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This briefing is UNCLASSIFIED The USAF Today
Maj Gen Charles V. Ickes II Special Assistant to
theDeputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Plans
and Requirements
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The Mission of the USAF is to
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
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USAF in ActionWorldwide
209K support daily COCOM ops 41 of Active,
Guard, Reserve
Global Support 128,796 Strategic Mobility Forces
Space and Missile Forces Homeland
Defense National C4ISR Intelligence
Worldwide Deployed 34,734 Forward
Stationed 58,411
EUCOM 1,088
CENTCOM 25,713
PACOM 1,260
NORTHCOM 2,019
SOUTHCOM 468
USAF Total AD ANG
AFRC DAFC Assigned 685,007 334,265
105,732 73,119 171,891 Deployed 34,734
27,946 4,310 2,352 126
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USAF In Action Air and Space Ops
Operation NOBLE EAGLE
49,294 sorties
24 / 7 / 365 Global Operations -- Delivering
Space Effects Sovereign Options to Combatant
Commanders and the Nation
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CapabilitiesWe bring to any fight
UNCLASSIFIED
Worldwide vigilance ensuring our nations ability
to see first, understand first and act first
Ability to quickly move people and equipment
across the world, ensuring the right force,
anywhere, anytime
Global Reach
Persistence, precision, and survivability to
produce tactical, operational and strategic
effects
Ability to create, protect, and sustain air and
space forces across the range of military
operations
Success at all levels of warfare relies on
gaining and maintaining air, space and cyber
dominance
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Preparing for Non-Traditional Enemies
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Challenges in the Infospace

• Asymmetric attacks from peer-nation competitors
• Cyber-espionage
• Industrial espionage
• Cyber-terrorism
• Trans-national criminal organizations

Many Realms In Which Industry Can Continue to Help
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Integration of Air, Space, and Cyber PowerIT is
key player in the Mission
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Cyberspace Way Ahead

• Expanding access to/Utilization of bandwidth
• Transparency of Authoritative Data Systems
• Machine to Machine operations/data sharing/common
  architecture
• Data defense
• AF Cyber Command

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A3/5 Today
A3/5
A5X Operational Planning, Policy Strategy
A3O Operations
SES
A5R Operational Capability Reqts
SES


SES
SES
Global Security Strategy
Joint Integration
Capability Development
Capability Based Planning
Air Operations
Space Operations
Space Reqts
Strategic Plans Policy
SES
Cyber Operations
Weather Operations

• Highlights
• A3S ops move under A3O to create A3O-S/N
• Separate A3S process functions and rebalance
• / integrate A5X and A5R

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A3O
DIROPERATIONS A3O

• A3S operations move under A3O -
• create A3O-S/N

DIR WEATHER A3O-W
DIRAIR OPS A3O-A
DIRCYBER OPS A3O-C
DIR SPACE AND NUCLEAR OPS A3O-S
NUCLEAR WPNS COUNTER-PRO AGENCY
AFOG

• SPACE OPS
• RANGES
• SPACE
• CONTROL
• - C2
• A3O-SO

NUCLEAR OPS A3O-SN
AIRSPACE, RANGES AIRFIELD OPS A3O-AR
HOMELAND DEFENSE A3O-AH
NETWORK WARFARE OPS A3O-CN
POLICY PROCEDURES A3O-WP
INT, PLANS REQRMNTS A3O-WX
FORCE DVLPMNT TRAINING A3O-ST
SPECIAL OPS A3O-AS
TRAINING A3O-AT
INFLUENCE OPS A3O-CI
Weather Exploration A3O-WE
RESOURCES PROGRAMS A3O-WR
C2 BATTLE MNGT OPS A3O-AY
POLICY, DOCTRINE STRATEGY A3O-CP
BLUE Existing 13Ss
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New ANG units

• 7 ASOS
• 5 DCGS
• 2 Classified Msn
• 5 Predator/Reaper
• 1 Intel Training
• 4 Intel Production
• 1 C2 Space Ops
• 1 Space SF (Assoc.)
• 1 JSpOC
• 1 UAV (Assoc.)
• 3 F-22 (2 Assoc.)
• 1 C-17 (Assoc.)
• 1 B-2 (Assoc.)

• 3 Red Horse
• 6 WFHQ
• 2 AFFOR
• 4 NRO / IO
• 3 CIRF
• 2 C-21
• 2 LSC
• 2 CRG
• 8 AOC
• 1 HAO
• 1 FMS

KC-X ASA JCA (8)
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TFI Manpower investments
Mission Manpower Predator 1,591 WFHQ
1,564 ASOS 430 JCA/C-21
1,326 B-2 Assoc 477 DCGS
1,054 NRO/IO 120 C-17 Assoc
314 JSPOC 112 EOC
71 FMS 293 Subtotal 6,158
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Air-Space-Cyber- New Domain, New Challenges -

• Air, Space Cyber Require Professional Airmen
• Cross Domain Dominance
• 24/7/365 - Peace, Crisis, War
• Integrated, Interdependent
• Supported, Supporting
• Essential to Secure the Domain

• Develop the Airman as
• Warrior
• Leader
• Advocate
• Visionary

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Cyber Career ForceWork-To-Date

• CSAFs Cyber Task 7 (Mar 07) Tasks Consolidated
  Under AF/A3
• Establish career field
• Draft professional development roadmap
• Determine Education/Training/Certification
  requirements
• Mission Analysis Accomplished
• Two AFIT- sponsored Cyberspace Education
  Training Workshops
• Cyber Task 7 team evaluations of mission areas
• Input from 8 AF and ongoing real-world operations
• USAFA Cyberspace Force Development Conference
• Refined officer and enlisted force structures
• Active/Guard/Reserves, CFMs/SMEs/Educators/Trainer
  s attended
• Scoped potential costs to develop new career
  fields (11 revised/4 new courses)
• Significant Impact
• Potential for strong bonds between ANG IO/Cyber
  units civilian industry

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Cyber Task 7 Career Force Mission Analysis

• Establish the Domain
• Provision and Sustain the Cyberspace Enterprise
  (officer / enlisted)
• Bandwidth and Spectrum management (officer /
  enlisted)
• Cyberspace mission assurance (officer /
  enlisted)
• Control the Domain Ensure Freedom Of Maneuver
• Cyberspace defensive ops (NetD, EP, NetOps, etc)
  (officer / enlisted)
• Threat Analysis and Op Prep of the Environment
  (OPE) (airborne, ground) (off / enl)
• Prioritized cyberspace defense plan (officer)
• Situational awareness across entire cyberspace
  domain (officer / enlisted)
• Operational risk assessment (officer / enlisted)
• Cyberspace control authority responsibilities
  (officer)
• C2 cyberspace combat operations from the AOC
  (officer)
• Dominate the Domain Hold Adversary At Risk
• OPE (officer / enlisted)
• Airborne-based cyber attack (DE, EW Ops, NW Ops,
  etc) (officer / enlisted)
• Ground-based cyber attack (DE, EW Ops, NW Ops,
  etc) (officer / enlisted)

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Career Field Status Enlisted

• Enlisted Force
• Foundations in place with CI communitys 3D AF
  Specialties requires development of the enlisted
  cyber operator
• Intent develop new 1BXXX family of AFSCs that
  will overlay the existing 3D AFSC structure
• Includes CI and potentially Airborne Comm
  community potentially effects
  Intel and Space communities
• 1B4XX cyber warfare AFSCs require
  most
  development

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Career Field Status Officer

• Officer Force
• Cyberspace operations some officers will
  require an aeronautical rating
• Proposal is to develop new 17XX family of AFSCs
• Approach includes EW Ops and CI communities
  potentially effects Intel and Space communities
• Effective cyber warfare AFS development
  contingent upon
  integrated rated/non-rated officer
  development
  approach

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The Cyber Airman - Who Today, Who Tomorrow -

• Mission Analysis
• Establish the Domain
• Provision and Sustain the Cyberspace Enterprise
  (O/E)
• Bandwidth and Spectrum management (O/E)
• Cyberspace mission assurance (O/E)
• Control the Domain -- Ensure Freedom Of Maneuver
• Cyberspace defensive ops (NetD, EP, etc) (O/E)
• Threat analysis and Operational Prep of the
• Environment (OPE) (airborne, ground) (O/E)
• Prioritized cyberspace defense plan (O)
• Situational awareness across entire cyberspace
• domain (O/E)
• Operational risk assessment (O/E)
• Cyberspace control authority responsibilities
  (O)
• C2 cyberspace combat ops from the AOC (O)
• Dominate the Domain -- Hold Adversary At Risk

Who Today? Officer 12x (EWO) 33S (CI) 13S
(Space) 13B (Air Battle Mgr) 62E (Dev Eng) 14N
(Intel) Enlisted 1A3 (Comms) 2Ex (Comm Elect) 3Cx
(Comm Ops) 3A (Info Mgmt) 1NX (Intel) 1C6
(Space) Civilian Series 2210, 391, 800, 1550,
343, others EW, Net Mgmt, Intel

• Who Tomorrow
• Cyber Officer
• 17X -- cyber ops
• 17X -- rated cyber ops
• 17X A shred cyber eng
• Cyber Enlisted
• 1B1X, 1B2X -- cyber ops
• sustainment
• 1B4X -- cyber warfare
• Cyber Civilian
• Series 2210, 391, 800, 1550, 343, others
• Cyber Integrating Ops
• - 62E -- Engineering
• - 14N, 1NX -- Intel
• - 13S, 1C6 -- Space Ops
• 1A4 -- Air Battle Mgr

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Cyber Task 7Career Force Foundation

• Cyberspace Ops Extends Beyond AFDD 2-5 NW Ops
• EW (attackers/collectors/defenders) long
  history of cyberspace ops
• Noted convergence of EW Ops and NW Ops target
  sets and capabilities in current Air Force
  operations
• Offensive operations skills founded on same
  skills required to establish/operate/protect/defen
  d the domain
• AF NetOps cyberspace warfighting foundation
• Cyberspace airmen found in garrisoned/deployed/com
  bat cyber-comm units and air ops units
  (establish/operate/protect/defend the domain)

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Cyber Task 7Career Force Foundation

• Force Development Construct
• Cultivate an operational, warfighting mentality
• Enlisted force
• Foundation for all cyberspace operations
• Technical proficiency is essential
• Front-line operational roles (protect/defend/attac
  k)
• Officer force --
• Technical proficiency required to lead
  operational forces
• Breadth of exposure and understanding essential
  to plan cyberspace ops
• Civilian force --
• Working with SAF/XCF, AFIOC, and 67 NWW on
  concepts

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