Leenn093--Combat Air Force Strategic Master plan

Corley wants master plan for ACC

By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 23, 2008 7:28:42 EST
   
As Air Combat Command deals with a growing list of issues — from broken F-15 Eagles to how to accomplish its nuclear mission, ACC boss Gen. John Corley said the command and the wider “combat Air Force” need a long-term master plan.

At the Air Force Association’s winter conference in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Corley said the “Combat Air Force Strategic Master plan” should be issued in three to six months. Work on the plan began shortly after Corley took the ACC post in October.

Among Corley’s concerns is how to deal with retiring aging fighters like the F-15 when the production of new fighters such as the F-22A Raptor and F-35 Lightning II won’t keep pace with the number of jets pulled out of operation.

Trying to deal with each problem as it pops up isn’t the answer. “I no longer want to play the whack-a-mole game,” Corley said.

Corley wants to see production of the F-22A and F-35 ramped up to a higher pace of 20 annually for the Raptor and 48 for the Joint Strike Fighter. The career F-15 pilot hopes the whitepaper will convince lawmakers of the need for more jets.

Corley didn’t say how many F-22As he wanted by the end of the Raptor’s production.

A week before, Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, was rebuked by his bosses after Carlson was misquoted as saying the Air Force would figure out a way to buy 381 F-22As regardless of what the Department of Defense policy was.

In a joking reference to avoiding a similar brouhaha, Corley said his speech had been washed clean of any specific numbers. “I was asked, based on recent events, to submit my script for a security and policy review to the building [Pentagon],” Corley told the AFA audience. “I looked at what has been redacted from my script and I’m left with only two words: “Good morning.”
美空军空战司令部司令谈装备换代工作
    美空军空中作战司令部司令部司令柯利将军近参加空军协会冬季年会时，谈及了该司令部装备换代面临的种种问题并提出需要建立一项长期有效的计划来解决。他表示，在2007年10月接手空中作战司令部司令后便开始名为“战斗空军战略总体规划”的研究，并计划在3到6个月内完成。规划主要将解决老旧战机换装问题：美空军诸如F-15型机在内的多型战机需要退役换装，而像F-22A型和F-35型新型战机的生产速度却赶不上旧战绩退役的速度。为此，空军希望F-22A型和F-35型两型战机年产量分别能达到20架和48架，并且希望能够提高F-22A型战斗机的采购数量。Corley wants master plan for ACC

By Bruce Rolfsen - Staff writer
Posted : Saturday Feb 23, 2008 7:28:42 EST
   
As Air Combat Command deals with a growing list of issues — from broken F-15 Eagles to how to accomplish its nuclear mission, ACC boss Gen. John Corley said the command and the wider “combat Air Force” need a long-term master plan.

At the Air Force Association’s winter conference in Orlando, Fla., on Friday, Corley said the “Combat Air Force Strategic Master plan” should be issued in three to six months. Work on the plan began shortly after Corley took the ACC post in October.

Among Corley’s concerns is how to deal with retiring aging fighters like the F-15 when the production of new fighters such as the F-22A Raptor and F-35 Lightning II won’t keep pace with the number of jets pulled out of operation.

Trying to deal with each problem as it pops up isn’t the answer. “I no longer want to play the whack-a-mole game,” Corley said.

Corley wants to see production of the F-22A and F-35 ramped up to a higher pace of 20 annually for the Raptor and 48 for the Joint Strike Fighter. The career F-15 pilot hopes the whitepaper will convince lawmakers of the need for more jets.

Corley didn’t say how many F-22As he wanted by the end of the Raptor’s production.

A week before, Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, was rebuked by his bosses after Carlson was misquoted as saying the Air Force would figure out a way to buy 381 F-22As regardless of what the Department of Defense policy was.

In a joking reference to avoiding a similar brouhaha, Corley said his speech had been washed clean of any specific numbers. “I was asked, based on recent events, to submit my script for a security and policy review to the building [Pentagon],” Corley told the AFA audience. “I looked at what has been redacted from my script and I’m left with only two words: “Good morning.”
美空军空战司令部司令谈装备换代工作
    美空军空中作战司令部司令部司令柯利将军近参加空军协会冬季年会时，谈及了该司令部装备换代面临的种种问题并提出需要建立一项长期有效的计划来解决。他表示，在2007年10月接手空中作战司令部司令后便开始名为“战斗空军战略总体规划”的研究，并计划在3到6个月内完成。规划主要将解决老旧战机换装问题：美空军诸如F-15型机在内的多型战机需要退役换装，而像F-22A型和F-35型新型战机的生产速度却赶不上旧战绩退役的速度。为此，空军希望F-22A型和F-35型两型战机年产量分别能达到20架和48架，并且希望能够提高F-22A型战斗机的采购数量。