Pacaf 2013 command brief

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Pacific Air Forces

PACAF Command Brief

General Hawk Carlisle

Commander

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Pacific Air Forces

Combat-ready American Airmen:

the foundation of Asia-Pacific stability and security

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The Strategic Environment:

Challenges & Opportunities

Territorial / Resource

Competition

Growing Chinese

Power

Intrastate &

Interstate Conflicts

Non-State

Threats

Evolving North

Korean Threat

Global Economic

Development

Natural Disasters

& Disease

Growing

Democratization

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Kadena AB

Andersen AFB

Yokota AB

Bangkok

Osan AB

Misawa AB

JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Midway Islands

Beijing

Kunsan AB

Wake Island

Eielson AFB

JB Elmendorf-Richardson

Singapore

Jakarta

Manila

New Delhi

Ulaanbaatar

Kuala Lumpur

Taiwan

The Operational Problem:

Distance & Denial

Anti-Access/

Area Denial

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The Tactical Threat:

Emerging Pacific Technologies

Electronic Attack

Space Effects

Cyber Effects

Land Attack Missiles

Anti-Ship Missiles

Advanced Surface-Air Missiles

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America’s Pacific assets & interests are reachable…

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Strategic Guidance

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“…we will of necessity rebalance toward the Asia-Pacific region” President Obama

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PACOM

Guiding Principles

International Rules

Partnership

Presence

Force Projection

Unity of Effort

Strategic Communication

USAF

Priorities

PACAF

Strategy

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Acquisition Excellence

Strengthen Nuclear Enterprise

Partner with Joint & Coalition Team

Develop & Care for Airmen & Families

Modernize Air & Space Inventories, Organizations

&Training

PACOM & USAF Guidance

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PACAF Strategy

Expand

Engagement

Increase

Combat

Capability

Improve

Warfighter

Integration

Agile, Flexible Command & Control

Resilient Airmen

Power Projection

Integrated Air and Missile Defense

Theater Security Cooperation

Core Tenets End State Lines of Operation

Posture for

Contingency

Ops

Ensure

Stability &

Free Access

Deter

Aggression

Defend U.S.

Interests

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Expand Engagement

Energize Old Alliances &

Foster New Partnerships Bilateral Multilateral

Engage At Home & Abroad

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Relationships are foundational to access

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Increase Combat Capability

Procure

• Long-range platforms

• Next-Gen munitions

• Persistent ISR

Protect

• Hardening

• Dispersal

• Redundancy

• Active Defense

Deploy

• New systems in Pacific first

• Increased rotational presence

Employ

• Info sharing

• CONOPS & TTP development

• Educate

• Train

• Exercise

• Combined ops

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Only a credible capability deters threats to the Global Commons

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Improve Warfighter Integration

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Integration minimizes the effects of austere fiscal times

Joint

Integration

Allied

Interoperability

Synch USAF

Capabilities

Air

Space

Cyber

Electronic

Warfare

Command

&

Control

Air-Sea Battle

Integrated Air

&

Missile Defense

Hi-Fi Training

w/Key Allies

Humanitarian

Assistance

&

Disaster Relief

Exercising

w/New Partners

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Every Airman is an Ambassador

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Theater Security Cooperation

I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 13 200+ Engagements with 28 Nations in FY12

Pacific Angel 12-1

Balikatan 12 (Philippines)

Pacific Angel 12-2 (Laos)

Pacific Angel 12-3 (Vietnam)

Pacific Angel 12-4 (Nepal)

Ulchi Freedom Guardian 12

Key Resolve12

Foal Eagle 12

Max Thunder 12 (Republic of Korea)

PACRIM Airpower Symposium 12

Yama Sakura 12

Keen Edge/Sword 12 (Japan)

Cope North 12 (Guam)

Cobra Gold

Cope Tiger (Thailand)

Pitch Black 12

Talisman Saber 12 (Australia)

Cope West 12 (Indonesia)

Cope South 12 (Bangladesh)

Cope Taufan (Malaysia)

Commando Sling (Singapore) Kiwi Flag

(New Zealand)

Red Flag-AK 12-1

Red Flag-AK 12-2

Red Flag-AK 12-3 (AK JPARC)

Terminal Fury

Pacific Unity (Hawaii)

Op Deep Freeze (Antarctic)

FY12 Engagements

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Commando

Sling 13-2 &

13-3 (Singapore)

Cope West 13

Kona Airshow (Hawaii)

Red Flag-AK 13-3 (AK JPARC)

Talisman Saber 13 (Australia)

Terminal Fury

Red: Cancelled Yellow: Limited Green: Completed

Pacific Angel 13-2

Jt Ex Indonesia 13

Garuda Shield 13 (Indonesia)

PACRIM Airpower

Symposium 13 (Thailand)

Pacific Angel 13-3 (Vietnam)

Red Flag-AK 13-1

Cope North 13 (Guam)

Balikatan 13

Pacific Angel 13-1 (Philippines)

Op Deep Freeze (Antarctic)

Northern Edge 13 (Gulf of Alaska)

Red Flag-AK 13-2

Keen Sword 13 (Japan)

Ulchi Freedom Guardian 13

Max Thunder 13 (Republic of Korea)

Pacific Airlift Rally 13

Pacific Angel 13-5 (Cambodia)

Pacific

Angel 13-4 (Sri Lanka)

FY13 Engagements

Red Flag-Nellis 13-4

Cope Tiger 13

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Balikatan 14 (Philippines)

Pacific Angel 14-2 (Laos)

Pacific Angel 14-4 (Mongolia)

Ulchi Freedom Guardian 14

Key Resolve14

Foal Eagle 14

Max Thunder 14 (Republic of Korea)

Yama Sakura 14

Keen Edge 14 (Japan)

Cope North 14 (Guam)

Cobra Gold

Cope Tiger

PACRIM Airpower

Symposium (Thailand)

Pitch Black 14

Unified Engagement (Australia)

Cope West 14

Indonesia Joint Ex 14 (Indonesia)

Cope South 14

Pacific Angel 14-1 (Bangladesh)

Cope Taufan (Malaysia)

Commando Sling 14-1

Commando Sling 14-2

Commando Sling 14-3 (Singapore)

Kiwi Flag (New Zealand)

Red Flag-AK 14-1

Red Flag-AK 14-2

Red Flag-AK 14-3 (AK JPARC)

Terminal Fury

RIMPAC 14 (Hawaii)

Op Deep Freeze (Antarctic)

FY14 Engagements

Pacific Angel 14-3 (Tonga)

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Active

Defense

Passive

Defense

Attack

Ops

Command

& Control

Integrated Air & Missile Defense

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Global Power Global Reach Global Vigilance

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Power Projection

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Andersen AFB

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Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam

Joint Base Lewis-McChord

Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson Eielson AFB

Osan AB

Kunsan AB

Misawa AB

Yokota AB

Kadena AB

Black: Assigned Red: Rotational/Non-PACAF

Theater AF Forces

Paya Lebar AB

Op DEEP FREEZE

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Space Superiority Cyber Superiority

Command & Control

Systems & Relationships

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Agile, Flexible C2

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CDRUSPACOM

Vice Commander Command Chief

5 AF Commander 7 AF Commander 11 AF Commander

Command Relationships

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Comprehensively

Fit & Aware Airmen

Cross-

Culturally

Competent

Airmen Making

Responsible Choices

Combat Ready

Airmen

Resilient Airmen -- The Critical Enabler

Combat Ready

Comprehensively

Fit & Aware

Cross-

Culturally

Competent--Making

Responsible Choices

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PACAF Takeaways

Pacific Rebalance - fully engaged in U.S. strategic shift

Sequestration - slowing us down, but not stopping us

Relationships - fundamental to maintaining regional security/stability

PACAF Resilient Airmen - critical enabler to accomplish our mission

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