Forging New Horizons: The Imperative for USAF Strategic Planning

Abstract

The last strategic planning vision for the United States Air Force was put forth in 1947 by Hap Arnold with the advice and assistance of his scientific advisor, Dr. Theodore von Krmn. The report, Toward New Horizons, placed airpower in the context of post-WWII scientific developments and described how the Air Force should organize and invest to capitalize on those developments. Since then, there has been no comparable overarching vision of the kind of Air Force we will need 20 to 0 years down the road. I served 5 years in the Air Force in cockpit, command, and staff positions up through vice chief of staff, and I have no recollection of any senior Air Force leader putting forth a long-range strategic planning vision of the US Air Forces future and laying out the road map and capabilities needed to get there.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 03, 2008
Accession Number
AD1125036

Entities

People

  • Lawrence A. Skantze

Organizations

  • Air University

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Communities of Interest

  • Cyber
  • Weapons Technologies

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  • Air Force
  • Air Force Budgets
  • Cold War
  • Cyber Threats
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Cyberwarfare
  • Economics
  • General Officers
  • Indian Ocean
  • Latin America
  • Marine Corps
  • Middle East
  • Military Capabilities
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Natural Gas
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Persian Gulf
  • Security
  • United States
  • Warfare

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  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Systems Analysis and Design