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and endgame maneuvering IRBMs. If the F-35 did not exist the US Navy to protect their
ships would have to invent it.

The other attribute of an F-35C strike force and especially with the addition of the USS
Gerald Ford is not only will the aviation Strike Force be an integrated combat air wing
but the air wing and carrier will be uniformly integrated with the entire Navy and Al-
lied assets, air land and sea. This is an additional factor that can be explored on the Fall-
en Virtual/Constructive Range.

S-cubed airborne considerations with trade-offs between sensors, stealth and speed is a
way ahead for new weapons being developed.

By laying a foundation for a strategic transition in the operation of airpower other
changes can be facilitated.

As the new head of ACC, and former PACAF chief has highlighted that the F-35 as a
fleet in the Pacific can allow his successors as PACAF to think in terms of a CAOC and
not simply in terms of flying capabilities to be linked in a CAOC. This means working
the 4th to 5th generation concepts of operations, and working various strike and defen-
sive assets into an integrated whole as seen from a C2 perspective.

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General Hawk Carlisle, then commander, Air Forces Pacific sits with AFN-Pacific Hawaii News Bureau, to get the
general’s thoughts and messages on the state of Air Forces in the Pacific. Credit: Defense Media Activity, Hawaii
News Bureau, 4/613

Second Line of Defense December 2014

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