Aerospace Power Revisited

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• Aerospace Power Revisited

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Overview

• Air Power Concepts
• Historical Info/SOBs
• Questions and Answers
• Instructor Recommendations

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Concepts

• Tenets
• Functions
• Competencies

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Tenets

• Fundamental truths that are unique to the air and
  space environment.
• Flexibility/Versatility Priority
• Synergistic Effects Persistence
• Concentration Balance
• Centralized Control
• and Decentralized Execution

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Functions

• Broad, fundamental, and continuing activities of
  air and space power not unique to the Air Force
• Counterair Counterspace Counterland
• Countersea Strategic Attack Counterinfo
• Command Control Airlift Air Refueling
• Spacelift Special Ops Intel Surveillance
• Recon CSAR Navigation Weather

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Competencies

• Air and Space expertise, capabilities, and
  technical know-how distinctive to the United
  States Air Force
• Air and Space Superiority
• Precision Engagement
• Information Superiority
• Global Attack
• Rapid Global Mobility
• Agile Combat Support

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Historical Info/SOBs

• Pre WW I
• WW I
• Interwar Years
• WW II
• Korea

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• Open Forum
• Questions And Answers

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Instructors Emphasis

• CFD Model
• Samples of Behavior
• Concepts

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• STUDY WELL!!