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Air Force Association's Air, Space & Cyber Conference Air Force Association’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference REAL. READY. RIGHT CHOICE. BOEING.COM/T- X 2017 AIR, SPACE & CYBER CONFERENCE SPECIAL EDITION AIRFORCEMAG.COM TABLE OF CONTENTS FEATURES Air Force Association’s Security on the Brink May You Live in Interesting Eyes to the Future Top Issues—2018 By Brian W. Everstine Times By Amy McCullough Adopted by delegates to the AFA Top Air Force and DOD leaders By John A. Tirpak The Chief’s three focus areas will National Convention on Sept. 17, warn that the nation’s defense USAF’s long list of critical help define what USAF needs for 2017. apparatus is imperiled by modernization programs face future effectiveness. Congressional inaction. disparate challenges. Heat From the Desert Technology Exposition By Brian W. Everstine Race for Speed A Hard Look at Science By John A. 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In today’s ally, rapidly and, when necessary, with dominant lethal force. global environment of armed conflict, terror, intimidation The resources provided by Congress to enable this required and instability, aerospace power has emerged as the most capability are not sufficient. As a result, American security is frequently used military capability to meet the dynamic and at risk while global instability dangerously increases. deadly threats arrayed against the United States. The Air The Air Force Association’s mission is to promote a domi- Force possesses the unique capability to bring all aspects nant United States Air Force and a strong national defense, of aerospace power to bear by deterring and, if necessary, and to honor Airmen and our Air Force Heritage. defeating potential adversaries. Therefore, the Air Force Association supports the following Since its founding, our Air Force has been called to action actions: for the Berlin Airlift and the Korean and Vietnam Wars. It stood its ground in the Cold War against the massive forces 1. REBUILD COMBAT READINESS IN AIR, SPACE AND of the Soviet Union. It responded to the brutality of Saddam CYBERSPACE Hussein in dramatic fashion during Desert Storm, the world’s a. Complete budgets by the beginning of the Fiscal Year most successful air campaign. It responded again in Bosnia (FY). The Air Force needs stable and predictable funding— and Kosovo to end genocide and war crimes. All this time, at adequate funding levels. Continuing Resolutions (CRs) the Air Force performed missions around the globe but at the degrade readiness. A consistent yearly budget allows the same time remained deployed in the Middle East. After the Air Force to make long-term plans and effectively manage devastating attacks of September 11, 2001, our Air Force not its programs. only patrolled the skies of the United States, but increased b. End the Budget Control Act’s (BCA’s) debilitating restric- its presence in the Middle East. Meanwhile, it led the charge tions which continue to erode readiness each year. around the globe in combating terror, including the defeat c. Grow the Total Force to 70 fighter squadrons—Tomorrow’s of Saddam Hussein and the world’s fourth largest army in threats require that the Air Force grow in order to carry out 2003. However, as worldwide missions increased, the size all of its assigned missions. of the Air Force declined by 30 percent in personnel and 37 d.
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