Air Force - Future Operating Concept: A view of the Air Force in 2035

As America's Airmen, our purpose is to ensure the Air Force can always provide Global Vigilance-Global Reach-Global Power. We do this by providing Air Force forces to accomplish our fi ve core missions. Since 1947, our core missions remain the backbone of our Service, and have evolved appropriately to address the changing environment. Every generation of Airmen has faced seemingly insurmountable challenges in accomplishing these missions, and yet, each generation of Airmen before us found a way to adapt. At crucial moments in time, they developed a way to succeed.
As we plan for the future, the rapid pace of change occurring throughout the world compounds the uncertainty and complexity of the future environment. If we are to continue to succeed in our purpose, we must consider both the challenges and the opportunities we will face in air, space, and cyberspace. We must ask ourselves, "How will future Air Force forces deliver responsive and effective Global Vigilance-Global Reach-Global Power in the anticipated environment of 2035?" To answer this question, we propose our Air Force Future Operating Concept.