CADRE Quick-Look: The Next Phase: Air and Space Power in Current Operations
Abstract
Air and Space Power doctrine, command and control structures, and operating concepts are optimized for combat and are not designed for post-conflict operations. Additionally, Air Operation Center (AOC) planning processes are geared toward providing destructive effects that support joint campaign objectives. As objectives shift from attacking enemy forces toward restoring order and bolstering social, economic, and cultural stability, airmen do not have a way to articulate their continued relevance to the joint campaign. This issue of CADRE Quick-Look discusses the need for ways to measure the effectiveness of air and space power in post-conflict operations. The Berlin Airlift is an example of a post-conflict operation whose effectiveness was measured. Possible courses of action are as follows: (1) Organize AOCs to maximize efficiency and effectiveness for post-combat operations by merging Combat Operations and Mobility segments to achieve seamless operability for effects-based planning; (2) Map the effects that describe how air and space power can contribute to achieving strategic, operational, and tactical objectives in post-combat operations to a set of air and space power capabilities; (3) Develop a menu of measurements linked to potential effects that focus collection and assessment efforts for all phases of air and space power operations; and (4) Codify EBO for constructive as well as destructive operations in doctrine to emphasize the potential rather than the limits of air and space power in post-combat operations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 2004
- Accession Number
- ADA477433
Entities
People
- Anthony C. Cain
Organizations
- Air University