1 Air and Space Air and Space Power Power Review Review
Dec 21, 2015
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Air and Space PowerAir and Space Power
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OverviewOverview
Air and Space Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Air and Space Power Future
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Air and Space TriviaAir and Space Trivia
ARE YOU READY
TO PLAY?
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Three components of air and Three components of air and space power?space power?
Integrated application, Air and Space systems, project global
military power
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Fundamental truths that apply to Fundamental truths that apply to the air and space environment?the air and space environment?
Tenets
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Examples of which function?Examples of which function?
Counterair
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Developing Airmen is an example Developing Airmen is an example of what?of what?
An Air Force Core Competency
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The Only Five Star General The Air The Only Five Star General The Air Force Has Had?Force Has Had?
HENRY “HAP” ARNOLD
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Technology influences what Technology influences what important concept of air and important concept of air and
space Power?space Power?
Doctrine
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Who Launched B-25s off an Aircraft Who Launched B-25s off an Aircraft Carrier During WWII Against the Carrier During WWII Against the
Japanese?Japanese?
JIMMY DOOLITTLE
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Lesson learned by the Army Air Lesson learned by the Army Air Corps in North Africa during WW II?Corps in North Africa during WW II?
Centralized Control and Decentralized Execution
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Sound barrier broken by Chuck Sound barrier broken by Chuck Yeager in which plane?Yeager in which plane?
Bell XS-1 – “Glamorous Glennis”
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Which Act Made The Air Force a Which Act Made The Air Force a Separate Service?Separate Service?
NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF 1947
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ACTS was first established at ACTS was first established at which AF base?which AF base?
Langley AFB VA
(later moved to
Maxwell AFB AL)
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Air Operation in Vietnam With Clear Air Operation in Vietnam With Clear Objectives, the Most Concentrated of the Objectives, the Most Concentrated of the War, and Brought the N. Vietnamese Back War, and Brought the N. Vietnamese Back
to the Peace Talks?to the Peace Talks?
LINEBACKER II
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Match The Aircraft With Its Match The Aircraft With Its NicknameNickname
B-2 - SPIRIT
F-117 - NIGHTHAWK
F-106 - DELTA DART
C-130 - HERCULES
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CompetenciesCompetencies
Core competencies represent the combination of professional knowledge,
airpower expertise, and technological know-how that the Air Force brings to any
activity across the range of military operations (AFDD 1, p 27)
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CompetenciesCompetencies
Developing Airmen
Technology-to-warfighting
Integrating Operations
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FunctionsFunctions
Functions are broad, fundamental and continuing activities of Aerospace Power - not necessarily unique to the Air Force
(AFDD 1, p 45)
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FunctionsFunctions
Counterair Counterspace Countersea Counterland Strategic attack Airlift Air Refueling Spacelift Intelligence Counterinformation Surveillance Reconnaissance Special Operations Combat Search &
Res Nav & Positioning Weather Service Command and Control
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DoctrineDoctrine
Air and space doctrine is a statement of officially sanctioned beliefs and warfighting principles that describe and guide the proper use of Air and Space forces in military operations
(AFDD 1, p 1)
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Current DoctrineCurrent Doctrine
Our current doctrine (belief in the best way to employ aerospace power) is to possess the capability (deterrence) to strategically strike the enemy’s center’s of gravity with precision and impact, at any time, anywhere in the world, thus limiting further escalation of the conflict.
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VideoVideo
Tenets Of Air and Space Power
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SummarySummary
Air and Space Power Core Competencies Functions Doctrine Tenets of Air and Space Power Future
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FutureFuture
What Capabilities Will The Air Force Have In 2025?Stealth Bases
Separate Space Force
Bases on the Moon
Directed Energy Weapons
Human-Machine Interaction
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Will we still be the Air Will we still be the Air Force?Force?
or will we be known as theor will we be known as the
The United States Space and Air Force