065 - Great power competition and the future of airpower

In this installment of the Accelerate Change or Lose discussion, Colin and Reed outline great power competition and the future of airpower, covering the 2018 National Defense Strategy and needed changes to the acquisitions process.

See Accelerate Change or Lose: https://www.af.mil/Portals/1/documents/csaf/CSAF_22/CSAF_22_Strategic_Approach_Accelerate_Change_or_Lose_31_Aug_2020.pdf)

3:04 - Great power competition (see Summary of 2018 National Defense Strategy: https://dod.defense.gov/Portals/1/Documents/pubs/2018-National-Defense-Strategy-Summary.pdf)
10:57 - The future of airpower (see Untethered Operations by Gen Brown: https://www.airuniversity.af.edu/Portals/10/ASPJ_Spanish/Journals/Volume-27_Issue-4/2015_4_09_brown_s_eng.pdf)
22:44 - Multi-domain operations
30:23 - Acquisitions is an impediment to change (see Service chiefs ask Congress for fiscal help: https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/109615/service-chiefs-ask-congress-for-fiscal-help/)

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