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Generation Fighter. |40 34 Space & Counterspace 24 | The Soul of JADC2 44 | Army's Mission Grab20 | GLOBEMASTER SUPREME F UNDER FIRE It’s make-or-break time for USAF’s fifth- generation fighter. |40 May 2021 $8 Published by the Air Force Association STAFF Publisher May 2021. Vol. 104, No. 5 Bruce A. Wright Editor in Chief Tobias Naegele Managing Editor Juliette Kelsey Chagnon Editorial Director John A. Tirpak Pfc. Ingram/USA Elijah News Editor DEPARTMENTS FEATURES A C-17 delivers Amy McCullough 2 Editorial: Rocking Marines to Fort Assistant 10 Q&A: Bombs Away Bliss, Texas, as the Joint Lt. Gen. David Deptula, dean of the Mitchell Institute for Managing Editor By Tobias Naegele they complete Aerospace Studies, and Douglas Birkey, executive director their Advanced Chequita Wood 4 Letters for Mitchell’s Aerospace Advantage Podcast, speak with Air Battle Manage- Senior Designer ment Systems Dashton Parham Force Global Strike Command and Air Forces Strategic-Air, 6 Index to Training. Two Pentagon Editor Advertisers USSTRATCOM commander Gen. Timothy Ray about bombers, M142 High Mobility Brian W. Everstine unified commands, and the nuclear triad. Artillery Rocket Production 8 Verbatim Systems (HIMARS) Manager and other support Eric Chang Lee Take o Landing Take off from a 7,740-foot Land in 3,000 feet (914 meters) C GLOBEMASTER III (2359.15-meter) airfield or less on a small unpaved or vehicles traveled 12 Airframes 34 Master of the Globe The C-17 Globemaster III, sometimes called the "Moose," was not an out-of-the-gate success. Numerous problems plagued development and pushed up paved airfield in day or night costs. But 30 years—and 4 million flight hours later—it's proven itself to be the flexible workhorse of the U.S. and allied airlift fleet, a long-haul heavy-lift jet that can take o and land on expeditionary airfields carrying tanks and other heavy gear and airdrop more than 100 paratroopers. The C-17 has partici- pated in every major contingency operation since Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. Photo Editor 0 1,000 ft. 2,000 ft. 3,000 ft. 4,000 ft. 5,000 ft. 6,000 ft. 7,000 ft. 8,000 ft. 0 1,000 ft. 2,000 ft. 3,000 ft. as one package Who Flies the Globemaster III? Ceiling Flight time Range Fly 6,230 nautical miles Australia, Canada, India, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, United with no payload By Brian W. Everstine Kingdom, and the Strategic Airlift Capability coalition (Bulgaria, 45,000 ft 2,760 miles Estonia, Hungary, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, with 169,000 lbs of cargo, capable of in-air refueling Mike Tsukamoto Romania, Slovenia, the United States, Finland, and Sweden.) inside the Globe- 20 World: Army Aims Speed 55.1 ft. Backup Can back up New 518 mph York a 2 percent at 25,000 ft Los for “All-dimension- As the Globemaster III 169.8 ft slope Angeles master III. al” Capabilities; racks up its 4 millionth Cargo Carry a cargo of wheeled Contributors U.S. Army vehicles in two side-by-side rows, includ- ing the U.S. Army's main USSF Space Systems battle tank, the M-1 174 ft flight hour, planners Contractor Power plant Payload Accomodation Douglas A. Birkey, McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) Pratt & Whitney F117-PW-100 turbofans, each Flight nurses Litter patients 4 40,440-lb thrust 170,900 lb 2 36 Command Structure; Production Seating Drop a single 60,000-lbs (27,216-kilogram) payload, with sequential load drops of 110,000 Two pilots, loadmaster 257 54 on the sidewall pounds (49,895 kilograms) Medical technicians (mission John T. Correll, Carry Payload Troops/paratroopers Inventory in the centerline dependent) 54 Carry a payload of up to 164,900 lbs 3 102 (74,797 kg) ready upgrades and 222 Ambulatory patients Counterspace Max takeo 54 Weight 585,000 lb Refueling Refuel while in flight Robert S. Dudney, 1999: February 1999. President Bill Clinton pres- 2010: Dec. 20, 2010. Worldwide C-17 fleet 2015: Air Force awards the Long- C-17 Timeline ents Boeing the Malcolm Baldrige National Qual- surpasses 2 million flying hours during an Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B) Highlights of the C-17's 30-year history ity Award for the C-17's quality achievements. airdrop mission over Afghanistan. contract to Northrop Grumman. Capabilities; begin to imagine what 1990 1995 2000 2010 2020 Gabbe Kearney, Pallets 1991: First Flight: 1993: Delivered: June 1995: IOC: 1995: May 1995. C-17 2003: First strategic brigade 2013: Boeing delivered 2021: The C-17 fleet airdrop and first airborne 18 Sept. 15, 1991. 1993-September 2013. Jan. 17, 1995. is recognized with the the 223rd and final USAF surpassed 4 million com- Collier Trophy for the top delivery of an Abrams tank: aircraft on Sept. 12, 2013, bined flying hours during aeronautical achieve- March 26, 2003, in northern and the final international a flight from Charleston, ment of 1994. Iraq. aircraft on Nov. 29, 2015. Jan. 15, 2021. John T. Correll, 1939- and Zaur Eylanbekov/sta; Tsukamoto, Mike Parham, by Graphic Dash Sgt. Keith Reed;Master Sgt. Sta Lance Valencia comes next. MAY AIRFORCEMAG.COM MAY AIRFORCEMAG.COM Amanda Miller, 2021; and more ... Shaun Waterman 33 Faces of the Force 40 Make-or-Break Time for the F-35 49 AFA in Action By John A. Tirpak Mission Arts; The Air Force’s most important program faces increased Muellner Scholar- scrutiny as high costs, low availability, and other problems ADVERTISING: ship; Tom Gwaltney Fellowship ... continue. Kirk Brown ON THE COVER Director, Media 48 Namesakes: Solutions Elmendorf 44 The Battle for the Soul of JADC2 703.247.5829 By Douglas A. Birkey [email protected] 56 Heroes and Lessons from the Battle of Brit- Leaders: SUBSCRIBE Gen. Benjamin O. ain loom large in how USAF Davis Jr. constructs the Advanced & SAVE Subscribe to Battle Management System. Air Force Magazine Airman 1st Class Duncan Bevan Duncan Class 1st Airman and save big o An F-35 Light- 51 AFA’s Emerging Leaders the cover price, ning II flies over plus get a free By Gabbe Kearney the U.S. Central Command area of membership The purpose of the program is to identify, motivate, develop, responsibility. See to the Air Force and encourage emerging leaders to serve actively in the Air “Make-or-Break Association. Time for the F-35,” 1-800-727-3337 Force Association by providing hands-on experience and p. 40. unique insights into how AFA operates and is governed. Air Force Magazine (ISSN 0730-6784) May 2021 (Vol. 104, No. 5) is published monthly, except for two double issues in January/February and June/July, by the Air Force Asso- ciation, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209-1198. Phone (703) 247-5800. Periodical postage paid at Arlington, Va., and additional mailing o ices. Membership Rate: $50 per year; $35 e-Membership; $125 for three-year membership. Subscription Rate: $50 per year; $29 per year additional for postage to foreign addresses (except Canada and Mexico, which are $10 per year additional). Regular issues $8 each. USAF Almanac issue $18 each. Change of address requires four weeks’ notice. Please include mailing label. POST- MASTER: Send changes of address to Air Force Association, 1501 Lee Highway, Arlington, VA 22209-1198. Publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited material. Trademark registered by Air Force Association. Copyright 2020 by Air Force Association. MAY AIRFORCEMAG.COM EDITORIAL By Tobias Naegele Rocking the Joint he most important characteristics of those we entrust with range hypersonic weapons. More striking still is the Army’s plan our nation’s most lethal weapons are trust and candor. Our to create a new headquarters element dubbed, “Theater Fires Tmilitary leaders must be willing to speak truth to power and Command.” Once again, the Army misses the joint picture: This to share their best military advice whether or not it is popular. is the role of a Joint Force Air Component Command, or JFACC. Air Force Gen. Timothy M. Ray, commander of Air Force Global The Army need not replicate this capability; it should operate Strike Command and the Air Force component commander at within the already established joint construct. U.S. Strategic Command, made waves earlier this month when Congress passed the Goldwater-Nichols Act 35 years ago to he called out the Army’s drive to develop hypersonic land-based capitalize on the strengths of each of the armed services, rather missiles as a wasteful, misguided investment. than leave them to compete with one another. During actual con- “I completely struggle with the reality check that’s required here,” flict, a joint force commander is designated to determine which he said. “I kind of get it in Europe, I kind of get it in CENTCOM. But, elements of each of the services to use to best accomplish desired I completely don’t get it in the Pacific. I mean, I genuinely struggle mission objectives. By exposing o¡icers to joint operations, plan- with the credibility of that entire [Army] plan. … Why in the world ning, and service throughout their careers, its architects reasoned, would we entertain a brutally expensive idea when we don’t, as a by the time they reached the top of their profession, o¡icers would Department [of Defense], have the money to go do that?” possess a solid understanding of how each military component If you’re not quite where Ray stood, he complements the others. left no room for doubt as he continued: Jointness is about making Unfortunately, however, Goldwater-Nich- “Honestly, I think it’s stupid. I just think it’s a the hard choices on roles and ols never fully delivered on its promise.
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