United States Air Force: Air Doctrine

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United States Air Force Air Doctrine Provide
Global Capability

• Objective
• Know how the United States Air Force is
  structured in terms of missions and roles
• Describe the characteristics, objectives and
  aircraft used to provide the United States Air
  Force a global attack capability

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United States Air Force Air Doctrine Provide
Global Capability

• Joint Task List Review - Global Attack Capability
• Strategic vs. Tactical
• Strategic Attack Capabilities
• Effects Based Operations
• Counter Land Capabilities
• Counter Sea Capabilities
• Special Forces Capabilities

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Joint Task List
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Strategic vs. Tactical

• Strategic def relating to the creation of
  strategy
• Strategic Plan
• Usually sequentially driven
• While this strategic plan development applies to
  military operations as well, in terms of
  capabilities the term Strategic is used to
  describe the overall effect of a specific
  operation.
• To help simplify this definition, lets look at
  sports

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Strategic vs. Tactical
Tactical

• Remember, its about the effect
• The difficult part in comparing strategic vs.
  tactical effects is that sometimes a tactical
  event can have strategic consequences

Effects Based Operations
Strategic
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Global Capability Strategic Attack
Strategic Attack is defined as military action
carried out against an enemys Center of Gravity
(COG) or other vital target sets, including
command elements, war-production assets, and key
supporting infrastructure
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Global Capability Counter Land
Counter Land Operations Counter Land involves
those operations conducted to attain and maintain
a desired degree of superiority over surface
operations by the destruction or neutralization
of enemy surface forces.
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Global Capability Counter Land

• Counter Land Operations Includes two subgroups
• Air Interdiction operations destroys, disrupts,
  diverts, or delays the enemys surface military
  potential before it can be used effectively
  against friendly forces.
• Close Air Support is the use of aerospace assets
  to directly support the ground force.

Air Interdiction
Close Air Support
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Global Capability Counter Sea
Counter Sea Operations are a collateral function
that extends the application of Air Force power
into the maritime environment. Specific Counter
Sea missions include surface warfare (anti-ship),
undersea warfare (anti-submarine), sea
surveillance, and aerial mine-laying.
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Global Capability Special Operations
Special Operations employment is the use of
special operations airpower, to conduct the
following primary missions unconventional
warfare, direct action, special reconnaissance,
combating terrorism, foreign internal defense,
psychological operations (PSYOP), civil affairs,
information operations, and counter proliferation
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United States Air Force Air Doctrine Provide
Global Capability

• Objective
• Know how the United States Air Force is
  structured in terms of missions and roles
• Describe the characteristics, objectives and
  aircraft used to provide the United States Air
  Force a global attack capability