Air Force pursues new 'fast-attack' tactics for great power war
By Kris Osborn | Warrior Maven
Fighter jets, stealth bombers, attack drones and air-traveling missiles all need to “operate at speed†in a fast-changing great power conflict era. What that means is that “sensor to shooter†time (how fast data can go from a sensor to a war-fighter) needs to be drastically sped up. Without that speed, warfighters won’t be able to react as quickly to threats and it will be harder to win.
When faced with fast, multi-frequency, long-range precision fire from enemy air defenses, air attackers simply must “operate at speed,†according to U.S. Air Forces, Europe Commander General Jeffrey Harrigian, who used the phrase in a discussion with The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.
Harrigian, who is also now the Commander of U.S. Air Forces Africa, ran much of the air campaign during Operation Inherent Resolve against ISIS; he offered a first-hand war perspective in a conversation with retired Lieutenant General David Deptula, Dean of the Mitchell Institute.
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/air-force-pursues-new-fast-attack-tactics-for-great-power-war
