Return to Fairchild Center's OTS Advocacy Briefing Support PageIs the United States Prepared to Remain the Dominant Air and Space Force in the Future?
May 2011
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Muir S. Fairchild Research
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Keller, John and Wilson, J. R. Information Technology Is Key to
Air Force 2020. Military & Aerospace Electronics 15:34-40
November 2004. Air Force Roadmap 2006-2025. Washington, United States.
Air Force,
June 2006.
Available online at:
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=mth&AN=15099061&site=ehost-live
"As Air Force leaders look to the future, they are examining how information
dominance and real-time shared situational awareness are critical to the
challenges of four kinds of military operations: traditional, regular,
catastrophic, and disruptive." - Article.
A capability-based force structure plan through 2025.
Available through the Air War College Gateway to Internet.
Available online at:
Beene, Jeffrey K. Constraints, Restraints, and the Role of Aerospace
Power in the 21st Century. Colorado Springs, CO, USAF Institute for National
Security Studies, USAF Academy, 2001. 80 p. (INSS Occasional Paper no. 38) Blue Horizons II: Future Capabilities and
Technologies for the Air Force in 2030: Executive Summary by John P. Geis
and others. Maxwell AFB, AL, Center for Strategy and Technology, Air War
College, July 2009. 42 p. (Occasional Paper no. 65) Nelson, Bill and Woodard, Vickie. The Centennial Air Force: The Future of
Air Power at the Air Force's 100th Birthday. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2001.
44 p. Report on Technology Horizons: A Vision of Air Force Science and Technology
During 2010-2030, Volume 1. Washington, Office of the Air Force Chief Scientist,
United States. Air Force, 2010. 153 p. Shaud, John Albert. In Service to the Nation: Air Force Research
Institute Strategic Concept for 2018-2023. Maxwell AFB, AL, Air
University Press, 2009. 111 p. Strategic Appraisal: United States Air and Space Power in the 21st Century,
edited by Zalmay Khalilzad and Jeremy Shapiro. Santa Monica, CA, Rand, 2002.
481 p. United States. Dept. of the Air Force. The Nation's
Guardians: America's 21st Century Air Force: CSAF White Paper.
Washington, 2007. 9 p.
Examines aerospace power in the 21st century strategic environment and evaluates
how it can best be used in tightly restrained conflicts.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA394002
Book call no.: 358.414 B414c
"This second iteration of the Blue Horizons study, commissioned by the USAF
chief of staff, provides 'a new look at the future.' Its original purpose
was to develop a prioritized list of concepts and their key enabling
technologies the USAF would need to maintain dominance in air, space, and
cyberspace to the year 2030." - Summary.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA509005
Book call no.: 355.033573 B658
This research is provocative, extreme in nature, and intended to ignite your
imagination as well as to open the debate on the character and role of the Air
Force at its 100th birthday in the year 2047.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA390520
Book call no.: 358.4130973 N424c
"Presents our vision of the key areas of science and technology that the Air
Force must focus on over the next two decades to establish technologically
achievable capabilities that can provide it with the greatest US joint force
effectiveness by 2030." - Summary.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA525912
Book call no.: 358.4070973 R425
"The goal of this study is to identify the enduring attributes of our
nation’s air, space, and cyberspace force in context of major transitions." -
Summary.
Also available online at:
http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA495754
Book call no.: 358.41684 S533i
"Draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore both
the challenges and opportunities that the U.S. Air Force faces as it strives to
support the nation's interests in a challenging technological and security
environment." - Summary.
Also available online at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/monograph_reports/MR1314/index.html
Book call no.: 355.033073 S8983 2002
"Charts U.S. Air Force strategy for the next two decades and defines the Air
Force's indispensable role in promoting and defending the national interest." -
Purpose.
Also available online at: http://www.afa.org/grl/CSAF_Whitepaper.pdf
Book call no.: 358.4030973 U58n
Documents (Student Research)
Davis, Stephen L. Speed Kills: Implications of
Prompt Global Strike. Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and
Space Studies, June 2003. 68 p.
Concludes with "a series of recommendations on the next steps to take on the
evolutionary path to a space and air force." - Abstract.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 D264i
Eidsaune, David W. Air Force Modernization: New
Investment Processes and Priorities for a 2020 Aerospace Force. Maxwell
AFB, AL, Air Force Fellows Program, June 2000. 82 p.
Provides an "assessment of the current Air Force modernization plan, suggests a
new model for integrated Air Force investment planning, and proposes several
options for reprioritizing the current baseline investment strategy."
- Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA393937
Doc. call no.: M-U 42252-91 E34a
Neuenswander, David M. Joint Laser Interoperability, Tomorrow's Answer
to Precision Engagement.
Fort
Leavenworth, KS, School of Advanced Military Studies, Army Command and General
Staff College, May 2001. 41 p.
"The conclusion shows that Joint Laser
Interoperability provides a significant part, but not all of the precision
engagement capability called for in Joint Vision 2020. Based on this significant
improvement in capability, this monograph recommends that DOD take action to
make Joint Laser Interoperability a reality." - Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA390936
Doc. call no.: M-U 42022-2 N481j
Russo, Anthony J. The 65-Mile Seam. Maxwell AFB,
AL, Air War College, February 2002. 36 p.
Space Operations Doctrine (AFDD 2-2) "opens the door
for innovative consideration of the potentially unique contributions from
operations in space." - Abstract.
Also available online at: http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA420645
Doc. call no.: M-U 43117 R9691s
Scheel, Lynn I. Long-Range Strike:
Concepts and Doctrinal Implications of Future Airpower Capabilities.
Maxwell AFB, AL, School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, June 2003. 74
p.
"Analyzes long-range strike, current conceptual ideas for platforms, and how it
should relate to future doctrine. " - Abstract.
Also available online at: https://www.afresearch.org
Doc. call no.: M-U 43998-1 S315L
Teehan, Russell F. Responsive Space Situation Awareness in 2020.
Maxwell AFB, AL, Air Command and Staff College, April 2007. 43 p.
Proposes a strategy to acquire key technology that will ensure "the
ability to find and track space objects and determine their capability and
intent." - Abstract.
Also available online at:
https://www.afresearch.org
Doc. call no.: M-U 43122 T258r
Clodfelter, Mark. Back from the Future: The Impact of Change on
Airpower in the Decades Ahead. Strategic Studies Quarterly
3:104-122 Fall 2009. Grier, Peter. Space - the Next 50 Years. Air Force
Magazine 88:70-73 February 2005. Jogerst, John D. Preparing for Irregular Warfare: The Future Ain't What
It Used to Be. Air & Space Power Journal 23:68-79 Winter 2009. Searle, Thomas R. The Air Force of the Future:
Thoughts from the Future Capabilities War Game of 2004. Air & Space Power
Journal 18:19-26 Summer 2004. Tirpak, John A. Fighting for Air Dominance: The US Hasn't Worried
about Command of the Air for More Than 50 Years, but the Trend Lines Are All
Negative. Air Force Magazine 91:42-46 April 2008. Wilkie, Robert. The Air Force at a Crossroads: Irregular Warfare Does
Not Erode Airpower's Importance. Armed Forces Journal 146:28-30
April 2009.
Discusses the impact of change on airpower in the next two decades.
Also available online at:
http://www.au.af.mil/au/ssq/2009/Fall/clodfelter.pdf
Also available online at:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2005/February
2005/0205space.aspx
"To remain relevant in the most likely conflicts of the next 30 years, the Air
Force must be able to conduct irregular warfare." - Article.
Also available online at:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/217771108?accountid=4332
Also available online at: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=f5h&AN=13262560&site=ehost-live
Also available online at:
http://www.airforce-magazine.com/MagazineArchive/Pages/2008/April
2008/0408dominance.aspx
The challenge facing the Air Force "is not so much a technical challenge as it
is political and spiritual. Failure to address the root causes exacerbates
a crisis that will impact the future of the service and possibly the American
concept of air power." - Article.
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