Communications

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Communications Transformation Shaping Tomorrows
Air and Space Power
Colonel Vincent Valdespino HQ PACAF/A6
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PACAF Mission
PACIFIC COMMAND Mission Promote security and
peaceful development in the Asia-Pacific region
by deterring aggression, advancing regional
security cooperation, responding to crises, and
fighting to win.
USAF Mission Deliver sovereign options for the
defense of the United States of America and its
global interests -- to fly and fight in Air,
Space, and Cyberspace.
PACAF MISSION Provide Pacific Command integrated
Expeditionary Air Force capabilities to defend
the Homeland, promote stability, dissuade/deter
aggression, and swiftly defeat enemies.
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TransformationOverview
1-Innovative Concepts - AF CONOPS -
Drives capabilities-based planning
programming
AF 2025 Transformed Future Force
2-Organizational Change - AEFs - Future
Total Force - Warfighting HQs
3-Transformed Capability - Stealth -
Precision strike - Net Centric Operations
- Directed energy - etc...
4-Mixing Old with New - Close Air Support
w/heavy bombers - Special Ops

• Global Military Leverage
• Control Air and Space
• Exploit the Medium
• Joint Enabling
• Smaller/More Capable

5-Recap/Modernize Force - F/A-22, F-35, C-17
- Global Hawk, Predator UAVs - Divest
legacy
6-People Are the Key
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Transformation1) Planning Programming
Where and how much do you invest?
?
?
Today
Tomorrow
Budget Deficits GWOT Iraqi Stabilization Homeland
Security Finding Saddam bin Laden
Transformation Asymmetric Advantages Technological
Lead Future Threats Looming Budget Decline
Foundation of Air Force
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Transformation2) Organizational Change
SAC/MAC/TAC Reorganized Into ACC AMC To Meet
New Strategic Environment
1998 Air Space Expeditionary Force (AEF)
concept unveiled
TODAY Future Total Force (FTF) And Warfighting
HQs
Tactical and Strategic" define effects, not
platforms
2005

1990
2000
1980
1998 Expeditionary Structure Shift
1992 Functional Organization Shift
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Transforming Capabilities3) Net Centric
Operations

• NCO exploits robust networked C4ISR and
  effective info ops to achieve
• Effects based ops
• Decision superiority
• Distributed operations

Dramatically increased lethality, survivability,
awareness, mobility, and responsiveness
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AFNETOPS Today

• No M2M reporting from NOSC AFNOSC --
  Manual, labor intensive, error prone, slow
• Lack standardization between NOSCs
• No NOSC COOP capability

• Every base an Internet entry point
• -- 100 points to breach net security
• Each base does perimeter defense
• Many single points of failure

AFNOSC
MAJCOM NOSC
MAJCOM NOSC
MAJCOM NOSC
MAJCOM NOSC
COCOM NOSC-D
NCCs
NCCs
NCCs
NCCs

• Limited and dissimilar M2M between NCC and
  NOSC today

NCC-Ds
AFNETOPS/CC Situational Awareness by manual input
from Base/MAJCOMnon-standard, complex, slow,
resource-intensive
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AFNETOPS Tomorrow

• Gateways provide
• -- Fast, robust perimeter defense
• -- Fewer Internet entry points for intruders
• -- Improved focus on insider threat

• M2M control reportingAFNOSC to base
• - Increased survivabilityrobust mesh net
• Increased securitystrong configuration control
• Fast, proactive problem ID and resolution

AFNOSC
Gateways
I-NOSC
I-NOSC
Gateways
Gateways
Gateways
Gateways
NCCs
NCCs
NCCs
NCCs
Hierarchical, standard, automated control
statusat all levels
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New AFNETOPS Structure
COCOM
AFNETOPS/ CC
Enterprise DAA
Strategic
C2/Situational Awareness
Net Defense Net Management
Operational
Enterprise Core Services
Data Warehousing/ Storage Remotely managed by ESU
Tactical
Touch-maintenance Last 400
Functional Systems
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New AFNETOPS Structure
COCOM
Strategic
AFNETOPS/ CC
Enterprise DAA
C2/Situational Awareness
MCCC
ACCC
MAJCOM Mission Systems - Ex GATES
COCOM/AFFOR Support/Mission Systems
Net Defense Net Management
Operational
Enterprise Core Services
Tactical
Data Warehousing/ Storage Remotely managed by ESU
Touch-maintenance Last 400
Functional Systems
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New AFNETOPS Structure
COCOM

• Ultimate goal of this transformation is Ops
  Effectiveness
• New AFNETOPS construct allows end-to-end SA, C2
• Efficiencies and cost-savings will come in time

AFNETOPS/ CC
Enterprise DAA
Strategic
C2/Situational Awareness
Net Defense Net Management
Operational
Enterprise Core Services
Data Warehousing/ Storage Remotely managed by ESU
Tactical
Touch-maintenance Last 400
Functional Systems
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Transformation 4) Mixing old w/New

• New Capability for Legacy Platforms
• Close Air Support w/heavy bombers
• Special Operations

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Transformation5) Modernize the Force

• Smaller Force...
• 25 Fewer Fighters
• Divest less capable fighters to help fund
  recapitalization

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Transformation 6) People are the Key

• Transformation begins and ends with people
• This is where our people come in the future
  doesnt depend on those nearing the culmination
  of their careers
• it depends on those ingenious warriors daring
  to make a difference

It is still our people who win the Nations Wars