Today aerospace forces are providing critical contributions to the national military strategy. Providing collective security in a truly fragmented world where the location of the next troublespot is uncertain, plays directly to the strengths of aerospace forces. The ability of aerospace forces to monitor activities and potential hotspots anywhere in the world and then respond to those hotspots within a matter of hours is a principle key to U.S. security.
Aerospace forces contribute to forward presence, deterrence, and crisis response.
Beyond this, aerospace forces provide us with rapid responses to build influence and extend a helping hand anywhere in the world. The ability to display presence also promotes national influence as well. And provides access, builds regional coalitions and collective security, promotes stability, deters aggression, and provides initial crisis-response capabilities. Aerospace forces' ability to concentrate rapidly in a very responsive manner over a great distance is a key attribute of aerospace power . Aerospace power is an indivisible concept.