Air Force strategy study 2020-2030
By: John A. Schaud
Contributors: Air University (U.S.)
Publisher: Air University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala
Language: eng
Number of pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9781585662104
Subjects: Military planning; Forecasting; National security; United States. Air Force; Strategic planning; United States; Operational readiness
Description: "In November 2009, Gen Norton A. Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, tasked the Air Force Research Institute (AFRI) to answer the following question: What critical capabilities--implemented by the combatant commanders--will the nation require of the Air Force by 2030? The AFRI team identified the nation's vital interests: commerce; secure energy supplies; freedom of action at sea, in space, in cyberspace, and in the skies; nuclear deterrence; and regional stability. The team analyzed four future world scenarios--a peer competitor, resurgent power, failed state, and jihadist insurgency--in relation to the nation's vital interests and the 12 Air Force core functions. The resulting analysis led to a synthesis of the core functions into five critical capabilities designed to meet the Air Force's strategic challenges in 2030: power projection; freedom of action in air, space, and cyberspace; global situational awareness; air diplomacy; and military support to civil authorities."--Publisher's description.
Notes: "January 2011."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also available via the Internet.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Air force capabilities; title: Recommendations; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix.