Adapting to Shorter Time Cycles in the United States Air Force: Proceedings of a Workshop Series
2021

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The Air Force Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine hosted a three-part workshop series to investigate the changing paradigm of time and knowledge in modern-day warfare. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Defense, three 2-day workshops were held virtually on September 16-17, 2020, September 23-24, 2020, and October 1-2, 2020. The objective of the first workshop was to explore the ways in which the U.S. Air Force (USAF) has adjusted its capabilities in response to past shifts in operational timing. In consideration of these past shifts, the second workshop aimed to consider when there could be an advantage to synchronize or desynchronize rates of change with adversaries. Participants had the opportunity to discuss lessons learned and possible changes for USAF Doctrine and future operations. The goal of the third workshop was to examine the implications to doctrine, concepts of operations, and command and control from the recent acceleration of battlespace operations, arising from wide-scale digitization, large-scale sensing, and faster technologies. In all three workshops, speakers explored the broader issues surrounding changing environments, and participants discussed ways to adapt to fundamental changes in the time constants of conflict. This proceedings is a factual summary of what occurred during the workshop series.

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136 pages · 8.5 x 11 · paperback
ISBN Paperback: 0-309-47421-3
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-47477-9
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/26148

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Front Matter i-xii
Introduction 1-1
1 Workshop One, Part One 2-12
2 Workshop One, Part Two 13-25
3 Workshop Two, Part One 26-39
4 Workshop Two, Part Two 40-53
5 Workshop Three, Part One 54-71
6 Workshop Three, Part Two 72-88
Appendixes 89-90
Appendix A: Statement of Task 91-91
Appendix B: Workshop Agendas 92-96
Appendix C: Biographical Information for Planning Committee Members 97-102
Appendix D: Uncertainty, Stability, Instability, Military Affairs, and Time: Some Thoughts and Conjectures 103-106
Appendix E: Thoughts and Reactions to Planning Committee Discussions 107-109
Appendix F: E-Mail Commentary on Workshops One and Two 110-112
Appendix G: Workshop Series Recap Meeting 113-124

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