Lead Turning the Future: The 2008 Strategy for United States Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Abstract
This is a new document that specifies why and how our Air Force will provide the capacity and capability for full spectrum Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR). It provides the foundation for enabling our air components to joint forces to "out smart" any adversary. This is our overarching plan for integrating people, equipment, processes, and investments to achieve Global Vigilance, Global Reach, and Global Power through cross domain integration of air, space and cyberspace ISR. This strategy sets the conditions to achieve persistent surveillance and improves the integration of information to facilitate decision superiority. It advances Air Force ISR simultaneously as an enabler of tactical forces, as the provider of theater-wide operational level perspectives for joint commanders, and as a strategic lever for national decision makers. It combines our historical advantage of an elevated perspective with the means to achieve insight and foresight to yield a decisive advantage in National Security operations. This strategy charts how USAF ISR can produce desired security effects today and in the future. Pulling the trigger is but one way to defeat our adversaries USAF ISR, while enabling trigger pullers also provides a multitude of additional ways to achieve National Security objectives.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jul 04, 2008
- Accession Number
- ADA494619