Organizational structures should be designed to exploit air power's unique strengths, while mitigating its limitations. Success in war demands an organizational structure in peace which effectively integrates personnel policies, operational and logistical concepts, and equipment procurement decisions. The following organizational factors must be borne in mind when planning, in peacetime, for the unexpected events that war will inevitably bring. Successful aerospace operations depend on unity of command to integrate efforts and to achieve the control needed to achieve military objectives. This must be built into an air force through the structure of the peacetime organization.
Unity of command requires a clear statement of command arrangements and responsibilities.
There must be a single commander at each level of command, and each must know what is expected of his command. Guidance should be precise at each echelon, while leaving each commander enough latitude to maintain the initiative and ensure the integrity of his command. Command structures are developed in peacetime to ensure the effective employment of aerospace forces in war or emergency situations. These structures are exercised in peacetime to ensure smooth and efficient transitions to crisis situations. To function effectively in war, organizations, procedures and communications networks must be exercised regularly in formal simulated combat and line exercises.