What the DAF Brings to the Fight (USAF Core Functions) Flashcards
What are the five USAF core functions?
- Air Superiority
- Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
- Rapid Global Mobility
- Global Strike
- Command & Control
Freedom from attack and the freedom to attack
Air Superiority
Essential preconditioning to successful military operations
Air Superiority
Allows American forces to operate without threat of attack from enemy aircraft
Air Superiority
Eyes and ears on adversaries
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Provides situational awareness of the battle space & allows decision space for command elements
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Minimizes uncertainty about adversaries and their capabilities
Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Delivery on demand
Rapid Global Mobility
Deployment, sustainment of equipment and personnel across range of operations
Rapid Global Mobility
In-flight refueling: a unique USAF capability and linchpin to power projection at intercontinental distances
Rapid Global Mobility
Any target, any time
Global Strike
Holding any target on the planet at risk (and if necessary, disabling or destroying it promptly) even from bases in the continental US
Global Strike
Total flexibility in operations…right info to the right person at the right time
Command & Control
Access to reliable communications and information networks
Command & Control
Allows joint teams to operate globally at a high tempo and intensity
Command & Control
