Your Air Force'''Today and Tomorrow

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Your Air Force...Today and Tomorrow 2007 Air
Force IT Day
Lt Gen Michael Peterson Chief of Warfighting
Integration and Chief Information Officer
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We Face Serious Challenges

• Weve been at war since 1991
• September 11th shifted our focus to GWOT
• Budgetary constraints reduce our buying power

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The Air Force Mission
Deliver sovereign options for the defense of the
United States and its global interests to fly
and fight in air, space, and cyberspace
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Our Priorities are Clear

• Win the Global War on Terror...and Prepare for
  the Next War
• Develop and Care for Airmen and their Families
• Recapitalize and Modernize our Air, Space, and
  Cyberspace Systems

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Air Forces Role in GWOT

• 250 daily sorties
• 34,000 deployed Airmen
• 1,000 Airmen on convoys
• 1,100 air strikes over the last year
• 1,000 tons of cargo and 2,500 passengers
  airlifted daily

Combat
ISR
Space
Air EVACs
Convoys
Homeland Security
Special Ops
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Coalition InterdependenceCENTAF Air Power
Summary 11/23/07
Supporting Coalition forces in Iraq and
Afghanistan...

• USAF MQ-9, A-10s, B-1Bs, F-15/16s
• USN F/A-18Cs
• RAF Harrier GR-7s
• French Mirage 2000s
• C-130 Crews from Australia, Canada, Iraq, Japan,
  Korea

Meeting the demands of a global, coalition force
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Winning the GWOTMQ-9 Reaper

• Deployed in Afghanistan on 25 September
• Dropped first precision-guided munition on 7
  November
• Friendly forces were taking fire
• JTAC provided target data
• Pilot at Creech AFB released the weapon

The Reaper has flown 49 combat sorties since
September
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Winning the GWOTB-52 LITENING Pod Demonstration

• Airborne video uploaded from a B-52 LITENING pod
  to a communications network
• Homeland Security and battlefield applications
• 4-6 hours of loiter time

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Taking Care of AirmenPriority 2

• Total Force is our focus
• Leveraging Active, Guard and Reserve components
• Were transforming the way we train Airmen
• Extended Basic Military Training
• Expanded technical training schools
• Enhancing language and regional studies
• Were caring for the families of our Airmen
• Improving AF housing
• Strengthening deployment wellness programs
• Enhancing family support centers

Airmen are our most valuable assets
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Recapitalizing and ModernizingPriority 3

• We operate an aging fleet of aircraft and
  satellites
• Average aircraft age 24 years
• Average satellite age 8.7 years
• Our modernization goals
• Replace entire space portfolio in the next 10-15
  years
• Retire 953 aircraft over the next six years
• Acquire/modernize aircraft in all portfolios

Our Airmen need modern, reliable, and capable
tools
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Looking AheadTop 5 Acquisition Priorities

• KC-X Air Refueler
• CSAR-X Combat Search and Rescue
• Space Systems (TSAT, SBIRS, AEHF, Space Radar)
• F-35A Lightning II
• Next-Generation Long-Range Bomber

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The FutureFirmly Resolving Ourselves to Action

• Looking to a limitless horizon
• striving for greater capabilities
• Securing cyberspace
• increase our advantage
• Emphasizing innovation
• improving Joint warfighting
• improving processes
• pursing energy initiatives

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Questions