Transcript Integrity…Service… - Center for Strategic and International Studies

The Future of the
U.S. Air Force
Center for Strategic and
International Studies
General Mark Welsh, CSAF
Mustache March
Five Core Missions
1) Air & Space Superiority
2) Intelligence, Surveillance
and Reconnaissance (ISR)
3) Rapid Global Mobility
4) Global Strike
5) Command & Control
In & through:
Air, Space, and Cyberspace
“Enablers”
ISR
Airlift
PNT
Nuke
AS/SS
One Air Force
 Efficiency vs Capability
 Active/Reserve force
structure ratios & DST
 Deploy-to-dwell goals
 Test the concept
 Personnel integration
 Exploit the strengths
AF Vision
GV-GR-GP
Air Force 2023
AIR FORCE 2023
A RESOURCE STRATEGY
The Missing Link…
AIR FORCE STRATEGY
2014
Guiding Concepts
Next…
GR—GP
Strategic
& Bombardment
Parallel
Warfare
Counter-Terrorism
&&COIN
Global
Vigilance,
Nuclear
Deterrence
Reach,
Power
AirLand
Battle
Guiding Concepts
AIR FORCE STRATEGY
2014
Strategic Agility
Strategic Planning
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30 Year Look
Strategic Environment
Threat Assessment
Strategic Priorities
Lines of Operation
S&T Priorities
“Call to the Future!”
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Updated every 4 Years
Air Force Strategy
Strategic Planning
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20 Year Look
Single AF Master Plan
Current/Emerging Prgms
Fiscally Informed
Strategic Off-Ramps
Potential Pivot Points
“Flights Plans”
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Updated every 2 Years
Air Force Strategy
Master Plan
Strategic Planning
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10 Year Look
Resources Strategy
Balanced
Cross-Portfolio Trades
Integrated Planning Force
First 5 years = POM
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Updated Annually
Air Force Strategy
Master Plan
AF 2023
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