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Define Airmen
all Airmen, skilled practitioners, and combatants of air, space, and cyberspace warfare
5 Pillars of Airmanship
1. Oath of Enlistment
2. Profession of Arms
3. Warror Ethos
4. USAF Core Values
5. Resilience
Explain the Oath of Enlistment
Publicized, sworn commitment where you pledge to do whatever's necessary, whenever called upon, to support the principles of the US Constitution; to act as guardians of freedom and justice and to commit to the core values
Define Profession of Arms
a distinct, professional subculture with a body of theory and specialized knowledge, service to the community and nation and how these all combine to defend freedom, pursue peace, and protect America and its interests
Explain the unlimited liability clause within the PoA
Unlimited liability means members may have to make sacrifices, up to and including giving one's life (the ultimate sacrifice)
How is Progressive Professionalism (P2) demonstrated?
Being educated, trained, ethically sound, morally balanced, completely dedicated member of their specialty or trade.
2 Components of Progressive Professionalism (P2):
1. Direction, Discipline, and Recognition (need to be balanced)
2. Self Development
Core Values:
1. Integrity First
2. Service Before Self
3. Excellence in all we do
Characteristics of 'Integrity First'
courage, honesty, responsibility, accountability, justice, openness, self-respect, humility, honor
Characteristics of ' Service Before Self'
rule following, faith in the system, duty, respect for others, self-discipline, appropriate actions or desires, tolerance, loyalty
personal, resource, operational, interpersonal, organizational, and product/service excellence
Characteristics of 'Excellence in All We Do'
military/executive bearing, self-discipline and self-control; hardiness of spirit despite hardships; moral and physical courage; continuously hones skills to support the employment of mil capabilities; to seek experience opportunities that will develop/enhance decision-making abilities under pressure or in combat situations that enables mil personnel to develop the confidence, judgment, courage and integrity to perform
Warrior Ethos
keeping the faith, being aggressive, relentless, powerful resilient, savage, and persistent through determination and perseverance in the pursuit of victory; enables you to react and respond during demanding difficult, and dangerous situations
Definition of Hardiness of Spirit, component of Warrior Ethos
mental or moral strength to venture, persevere, and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty
Definition of Courage, component of Warrior Ethos
2 kinds of Courage:
moral and physical
Airman's ability to withstand, recover, and/or grow in the face of stressors and changing demands by orchestrating the use of base resources, support activities, peers, and leadership
Definition of Resiliency
AFI _____ : "fitness AFI"
36-2905: emphasizes how important it is to participate in a year-round physical conditioning program that emphasizes total fitness, to include proper aerobic conditioning, strength/flexibility training, and healthy eating
Two types of metabolic processes:
aerobic and anaerobic
metabolic process that breaks down nutrients with a process requiring oxygen; low-intensity, endurance activities (jogging, swimming laps)
aerobic metabolism
metabolic process that breaks down nutrients with a process that DOESN'T require oxygen; high-intensity, short activities (sprinting, weights)
anaerobic metabolsim
5 signs of low nutrient intake:
loss of muscle mass
fatigue
suppressed immune system
prolonged recovery process
4 types of Macro nutrients
1. Carbohydrates
2. Fats
3. Protein
4. Water
which type of macro nutrient?:
sugars and starches, short term high-itensity energy source (ideally provides 50% of calories in diet)
Carbs
which type of macro nutrient?
oils, butter; long term, low-intensity energy source (ideally provides 30% of calories in diet)
Fats
which type of macro nutrient?
building block, not stored, excess will be broken down or if no other energy sources are available (ideally provides 20% of calories in diet)
Proteins
Example of too much or too little Direction, Discipline, and Recognition (DDR)?:
micromanaging, lack of appropriate delegation, condscending to troops, makes people give up, feel incompetent, or untrustworthy
Too Much DDR
Examle of too much or too little Direction, Discipline, and Recognition (DDR)?:
leads to poor performance, lost time, accidents, costly mistakes, promotes unethical/inappropriate behavior, reduces motivation, reduces commitment to the unit/mission
Too Little DDR
oils, grease, and butter are examples of which macro nutrient?
Fats
breads, grains, rice, syrup, and sugars are examples of which macro nutrient?
Carbs
which type of macro nutrient?
serves as lubricant, necessary for chemical reactions and break down of other macro nutrients
Water
Examples of which type of macro nutrient?: meats, eggs, fish
Protein
Vitamins and minerals
micronutrients (needed in much smaller quantities than macronutrients)
used to calculate Basal Metabolic Rate (BMR), i.e. how many calories you burn daily
Harris Benedict formula
Any type of exercise that has a direct relationship to the activities you perform in your daily life. (Muscle balance and joint stability are key)
Functional Training
Benefits of Functional Training
- makes you better on the job
- makes you better at home
- makes you less likely to be injured
- increases your quality of life
- decreases stress
Training to prevent injuries in healthy individuals
Pre-Habilitation (versus re-hab after an injury), promoted by functional training
Application of maximal physical effort systematically applied to a technically developed motor skill; when integrated w/ functional training results in Functional Endurance Intensity (FEI) workouts
High Intensity Exercise Endurance (HIEE)
High Intensity Exercise Endurance (HIEE) + Functional Training = ______ workout
Functional Endurance Intensity (FEI) workouts
FOSI exercise principle
Form Over Speed and Intensity
benefits of _____: lessens injury, focuses on form, helps develop core muscles
FOSI
Ability to control your breathing when you most need to breathe efficiently
Tactical Breathing
______ breathing is consider the best kind of breathing, use rib cage muscles to allow more room for the lungs to expand downward (expand abdomen rather than chest)
Diaphragmatic; part of Tactical Breathing concept
Set of share attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes a group or an organization
Culture
something transmitted by or acquired from a predecessor
Heritage
First use of air assets by US
Balloon observations in Civil War, esp Battle of Fair Oaks (1861)
constructed only Army balloon used in Spanish-American War (1898-1900), enlisted and readied the balloon for use by Signal Corps, made first ascension
Baldwin
Military division responsible for estabilishing a small aeronautical division in 1 Aug 1907
Army Signal Corps
First enlisted man appoint to Aeronautical Division
Ward
First enlisted casualty of air accident in 1912.
Scott (only enlisted member to have AFB named after him)
First military division exclusively devoted to aviation was the _____ (now known as the 1st Recon Div), deployed against Pancho Villa in 1916
1st Aeronautical Squadron
1917, first female pilot of note, largely served WWI war effort through fundraising
Ruth Law
1918, aviation transferred from Signal Corps to two agencies: Bureau of _____ _____ and Division of ____ _____
Aircraft Production; Military Aeronautics
Division of Military Aeronautics was officially recognized as the _____ ______ of the U.S. Army on May 24, 1918
Air Service
Enlisted pilot in WWI, founded Beechcraft Corp (instrumental in WWII)
Beech
First American ace in 1917
Libby
First black pilot/fighter pilot
Bullard
First AF MAJCOMS: _____ (SAC), ______ (ADC), ______ (TAC)
Strategic Air Command, Air Defense Command, Tactical Air Command
26 July, National Security Act of _____ officially formed the Air Force
1947
Reasons for ________
1. Iraq invaded Kuwait
2. Stability of Arabian Peninsula
3. Enforcement of UN Resolutions
Desert Storm
Operation Provide Relief and Restore Hope took place in this country: _______. Purpose was to airlfit humanitarian relief. Famous for Blackhawk down incident.
Somalia, 1991
Operation _____ ______ (Kosovo), demonstrated effectiveness of phased bombing approach
Allied Force
Operation Enduring Freedom was the result of what event?
9/11
Highest US military decoration, awarded to individuals in the military that have distinguished themselves by conspicuous gallantry and courage at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, must incontestably prove that the act of bravery or self-sacrifice involved obvious risk of life and, if the risk hadn't been taken, there would be no grounds for censure
Congressional Medal of Honor
SSgt Erwin and A1C Pitsenbarger are recipients of?
Congressional Medal of Honor
Awarded to US and foreign military personnel and civilians who have displayed extraordinary heroism in one of the following situations: while engaged in action against a US enemy, while engaged in military operations involving conflict with a foreign force, or while serving with a freindly nation engaged in armed conflict against a force in which the US is not a belligerent party
Air Force Cross
SrA Cunningham, pararescue in Afghanistan; TSgt Chapman, helicopter in Afghan; Brian Kolfage, triple amputee are all recipients of?
Air Force Cross
AFI ______, Dress and Personal Appearance of AF Personnel
36-2903
Consists of certain movements by which the flight or squadron is moved in an orderly manner from one formation to another or from one place to another
Drill
AFI 36-2903 addresses?
Dress and Personal Appearance of AF Personnel
special, formal, group activities conducted by the Armed Forces to honor distinguished persons or recognize special events
Ceremonies
AFMAN 36-2203 addresses?
Drill and Ceremonies
Played at the beginning of the day
Reveille
Played at the end of the day
Retreat
composite of individual characteristics, experiences, and abilities consistent with Air Force Core Values and Air Force mission
Diversity
Two dimensions of diversity: 1)______ - in-born, or instilled early in life, have lifelong impact, 2) ________ - characteristics that can change over course of life, but still have strong influence
Primary, Secondary
Examples of primary or secondary dimension of diversity?: work ethic, income, marital status, experience, religious or political beliefs, educational background
Secondary
ability to recognize and respond to the needs of various groups iwthin an organization to improve working relationships, productivity, customer service, unit effectiveness (not mandated by rules or laws)
Diversity Awareness
Refers to legal and regulatory mandates prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, and bans reprisal
Equal Opportunity (EO)
refers to voluntary or mandated programs developed for the purpose of overcoming imbalances in the workforce that affect designated groups, such as members of minority groups, women, veterans, and people w/ disabilities
Affirmative Action (AA)
one's reception and responsiveness to the emotions, feelings, personalities, temperments, cultural differences, values, and beliefs of those around them; enables diversity
Social Sensitivity
5 characteristics of a ________-supportive org:
1. act proactively
2. leadership driven
3. encourage ownership of initiatives
4. think inclusively
5. mainstream diversity
Diversity
Below are result of repeal of ______
1. Treat all service members with dignity, respect, fairess, and equality, regarless of sexual orientation
2. makes decisions, take actions, and display behaviors that are nothing less than professional
3. mantain good order and discipline
4. ensure service members under your supervision behave within 1-3 and receive 1-3
Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT)
Assumptions, stereotypes, prejudices, social biases, perceptions, perspectives, collusion, discrimination are examples of ______ _______
Socio-Behavioral Tendencies (SBTs)
promoting diversity requires that you remove yourself from your "comfort zone" and evaluate ________, false _______, may become your personal truths that generate negative results by affecting how you think, treat others, and handle uncomfortable situations
Assumptions
fixed or distorted generalization about all members of a particular group; standardized mental picture that one person or group of people holds in common about another person or group of people
Stereotypes
adverse or unreasonable opinion about a person or group without all the facts and usually based on deeply held beliefs
Prejudices
_________ can be positive or negative and includes a general opinion, ______ is deeply held belief
Stereotype; Prejudice
occurs when someone unfairly favors or prefers a person, culture group, or race to another
Social Biases
What you experience and observe that becomes your reality
Perceptions
Your position on a particular subject, how you mentally view a situation
perspective
People cooperate with others, knowingly and unknowingly, to reinforce those behaviors that prevent others from fully entering into the workplace culture
Collusion
Three types of collusion
1. Silence (passive support)
2. Denial (pretending it doesn't exist)
3. Active participation
treatment or consideration of making a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing based on the group, class, or category to which that person or thing belongs, rather than on individual merit
Discrimination
Acting on prejudices
Discrimination
free-flowing and two-way exchange of info, helps increase productivity and retention
FAIR
Feedback/Assistance/Inclusion/Respect
FAIR:
1. __ giving and receiving info on how to meet expectations, do it early and often, clarifies and aligns perception with reality
2. __ making sure workers have what they need to work to their fullest potential, may need to assist outside the job to help job performance
3. __ making sure everyone has the opportunity to fully participate in the workpalce, feel valued, accepted, welcome
4. __ being able to recognize each peron's unique value, contributions, and potential to the organization
1. Feedback
2. Assistance
3. Inclusion
4. Respect
combines ethical decision-making and ethical behavior and occurs in both an individual and organizational context
ethical leadership
behavior based on adopted attitudes and beliefs of what is right and wrong or values and judgments about good and evil, and the study of how you judge those behaviors
ethics
set of standards of conduct that guide decisions and actions based on duties derived from core values
ethics
core beliefs that you hold regarding what is right and fair in terms of our actions and our interactions with others
values
values that you attribute to a system of beliefs that help us define right from wrong, good vs bad
morals
values and expected rules of the profession that are appropriate to actions taken within the military environment
military ethics
set of standards of conduct that guide decisions and actions based on duties derived from core values and is designed to put principle above one's own self interest; personal integrity and moral courage are key
military ethics
no ethical absolutes, and social norms deterine what is ethical or unethical; nothing is objectively right or wrong, all dependson the person, setting, etc.
ethical relativism
hypothetical imperative that would compel action under a particular circumstance (objective)
categorical imperative
situations where one is forced to choose between two alternatives; military members operate by categorical imperatives and must always do so
ethical dilemmas
examples include: core values, AFI 36-2618 Enlisted Force Structure, Airman's Creed, Professional Development Guide, Code of Conduct, DOD Joint Staff Guide, LOAC, UCMJ
USAF ethical codes
examples include: ethical relativism, loyalty syndrome, worry over image, drive for success
ethical traps
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
If actions were public would you still take them?
Shame test
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
Would you want your peers, neighbors, friends to know?
Community test
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
Are your actions legal?
Legal test
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
Are your actions justifiable under these circumstances?
Situation test
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
Do the ends justify the means?
Consequences test
Which of Dr. Toner's Six Ethical Tests?:
What would your church or God say?
God test
When administering punishment, what principle advises NCOs to consider all factors?
Prudent First, Justice Second principle
Collective term first coined in 1943, encompasses both national defense and foreign relations of the US
national security
Important milestones in the evolution of the national security apparatus
1947, National Security Council created.
1972, Nixon releases first National Security Strategy (NSS).
1986, Goldwater-Nichols DOD Reorganization Act mandates the annual release of the NSS by the executive branch (i.e. President).
Principle assistant to the President in all matters relating to the Dept of Defense.
Secretary of Defense
All functions in DoD and its component agencies are performed under the authority, direction, and control of this individual.
Secretary of Defense
Individual responsible to the President for the creating, supporting, and employing of military capabilities.
Secretary of Defense
What members compose the Joint Chief of Staff?
Chairman (CJCS), Vice Chairman (VCJCS), service chiefs
Individuals in the two chains of command? (top to bottom):
Used to employ forces: ____ - ____ - ____
Used to recruit, organize, train, and equip forces: ___ - ___ - ____ - ____ & ____
Employ forces: Pres - SecDef - combatant commanders (CCDRs)
(note: normally Chairman of JCS serves as liaison between SecDef and CCDRs)
Recruit, org, train, and equip: Pres - SecDef - Secys of Military Depts - Service Component Commands & Service Chiefs
Primary military advisor to Pres, NSC, and SecDef
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS)
Command with broad continuing mission with one commander and composed of significant assigned components of two or more military departments
Combatant Command
Established in the Unified Command Plan (UCP) by Pres through SecDef w/ advice from CJCS
Combatant Commands
Establishes missions, responsibilities, and force structure also AOR for geographic combatant commanders (GCCs) and functional responsibilities for functional combatant commanders (FCCs)
Unified Command Plan (UCP)
Established when the mission has a specific limited objective
Joint Task Force (JTF)
Term applied to combatant commander (CCDR), subunified commander or JTF commander who exercises combatnat command (command authority) over a joint force
Joint Force Commander (JFC)
Consists of a Service component commander and the Services forces (individual, units, detachments, and orgs) assigned to Joint Force Commander (JFC)
Service Component Command
CCDRs, CDRs, and JFCs have the authority to establish _____ ______ ______ to control military operations, i.e. to integrate planning, reduce their span of control, and/or significantly improve combat efficiency, information flow, unity of effort, weapons systems management, component interaction, etc.
Functional Component Command
In addition to the Services, DoD agencies that provide combat support or combat service
Combat Support Agencies (CSAs)
Examples include: Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Natl Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), among others, (SecDef has executive authority)
Combat Support Agencies (CSAs)
Name the 6 Geographical Combatant Commands:
USAFRICOM
USCENTCOM
USEUCOM
USNORTHCOM
USPACOM
USSOUTHCOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for Africa.
USAFRICOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for Europe and Russia
USEUCOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for North America
USNORTHCOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for South America
USSOUTHCOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for southwest Asia and the Middle East.
USCENTCOM
Name the Geographical Combatant Command for China, India, Australia, SE Asia and Pacific region.
USPACOM
Name the 4 Functional Combatant Commands:
USJFCOM - US Joint Forces Command
USSOCOM - US Special Operations Command
USTRANSCOM - US Transportation Command
USSTRATCOM - US Strategic Command
GCC with headquarters in Kelley Barracks, Stuttgart, Germany
USAFRICOM
GCC with headquarters in MacDill AFB, Florida
USCENTCOM
GCC with headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany
USEUCOM
GCC with headquarters in Peterson AFB, CO
USNORTHCOM
GCC with headquarters in Camp M.W. Smith, HI
USPACOM
GCC with headquarters in Miami, FL
USSOUTHCOM
FCC with headquarters in Norfolk, VA
USSJFCOM
FCC with headquartes in MacDill AFB, FL
USSOCOM
FCC with headquarters in Scott AFB, IL
USTRANSCOM
FCC with headquarters in Offutt AFB, NE
USSTRATCOM
This FCC is primarily responsible for providing mission-ready joint-capable forces and supporting the development and integration of joint, interagency, and multinational capabilities to meet the present and future operational needs of the joint force
USSJFCOM - US Joint Forces Command
Unified Combatant Command that conducts several covert and clandestine missions, such as unconventional warfare, foreign internal defense, special reconnaissance, psychological operations, civil affairs, direct action, counter-terrorism and war on drugs operations
USSOCOM - US Special Operations Command
Combatant Command tasked with the coordination of people and transportation assets to allow the US to project and sustain forces, whenver, wherever, and for as long as they are needed
USTRANSCOM - US Transportation Command
Combatant Command charged with space operations (such as military satellites), information operations (such as info warfare), missile defense, global command and control, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, global strike and strategic deterrence (US nuke arsenal) and combating weapons of mass destruction
USSTRATCOM - US Strategic Command
Dept of Defense Directive (DoDD) _____: Functions of the DoD and Its Major Components
5100.1
Four concepts that make up the full spectrum of military operations:
military theory
principles of war
Air Force doctrine
US Strategy
scientifiic, artistic, and philosophical idea or view relating to principles, methods, rules, and operations of war; describes the best way for waging war in a universe described by science and based on teh nature of man in that universe as described by philosophy
military theory
certain principles that result in victory as recorded through history by leaders; those aspects of warfare that are universally true and relevant
principles of war
Principles of War:
M.O.O.S.E.S
S.U.M
Mass.Objective.Offensive.Security.Economy of Force.Surprise
Simplicity.Unity of Command.Maneuver
Principle of War:
emphasizes that all efforts should be directed and coordinated toward a common objective under one responsible commander
Unity of Command
Principle of War:
directing military operations towards a defined and attainable goal that contributes to strategic, operational, and tactical aims
Objective
Principle of War:
seize, retain, and exploit the initiative and to do it as soon as possible, action rather than reaction
Offensive
Principle of War:
concentrate the effects of combat power at a specific time and place that is most advantageous to achieve decisive results (not necessarily overwhelming numbers)
Mass
Principle of War:
similar to offensive, ability to quickly integrate a force and strike an adversary's strategic or operational centers of gravity
Maneuver
Principle of War:
careful employment and distribution of forces, assign the least essential resources to secondary efforts
Economy of Force
Principle of War:
never permit the enemy to acquire an unexpected advantage, information an important part
Security
Principle of War:
attacking the enemy at a time, place, or in a manner for which they are not prepared
Surprise
Principle of War:
avoid any unnecessary complexity of often inherently complex military operations
Simplicity
Statement of officially sanctioned beliefs, warfare principles, and terminology that describes and guides the proper use of air, space, and cyberspace power in military operations
Air Force Doctrine
Level of Air and Space Doctrine:
Provides a broad, fundamental, and continual guidance on how US forces are organized trained, equipped, sustained, and employed
Basic - Air Force Doctrine Document 1 (AFDD-1)
Level of Air and Space Doctrine:
Guides the proper organization and employment of ofrces in the context of distinct objectives, force capabilities, broad funcitonal areas, and operational environments
Operational - Air Force Doctrine Document 2 (AFDD-2)
Level of Air and Space Doctrine:
Tactical doctrine describes the proper employemt of specific Air Force assets, individually or in concert with other assets to accomplish detailed objectives
Tactical - Air Force Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (AFTTP)
How operations will be conducted to accomplish national policy objectives; art and science of developing and employing instruments of national power in a sychronized and integrated fashion to achieve theater, national, and/or multinational objectives
US Strategy
policy of the US that seeks and supports democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in the world
National Security Strategy (NSS)
Four enduring national interests pursued by the National Security Strategy:
1. Security
2. Prosperity
3. Values
4. International order
DoD capstone document, provides a framework for other DoD strategic guidance, addresses how the US Armed Forces will fight and win America's wars, and how they seek to work with and through partner nations to shape opportunities in the international environment to enhance security and prevent conflict
National Defense Strategy (NDS)
Five key objectives found in the National Defense Strategy (NDS)
1. Defend the homeland
2. Win the Long War
3. Promote Security
4. Deter Conflict
5. Win the Nation's Wars
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's strategic direction provides focus for military activities by defining a set of interrelated military objectives for joint operating concepts that the service chiefs and combatant commanders use to identify capabilities and risks
National Military Strategy (NMS)
Four military objectives found within the National Military Strategy (NMS)
1. Counter violent extremism
2. Deter and defeat aggression
3. Strengthen international and regional security
4. Shape the future force
Smaller than a campaign or major operation and typically limited in scope and conducted to achieve a very specific objective; focuses on deterring war, resolving conflict, promoting peace, irregular warfare, natural disasters, and supporting civil authorities in response to domestic crisis
Crisis Response/Contingency Operations
Two types of Crisis Response/Contingency Operations:
1. adversarial (e.g. terrorists, fighting enemies)
2. non-adversarial (e.g. natural disasters, assist/aid, etc.)
DOD Homeland Defense and Civil Support Paradigm:
1. ______ Security
2. ______ Defense
3. ______ Support
4. ______ Preparedness
1. Homeland Security
2. Homeland Defense
3. Civil Support
4. Emergency Preparedness
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
Offensive actions conducted by command authorities aimed at generating effects that most directly achieve the national security objectives by affecting the adversary's leadership, conflict-sustaining resources and strategy.
Strategic Attacks
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
Operations to attain and maintain a desired degree of air superiority by the destruction, degradation, or disruption of enemy forces; two elements are offensive and defensive
Counterair
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
Main objective is to dominate the surface environment and prevent the opponent from doing the same; two elements, air interdiction and close air support (CSA)
Counterland
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
Extensionof AF capabilities into a maritime environment; specilialized task are sea surveillance, anti-ship warfare, protection of sea lines of communications through antisubmarine and anti-air warfare, aerial mine-laying, and air refueling in support of naval campaigns
Countersea
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
essential capabilities, functions, activities, and task necessary to create and sustain air and space forces; two elements, Agile Combat Support (ACS), Expeditionary Combat Support (ECS)
Combat Support
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
Transportation of personnel and material through the air that can be applied across the entire range of military operations to achieve or support objectives and can achieve tactics through strategic effects
Airlift
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
In-flight transfer of fuel between tanker and receiver aircraft
Air Refueling
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
use of airpower to conduct unconventional warfare, direct action, special reconnaissance, counterterrorism, foreign internal defense, psychological operations, counter proliferation
Special Operations
1 of 9 operational functions of airpower listed below:
systematically observing air, space, surface, subsurface areas, places, persons, or things, by visual, aural, electronic, photographic, or other means
Surveillance and Reconnaissance
Three elements of space:
Space - astrodynamics or the study of the effects gravity has on space, exs. satellites, space stations, space shuttle
Terrestrial - land, sea, or airborne equipment used to communicate with and control the space element
Link - communication between space element and terrestrial element
JIIM environment (used to describe the current environment)
Joint, Interagency, Intergovernmental, Multinational
Means by which space superiority is gained and maintained; assuring friendly forces can use it while denying its use to the enemy
Space Control
Counterspace can be 1) _______ or 2) _________
1. Offensive
2. Defensive
5 Major Purposes of Offensive Counterspace (5 D's)
Deception, Disruption, Denial, Degradation, Destruction
Defensive counterspace falls into two categories: 1) ____ 2)_____
1. active
2. passive
3 Contributing capabilities that are critical to the successful conduct of offensive and defensive counterspace operations:
1. Surveillance and Reconnaissance of Space
2. Ballistic Missile Warning
3. Space Environment Operations
5 Attributes of Space Power:
G.R.E.E.F.
Global Coverage
Robustness
Effectiveness
Economy
Flexibility
Touches practically everything and everyone every day; security and prosperity of the Nation depends on the freedom to access and utilize it; threats via it tend to be asymmetrical, not balanced, and have a minimal cost of entry: What is "it"?
cyberspace
confrontation between nation-states or coalitions/alliances of nation-states, typically involves force-on-force military operations in which adversaires employ a variety of conventional military capabilities
Traditional warfare
violent struggle among state and non-state actors for legitimacy and influence over the relevant populations, guerilla warfare and asymmetric warfare are examples
Irregular warfare
belief or assumption that the particular social or cultural group a person belongs to is superior
ethnocentrism
belief that morals depend on particular situation and truth, and morals change depending on a partiuclar culture or situation
relativism
when one corresponds or associates an object to another object in the same way as it would correspond to its image in a mirror
mirror imaging
variety of human societies or cultures in a specific region or in the world as whole
cultural diversity
6 Values that shape worldview:
C.U.T.S.
S.A.P.
Conformity
Universalism
Tradition
Security

Self-direction
Achievement
Power
Refers to societies or groups where people have close connections over a long period of time
High context culture
Refers to societies hwere people tend to have many connections but of shorter duration or for some specific reason.
Low context culture
High or low context culture?:
Less verbally explicit communication, less written or formal info, long term relationships, strong boundaries of who belongs and who's an outsider, knowledge is situational and relational, internalized understanding
High context culture
High or low context culture?:
Rule oriented (external rules), knowledge is public and codified, more interpersonal connections of shorter duration, knoweldge is more transferrable, task-centered
Low context culture
High or low context culture?:
United States, Germany, Ireland
Low context cultures
High or low context culture?:
China, Italy, India
High context cultures
AF Cross Cultural Competence Model (3C) has four components:
1. Culture general conceptual knowledge (Knowledge)
2. Cross cultural skills (Communicate, negotiate, relate)
3. Positive Attitudes (Motivation)
4. Application (Learning approaches)