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The Maritime Services, the Allies and Shaping the Kill Web

We spent the better part of the 20th Century identifying and developing the lead technology of stealth and
we embedded it into our fifth generation of fighters and bombers.

This progress must be maintained.

The fusion of information transmission between the land, Maritime, and Air Combat components must be a
near term goal to leverage every aspect of our forces engaged.

This accelerates the OODA loop by insisting that every shooter be a sensor; and some sensors as shooters as
well.

Transmission of information will strain our capabilities, and stress the security element; but with the pace that
all discuss in future war; keeping the command authorities abreast of the action will serve all well.

There will be fewer resources available for our military as our assets dwindle and the capability to leverage
forces from engaged partners emerge as the key to victory in the future fight.
The recognition by our international partners is clear evidence that this investment was in the right direction,
and this investment must continue.

To close; let it be said by our past leaders:

If our air forces are never used, they have achieved their finest goal.

— General Nathan F. Twining

If we maintain our faith in God, love of freedom, and superior global airpower, the future [of the US] looks
good.

— General Curtis Lemay

This is the mission and goal of airpower in the 21st Century.

The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Systems Looks at the
Way Ahead: Rear Admiral Manazir on Shaping Kill Webs

2016-10-05 By Robbin Laird and Ed Timperlake

Rear Admiral Manazir served until very recently as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare
Systems (OPNAV N9) on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations.
In this capacity, he was responsible for the integration of manpower, training, sustainment, modernization and
procurement of the Navy’s warfare systems.

At the time we did our interview, Rear Admiral Manazir recently returned from Australia where he was the
lead speaker in the Williams Foundation Seminar on new approaches to air-sea integration.

Question: The new Chief of Staff of the USAF, General Goldfein, seems to be focused on issues in ways
that the CNO is as well.

For example, General Goldfein focused on the moral imperative of training for the high end fight.

He has highlighted the importance of innovation in C2, including distributed C2.

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