US Air Force - How We Fight

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The Interdependent Fight -- Spherical Situation Awareness in the Groundfight

Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne

Excerpts of remarks as delivered to the Corps of Cadets, U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. Sept. 14, 2006

We are seeing right now an historic evolution in maneuver warfare: to the Interdependent Fight, where long-duration mass on the ground can be exchanged for rapid massing of resources of awareness, of detection, and of instant communications to deliver concentrated and precision strike.

Interdependence arises from the literal interconnections across all of these domains, constantly, in the hands of unit-level warriors of each and every Service simultaneously. Interdependence goes beyond Joint. It is an evolutionary step upward.

This Interdependent Fight calls for exquisite situation awareness. We thought in the past in terms of 360-Degree Awareness. But I submit that the American Warrior has evolved. He's evolved to what I call Spherical Situation Awareness. This is a new term. It calls for a new Habit of Thought. It is the habit of taking a comprehensive, spherical view, at once vertical and horizontal, real-time and predictive, penetrating, yet defended; also in the cyber realm; eliminating as much as possible obstacles of terrain, weather, foliage, darkness, jamming and any defenses erected in any of these domains, all the means of surprise that provide cover and resources to the enemy, even buried objects and buried targets.

Most importantly, Spherical Situation Awareness delivers to the net the tools of precision fire, including fires measured to avoid innocent casualties, and to get instant feedback to all that are on the command net. The kill cycle can thus be cut to minutes and possibly seconds, from the detect to the assessment.

This is no panacea. The thinking enemy already finds ways to avoid massing, dodge our sensors and inflict casualties. A sober reminder is the recent notification of the passage of First Lt. Emily Perez, a former Brigade Cadet Sergeant Major who was killed in action in Iraq just this past week - Class of '05. And this is not Land Power versus Sea Power versus Air Power: we must fight Interdependently because we in fact are Interdependent. Only in combination we will root out and kill each enemy.

History that is written in the decades to come will celebrate your triumphs and honor the steadfastness and courage in your ranks. Your innovation in bringing the Interdependent Fight from text to battlefield will write that history.

Thank you for your service, your devotion, and the sacrifices you and your families have and will make.

May God bless you, and may God continue to bless our great Nation.

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  • Great,you americans ...

    Great,you americans don't need use the rifles any more,when you guys kill the original indians...

    By pillocs [Affiliate User] 1204877292 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • DO YOU WANNA SEE A ...

    DO YOU WANNA SEE A REAL COMBAT ? NOT JUST LASER BOMBS ? LOOK ARGENTINIAN PILOTS VS ROYAL NAVY:
    malvinas - fuerza aerea (sonido original)

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  • no,u don't want to.

    no,u don't want to.

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  • i dont know why ...

    i dont know why people like saying that marines r the best or army or whatever, dont they know that we all a team. w/o teamwork we cant win.

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  • No, the F-35A ...

    No, the F-35A production line has not opened up yet, production slated for 2011-2015 production. F-22 production however, is about to close. With 180-190 units there are no more orders, LockMart and Boeing may use private funds to put the line on standby so that if any orders are placed, they can produce more.

    If they F-22 was exported, production line would stay open. But as all legacy aircraft, Congress will never allow it to be exported.

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  • Calm down, the guy ...

    Calm down, the guy was just stating a point.

    By alexandermakrianis [Affiliate User] 1203354284 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You're absolutly ...

    You're absolutly right. We're all on the same team. I wish that people would understand that.

    By alexandermakrianis [Affiliate User] 1203354178 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You make a great ...

    You make a great point. That is why I always argue the fact that military service should be mandatory. If it ever becomes mandatory then there will be numerous changes that will have to be made, especially in discipline.

    By alexandermakrianis [Affiliate User] 1203354056 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Don't mess with the ...

    Don't mess with the United States Air Force!!!

    By Wolfeila [Affiliate User] 1203153359 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • This is a cool ...

    This is a cool video. It's so funny because the terrorists think they can run and hide - NOT FROM AMERICA.

    By RadiationGaming [Affiliate User] 1202797852 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Yes we do fly them, ...

    Yes we do fly them, they are not in action yet CadetNewman.

    By RadiationGaming [Affiliate User] 1202797692 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • we currently dont ...

    we currently dont fly the F-35...yet

    By CadetNewman [Affiliate User] 1201303449 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Couldn't have said ...

    Couldn't have said it better myself! Thank you! Most people in our country do not appreciate the freedom that was bought and paid for them by the blood of Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen, and Coast Guard personnel. It's human nature to not value the things that don't cost you...

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  • Tantzer, It would ...

    Tantzer, It would take me pages to explain in detail. Where you received this information can be considered Anti-American propaganda. Whom is right can be argued day and night with no victor. People tend to judge a situation without fully understanding it or having the focus as to why it must be done. Then, they in their cynicism, criticize any action out of ignorance. The US Military is far more intelligent than you think. We plan our actions and reactions far in advance and act accordingly.

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  • Education lesson ...

    Education lesson Zeptocomp:
    F-22s are not designed for close combat, much like the F-15(radar package is larger). This is what we have F-16s and F-35s for. If you had 4 Typhoons in the air, an F-22 would eliminate the threat before a single Typhoon would know. You have NO idea what an F-22 can do. I know what both Typhoons and Raptors can do.

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  • Today we have a ...

    Today we have a group of so-called citizens that love to shit on the military and the flag. I just think that is wrong, although I recognize their right to do so, if they ever had to dig a foxhole in Georgia clay or Arabian sand they would have a better understanding of citizinship!

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  • That is a good ...

    That is a good theory , but if military service where to become mandatory them you would have a bunch of people with low morale in who really didnt care about their jobs.

    That would get people killed in combat.

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  • hey the iranians ...

    hey the iranians are baggin on the airforce you guys should talk shit back to them

    By jedduenas [Affiliate User] 1198678223 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • lol i just was in ...

    lol i just was in FTAC as well wasnt that some boring shit lol

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  • The Air Force is ...

    The Air Force is actually one of more exclusive branches. We all do our part in this fight. Nobody needs to talk down on another branch, We're all on the same team.

    By Musicool2 [Affiliate User] 1198283965 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • We were shown this ...

    We were shown this today in FTAC training. Thanks for posting!

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  • pomonagee, that ...

    pomonagee, that would be incriminating the constitution that we work so hard to secure

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  • Too bad The U.S. ...

    Too bad The U.S. does not require all 18 y/o men of able body to commit to 3 yrs of service. More Americans Citizens respect what we service men do everyday.

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  • Great, no, awesome ...

    Great, no, awesome video. I was in AFROTC through college but unfortunately was medically disqualified shortly before entering active duty. I still love the AF and this video reminds me why. Furthermore, I have nothing but respect for all the other branches. I know we love to give each other a hard time but the truth is that we are stronger because of our ability to help each other. God bless the troops of the US Armed Forces, and thanks to each and every one of you.

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  • simply amazing

    simply amazing

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