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The Air Force Association
The mission of AFA is to
promote a dominant US Air Force and a strong national defense
and to honor Airmen and our Air Force heritage
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America’s
Indispensable Instrument
Air Force is transforming, as it has in the past,
to meet the threats, challenges, and budget environment in order to
maintain a world-class air and space force
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Unmanaged Drawdown:
Sequestration
• Readiness
• Operations & Maintenance
• Research & Development
• Military Construction
• Force Structure
• Pay & Benefits
• Infrastructure
• And more coming…
2014 Will Be Far Worse If Nothing Is Done
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“An Air Force Second to None”
Air Force capabilities have been acquired over the course of its
history through foresight, intelligence, determination, and sacrifice
resulting in cutting-edge equipment in the hands of dedicated Airmen
Americans cannot take the Air Force and its contribution to national security
for granted…air and space power and superiority is not a birthright
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Air Force Missions & People
Rapid Global Mobility
Global Strike
Air & Space Superiority
Intelligence, Surveillance,
and Reconnaissance
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Command and Control
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Air Force Challenges
AFA believes Congress must end sequestration; strengthen Air Force air, space,
and cyber forces by investing adequate funds; and enact a BRAC to reduce
unnecessary infrastructure and pay for modernization
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Air Force Priorities
Strengthen the Nuclear Enterprise
Partner to Win Today’s Fights
Develop and Care for Airmen and Their Families
Modernization
Recapture Acquisition Excellence
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Strengthen the
Nuclear Enterprise
AFA urges support for improvement of our nuclear deterrent;
applauds commitments to extend the service life of ICBMs & bombers and to
produce a future long-range strike bomber
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Partner to Win
Today’s Fights
AFA supports partnering with other nations and key allies to extend presence
worldwide…training and technology available to allies is critical to partnering
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Develop and Care for
Airmen and Their Families
AFA believes cost increases in pay and benefits accounts need to be controlled
and selected actions may be appropriate to ensure they do not threaten to
constrict spending necessary for mission success
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Modernization
AFA urges support for funding to ensure new aircraft and weapons systems and
necessary upgrades to be ready well before current capabilities reach the end of
service lives to support Global Vigilance, Global Reach, Global Power needs
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Recapture
Acquisition Excellence
AFA supports the Air Force in its commitment to acquisition excellence to
provide better value to the taxpayers for national defense
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Industrial Base Crisis
AFA urges the Administration and Congress to work together to establish a
strategic plan to identify the most vital elements of a robust defense industrial
base and the steps, including funding, needed to maintain its strength
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Total Force:
More Important Than Ever
AFA highly values the citizen Airmen of the Guard and Reserve and
acknowledges that American airpower is more capable with their contribution
and AFA supports all reasonable initiatives to further improve the Total Force
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Education is the Foundation
AFA urges government, industry, and AFA’s peer organizations to increase this
focus on the future need for STEM professionals
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The Air Force Association
AFA firmly believes the nation must support the needs of our
Airmen and their families and provide the best equipment
possible to protect our nation.
We pledge to promote a dominant United States Air Force
and a strong national defense, demand respect for our
Airmen and our Air Force heritage, and help in any way to
provide for the common defense.
AFA: The Force Behind the Force
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