smaller but superb force that maintains our agility, our flexibility and readiness to engage a full range of contingencies and threats. -General Norton Schwartz, Air Force Chief of Staff I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 2
Inflection Points Grand Strategy Containment and Collective Security Regional Operations and Stability Defeat Violent Extremism Full Spectrum Rebalancing? Agile, Flexible, Rapidly Deployable Strategic Deterrence Air Space Control Power Projection Global Reach Global Power Overseas Contingency Operations Enduring Capabilities Rebalance Global Posture, Asia Pacific Middle East Global Vigilance Air Force Strategy Global Reach Global Power Maintain presence elsewhere, Build Partnerships, Strengthen Alliances Confront and Defeat Aggression Focus Areas Strategic Deterrence Precision Strike Irregular Warfare Nuclear Deterrence ISR Building Partnerships A2AD Combat Forces Preferred Munitions Space and Cyber Project and Prioritize key investments and to rapidly mobilize Cold War Post Cold War New Millennium Right Sized Lift The Future I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 3
New DoD Strategy Defend the Homeland & Provide Support to Civil Authorities Operate Effectively In Cyber & Space Counter Weapons Of Mass Destruction Counter-Terrorism & Irregular Warfare Joint Force Project Power Despite A2/AD Challenges Conduct Stability & Counterinsurgency Ops Maintain a Safe, Secure, & Effective Nuclear Deterrent Conduct Humanitarian, Disaster Relief, & Other Operations Deter & Defeat Aggression Provide a Stabilizing Presence 4
New DoD Strategy Defend the Homeland & Provide Support to Civil Authorities Operate Effectively In Cyber & Space Counter Weapons Of Mass Destruction Counter-Terrorism & Irregular Warfare Joint Force Project Power Despite A2/AD Challenges Conduct Stability & Counterinsurgency Ops Maintain a Safe, Secure, & Effective Nuclear Deterrent Conduct Humanitarian, Disaster Relief, & Other Operations Deter & Defeat Aggression Provide a Stabilizing Presence 5
U S A F R E S O U R C E S Agile Combat Support Global Vigilance Global Reach Global Power Joint Force Missions Counter Terrorism Irregular Warfare Deter & Defeat Aggression Effective Nuclear Deterrent Homeland Defense & Civil Support Project Power Despite A2/AD Challenges Counter WMD Effective Cyber & Space Operations Provide Stabilizing Presence Counterinsurgency Operations Humanitarian, Disaster Relief, & other Operations 6
Air Force Role in DoD Strategy The Air Force provides enduring contributions across all domains: Air and Space Control Global Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Rapid Global Mobility Global Strike Command and Control of Air, Space, and Cyberspace Systems We are making deliberate strategic choices about the key programs and capabilities that need to go forward so that we still have the finest military in the world 10 years from now. Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force 7
Implications for Special Operations AF underpins special operations throughout the SOF domain and missions Specialized air mobility Precision strike Battlefield air operations ISR Agile Combat Support Command and Control Aviation FID Info Ops/Military Info Support Operations Deployed forward Among the people Covert Small footprint Self-reliant Fast acting Precise Kill Chain 8
Your Air Force Our Air Force will be smaller but fully capable Getting much smaller would require us to re-look assumptions Our Air Force has changed dramatically since Desert Storm Tested hard: strike, CAS, ISR, space, cyber, battlefield airmen, regional competency Active, Guard, and Reserve all integrally involved in two decades of combat enduring approach Unmanned platforms are part of our DNA and still evolving DoD Budget Authority Our Air Force will remain fundamental to the nation s power intellectually, industrially, militarily Our Air Force will protect readiness at any force level and strengthen our integration across the Total Air Force Budget Authority America is an aerospace nation and its Air Force will remain the world s best through its innovation and adaptability I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 9
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