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USAF CONOPS & AIR AND

SPACE POWER REVIEW

Chap 23 & 24

SAMPLES OF BEHAVIOR

- 7. State the USAF CONOPS (Concepts of Operations)

- 8. Summarize the US national lessons learned from the GWOT

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• USAF strategic planners must develop new concepts of deterrence to counter a wide range of non-traditional adversaries and asymmetric threats

• New technologies are now widely available to potential adversaries

• USAF is first line of homeland defense• USAF should continue to refine its expeditionary

culture and strategic agility

USAF GWOT Lessons Learned

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• Joint, allied, and coalition operations require precise real-time command and control

• USAF must achieve decision cycle dominance to strike adversaries before they can mount an effective defense

• Demand for precision in warfare will increase

• USAF will require robust, effects-based information operations capabilities that can deny, manipulate, or significantly degrade adversary C4ISR

USAF GWOT Lessons Learned

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“Our goal is to make war-fighting effects, and the capabilities we need to achieve them, the drivers for everything we do. The centerpiece of this effort is the development of new Task Force CONOPS that will guide our planning and programming, requirements reform, and acquisition.”

USAF CONOPS

Gen John P. JumperCSAF, 2001 - 2005

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• Homeland Security CONOPS• Space and Command, Control, Communications,

Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) CONOPS

• Global Mobility CONOPS • Global Strike CONOPS • Global Persistent Attack CONOPS • Nuclear Response CONOPS

USAF CONOPS

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• Wars in the twenty-first century will increasingly require use of all elements of national power

• Ability of forces to communicate and operate seamlessly on the battlefield will be critical to success in future wars

• Wars best fought by coalitions of the willing, but should not be fought by committee.

• Defending the United States requires prevention and sometimes preemption

US National Lessons Learned from GWOT

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• The US must rule out nothing in advance• Victory in the GWOT requires steady pressure on the enemy, leaving

them no time to rest and nowhere to hide• The new and the high-tech have not totally replaced the old and

conventional

US National Lessons Learned from GWOT

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• The US must link military operations directly with humanitarian assistance, radio broadcasts, rewards, and other efforts

• American leaders must be honest with the American people

US National Lessons Learned from GWOT

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The United States must not make the mistake of believing that terrorism is the only threat of the twenty-first century. Terrorism is a deadly asymmetric threat but not the only possible one.

US National Lessons Learned from GWOT

Chinese Forces on parade India – Pakistan dispute

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SummaryExpeditionary

Medal

ServiceMedal

Highly recommended reading for all USAF officers and a CSAF reading selection: The Crisis of Islam

• The Global War on Terror• Background• Launching a War on Terrorism

• The Military Campaign• Operation ENDURING

FREEDOM• OEF Emerging Lessons

Learned

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Summary

• Operation IRAQI FREEDOM• Background• The Military Campaign• Emerging Lessons Learned

• USAF GWOT Lessons Learned• USAF CONOPS• US National Lessons Learned• CFD Review

ExpeditionaryMedal

ServiceMedal

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• Final thoughts for you as future leaders of the USAF• The GWOT is still very much a current event and a conflict we must win

• How long will it take? • How vigilant do we need to be?

• Are you ready?

Final Thoughts

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• Next Week, Final Exam (19/21 April)

• Multiple choice, True/False

• 25 Questions (4 pts each)

Next Week