Recently, Secretary Wynne did a companion interview with Second Line of Defense to his earlier piece on the future of airpower. This interview focused on the coalition aspect of the evolution of airpower. This briefing was the basis of that interview.

1. Shaping Coalition Airpower, 2030:
Enabling the Joint Force
Michael W. Wynne
21st Secretary; US Air Force
March 2015

2. Shaping Coalition Airpower, 2030
• Coalition Airpower 2030 is 80% what we have
now, and 20% what we want
• Maximizing the integration of each of the
elements will form the coalition
– Pushing Limits of comms and weapons
– Range, staying power, knowledge, precision
• Maintenance and Training will be key
• Targets will outnumber bullets/missiles
• Turnaround at Base another key
• ISR from all to all will shape possible

3. Several Opportunities
• Smaller World to Deal With, but no shrinkage of
Geography
• Emerging ‘Super Powers’ getting territorial
• The Impact of the Reactive ‘Immoral’ Enemy
• Deterrence of the large by Reacting to the small
• A Significant Period of Innovation Ahead
– Turning stolen IP into weapons
– Maximizing use of so called ‘Legacy Assets’
• Reduced resources means thinking differently

4. General Operational Environment
• World Competition Restructuring the Strategic
Environment to Their Advantage
– Arctic
– Pacific
– Africa
– Europe
• Non-State Actors using technologies, and
captured /supplied weapons to influence and
subvert
• Forces of the Industrial Democracies have
Democratic Decision-Making Timelines, limits on
resources dedicated to defence

5. Attacking the Small to Deter the Large
• Integrating the forces
• Testing, retesting joint force operations
• Demonstrations of force employment
• Command Control Resilience
• Speed to Response
• Coalition building ‘on the fly’
• Maximizing utility of ‘Legacy Forces’
• Shaping the strategic; with the tactical
• Skills training for Protected entities

6. Coping with Change
• Google Maps Integration; Situation Awareness
• Ground-Air Revolution and Ground Forces as
Air-Enabled—extension to Maritime
• Air Lift and Tanking Evolutions Extending
Reach, and Logistics Accuracy
• Emergence of I-Pad Generation, Robotics,
Fusion, Resilient Navigation
• Training to Deal with the Expanded Battlespace
• Offensive Capability in the Defensive Enterprise

7. Integration of Legacy
• Software Upgradeable Systems in 4th Generation
• Off-boarding and its tactical and strategic impact
• Weapons Upgrade and Revolution In Targeting
• Distributed Operations and C2 Evolutions
• ‘If it is fit to fight we will fit it in!’:Gen Carlisle
ACC
• Fitting in is about training and experience
• From EW and Cyber to Tron Warfare
• The Pointy end of the spear is Low% of forces
• Warriors win Battles; Logisticians win Wars
• In the next war, bring Bandwidth, Routers, ISR

8. Thinking and Enabling Joint
• Leveraging available shooters, whether air,
maritime, or ground
• Sharing the Sit Rep—Air, Sea, Ground
• Dispense weapons at maximum range to target
• Figure out credit for Assists as well as Kills
• 5th Gen as battle managers, not shooters
• 4th Gen, RPV’s as weapons carriers/shooters
• Enabling Ground as target verifiers/ISR
• Difference between first 3 days/ and rest of war

9. A Minute on Software Upgradeability
• Very Good Computer with apps available is
Handheld, or Knee pad. Bluetooth to IF/FCS.
• Wedgetail, Advanced Hawkeye, Meteor Missile
and F-35 are internally upgradeable
• This allows for Upgrades to Deal with Evolving
Threat and Combat Learning Environment.
• Ask Contractors to feed current available ISR to
Handheld, then display/ send to Fire Controls.
• Illustrating huge need to design/think differently
about upgrade. Desperation drives Innovation.

10. Shaping Coalition Airpower, 2030:
Enabling the Joint Force
• Summary
• Think- force you got—not the one you want
• Organize and Train with every shooter a sensor
• Use 5th Gen as ‘scouts’ not killers
• Offboard targets to anyone with a weapon
• Think Range, Staying Power, and Precision
• Software upgrade starts with Kneeboard iPad
• If it is fit to fight—we’ll fit it in—Maintenance
• Let’s do it to them, before they do it to us.