Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from the air date back to the use of balloons to observe the adversary during the French Revolution. In today's knowledge-based environment, we observe and analyze the meaning and impact of a wide variety of events and convey useful, timely intelligence on our adversaries' capabilities and intentions to decision-makers. However, in this "Age of Information" we've expanded our ISR capabilities to operate from and through air, space and cyberspace to achieve desired effects across the range of military operations in contested and denied environments...
Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance from the air date back to the use of balloons to observe the adversary during the French Revolution. In ...
This document establishes doctrinal guidance for the employment of Air Force special operations forces across the range of military operations. As the Air Force's keystone document on special operations, AFDD 2-7 provides commanders guidance on organizing AFSOF, and planning and executing Air Force special operations missions.
This document establishes doctrinal guidance for the employment of Air Force special operations forces across the range of military operations. As the...
The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally designed as a medium-range fighter-bomber, the versatile aircraft proved its meddle as a strategic bomber, tactical strike aircraft, and reconnaissance platform. When it debuted in 1964, the F-111 ushered in a new era. Equipped with variable-geometry wings, afterburning turbofan engines, and terrain-following radar, the high-tech F-111 was truly groundbreaking. Originally printed by General Dynamics and the United States Air Force in the 1960s,...
The F-111 Aardvark flew 4000 combat missions during the Vietnam War, struck Libya in 1986, and saw action during Operation Desert Storm. Originally de...
The United States seems trapped in the policy paradox of desiring continued nuclear arms reductions while recognizing the current reality of needing to maintain a robust nuclear arms deterrent. How far can the United States decrease its nuclear weapons stockpile and still maintain the required effective deterrent? How many nuclear weapons are enough? In the future, only through nuclear coalition operations can the United States continue to meet its national security commitments at minimum deterrence levels. A proposed Trilateral Force is a viable means of maintaining a Nuclear Triad capable...
The United States seems trapped in the policy paradox of desiring continued nuclear arms reductions while recognizing the current reality of needing t...
As long as nuclear weapons exist, the United States will maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal, both to deter potential adversaries and to assure US allies and other security partners.1 The 2010 Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) provides clear guidance for Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) to provide forces for nuclear deterrence and global strike operations. This AFGSC Strategic Master Plan (SMP) details the future strategic environment, future challenges, command vision, values and priorities. Our vision and priorities underpin our values: responsibility, self-assessment,...
As long as nuclear weapons exist, the United States will maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal, both to deter potential adversaries and to as...
The well-intentioned author of the article "The Killing Ma-chines," which appeared in the Atlantic last year, offers a lengthy description of a Hellfire missile strike by a remotely piloted aircraft (RPA). The story's protagonist, a "19-year-old American soldier" who entered Air Force basic military training straight out of high school, became an MQ-1 Predator crew member upon graduation. Reportedly, on his very first mission at the controls, the "young pilot" observed a troops-in-contact situation on the ground. The "colonel, watching over his shoulder, said, 'They're pinned down pretty...
The well-intentioned author of the article "The Killing Ma-chines," which appeared in the Atlantic last year, offers a lengthy description of a Hellfi...
America's Airmen and Air Force capabilities play a foundational role in how our military fights and wins wars. The Air Force's agile response to national missions - in the time, place, and means of our choosing - gives our Nation an indispensable and unique advantage that we must retain as we plan for an uncertain future. Whether responding to a national security threat or a humanitarian crisis, your Air Force provides the responsive global capabilities necessary for the joint force to operate successfully. It takes the combined efforts of all of our military Services and the whole of...
America's Airmen and Air Force capabilities play a foundational role in how our military fights and wins wars. The Air Force's agile response to natio...
