LANGLEY AIR FORCE BASE, Va.: Top Air Force leaders from the eight commands representing the Combat Air Force released “Securing the High Ground: Agile Combat Airpower,” Sept. 15. This strategic plan provides a construct for developing, planning and employing integrated combat capabilities for the nation.
“The CAF is America’s asymmetric advantage and the backbone of our nation’s security,” said Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command and Combat Air Force lead. “Partnered with the joint force, our Airmen provide strategic deterrence for our nation, allies, and coalition partners, and, when required, fight and win conflicts with agile combat power.”
The strategic plan articulates how the CAF will focus its efforts on winning today’s fight while keeping a steady, unwavering commitment to defending the homeland, strengthening nuclear deterrence and meeting tomorrow’s challenges.
As highlighted in the 21-page plan, tomorrow’s security environment is changing rapidly and is characterized by a growing list of competitors and potential adversaries from across the spectrum of conflict. To counter these challenges, the plan emphasizes the imperative for the CAF to be “properly organized, trained and equipped to deliver agile combat airpower in this environment.” Additionally, the plan highlights the importance of “improving warfighter integration” and balancing efforts “in order to execute CAF assigned core functions, within fiscal constraints.”
The 2010 CAF Strategic Plan accentuates the role of the CAF to provide agile combat airpower, which “is our air, space, cyberspace, and battlefield Airmen, organizations and capabilities delivering global vigilance and power for the nation.”
The document was signed by the following commanders: Gen. William M. Fraser III, ACC; Gen. C. Robert Kehler, Air Force Space Command; Gen. Gary L. North, Pacific Air Forces; Gen. Roger A. Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe; Lt. Gen. Donald C. Wurster, Air Force Special Operations Command; Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, Air Force Global Strike Command; Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Air Force Reserve Command; and Lt. Gen. Harry M. Wyatt III, Air National Guard.
