Air Force Strategic Plan, Volume 1. The Future Security Environment

Abstract

This report describes our core competencies and core values. It is what we are all about and where we are headed. In charting the course for the future, the vision is the first step in Air Force planning. Air Force planning, from a broad perspective, encompasses two major elements: organizational performance planning and future capabilities planning. Organizational performance planning is aimed at enhancing the performance of near-term mission essential tasks. Organizational performance planning "operationalizes" quality by establishing Air Force goals, aligning tasks to mission and establishing performance priorities. Air Force Goals and Air Force Tasks are the key actions the Air Force will take to improve the performance of mission essential tasks. Performance measures assess how well we are accomplishing mission essential tasks in support of Air Force goals. Subordinate organizations (MAJCOM and Wing) develop their own strategic plans, which support the Air Force-level strategic plan by identifying their own measurable tasks to focus on. Those goals will also operationalize quality by improving the performance of the organization's mission essential tasks. Future capabilities planning is aimed at developing the future capabilities the Air Force needs to achieve its vision. At the heart of future capabilities planning is the Air Force Modernization Planning Process (MPP), which takes the strategic direction and planning priorities from the Air Force senior leadership regarding capabilities development and prepares implementation plans to achieve that direction. Both organizational performance planning and future capabilities planning are steered by the Air Force Strategic Plan (AFSP). The Planning, Programming, and Budgeting System (PPBS) integrates the Air Force Strategic Plan, the Annual Planning and Programming Guidance (APPG), and the Program.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1999
Accession Number
ADA384800

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Air Force

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Directed Energy Weapons
  • Employment
  • Information Systems
  • Information Warfare
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Space Systems
  • United States
  • Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
  • Urban Areas
  • Warfare
  • Weapons Of Mass Destruction

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).