Five USAF core functions (CRAIG acronym) -Air Superiority
-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
-Rapid Global Mobility
-Global Strike
-Command and Control (C2)
Air superiority -Freedom from attack and the freedom to attack
-Essential precondition to successful military operations
-Allows American forces to operate without threat of attack from enemy
aircraft
ISR -Eyes and ears on adversaries
-Provides situational awareness of the battlespace & allows decision space
for command elements
-Minimizes uncertainty about adversaries and their capabilities
,Rapid Global Mobility -Delivery on demand
-Deployment, sustainment of equipment and personnel across range of
operations
-In-flight refueling: a unique USAF capability and linchpin to power projection
at intercontinental distances
Global Strike -Any target, any time
-Holding any target on the planet at risk (and if necessary, disabling or
destroying it promptly) even from bases in the continental US
Command and Control (C2) -Total flexibility in operations...right info to the right person at the right time
-Access to reliable communications and information networks
-Allows joint teams to operate globally at a high tempo and intensity
USSF core competencies (CISSS acronym) · Space Security
· Combat Power Projection
· Space Mobility and Logistics
· Information Mobility
· Space Domain Awareness
,Space Security (USSF core competencies) o Establishes the conditions for the safe and secure access to space for civil,
commercial, Intelligence Community (IC), and multinational partners
o Helps assure partners that the US military is positioned to monitor and
protect their interests
Combat power projection (USSF core competencies) o Goal: freedom of action
o Defensive operations ensure US freedom of action in space
o Offensive operations deny an adversary's freedom of action in space
Space Mobility and Logistics (USSF core o Movement and support of military equipment and personnel into, through,
competencies) and back from the space domain
o Depends on the ability to launch military equipment into the proper orbit in
a safe, secure, and reliable manner.
Information Mobility (USSF core competencies) o Timely, rapid, reliable collection and transportation of data to even the most
remote areas of human activity
Space Domain Awareness (USSF core competencies) o Effective identification, characterization, and understanding of any factor
associated with the space domain that could affect operations
o Extends across physical, network, and cognitive dimensions of space
, Purpose of Afforgen · Air Force's sustainable, capacity‐driven model for presenting forces to Joint
Force Commanders (JFCs)
· Modeled to counter long-term strategic competition
· Enable operational preparedness and readiness recovery while ensuring a
predictable and sustainable force offering
Afforgen defined: (5 W and 2 Hs) •What is AFFORGEN? A force presentation (deployment) model.
•Who are "forces?" Includes personnel, equipment, & assets.
•Where does AFFORGEN apply? Globally.
•When is AFFORGEN executed? Year-round, in 24-month cycles.
•Why do we need AFFORGEN? Enable operational preparedness and
readiness recovery while ensuring a predictable and sustainable force
offering.
•How does AFFORGEN work? Based on 3 principles: readiness, predictability,
sustainability.
Afforgen Cycle 1. Reset
2. Prepare
3. Ready
4. Available
-Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
-Rapid Global Mobility
-Global Strike
-Command and Control (C2)
Air superiority -Freedom from attack and the freedom to attack
-Essential precondition to successful military operations
-Allows American forces to operate without threat of attack from enemy
aircraft
ISR -Eyes and ears on adversaries
-Provides situational awareness of the battlespace & allows decision space
for command elements
-Minimizes uncertainty about adversaries and their capabilities
,Rapid Global Mobility -Delivery on demand
-Deployment, sustainment of equipment and personnel across range of
operations
-In-flight refueling: a unique USAF capability and linchpin to power projection
at intercontinental distances
Global Strike -Any target, any time
-Holding any target on the planet at risk (and if necessary, disabling or
destroying it promptly) even from bases in the continental US
Command and Control (C2) -Total flexibility in operations...right info to the right person at the right time
-Access to reliable communications and information networks
-Allows joint teams to operate globally at a high tempo and intensity
USSF core competencies (CISSS acronym) · Space Security
· Combat Power Projection
· Space Mobility and Logistics
· Information Mobility
· Space Domain Awareness
,Space Security (USSF core competencies) o Establishes the conditions for the safe and secure access to space for civil,
commercial, Intelligence Community (IC), and multinational partners
o Helps assure partners that the US military is positioned to monitor and
protect their interests
Combat power projection (USSF core competencies) o Goal: freedom of action
o Defensive operations ensure US freedom of action in space
o Offensive operations deny an adversary's freedom of action in space
Space Mobility and Logistics (USSF core o Movement and support of military equipment and personnel into, through,
competencies) and back from the space domain
o Depends on the ability to launch military equipment into the proper orbit in
a safe, secure, and reliable manner.
Information Mobility (USSF core competencies) o Timely, rapid, reliable collection and transportation of data to even the most
remote areas of human activity
Space Domain Awareness (USSF core competencies) o Effective identification, characterization, and understanding of any factor
associated with the space domain that could affect operations
o Extends across physical, network, and cognitive dimensions of space
, Purpose of Afforgen · Air Force's sustainable, capacity‐driven model for presenting forces to Joint
Force Commanders (JFCs)
· Modeled to counter long-term strategic competition
· Enable operational preparedness and readiness recovery while ensuring a
predictable and sustainable force offering
Afforgen defined: (5 W and 2 Hs) •What is AFFORGEN? A force presentation (deployment) model.
•Who are "forces?" Includes personnel, equipment, & assets.
•Where does AFFORGEN apply? Globally.
•When is AFFORGEN executed? Year-round, in 24-month cycles.
•Why do we need AFFORGEN? Enable operational preparedness and
readiness recovery while ensuring a predictable and sustainable force
offering.
•How does AFFORGEN work? Based on 3 principles: readiness, predictability,
sustainability.
Afforgen Cycle 1. Reset
2. Prepare
3. Ready
4. Available
