'Transformation Flight Plan' gives roadmap to future
2/17/2004 - WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Air Staff officials released the "Transformation Flight Plan" Friday, spelling out the future direction of the Air Force.
The TFP, a 176-page document, can be accessed through a link on the Air Force's Internet home page at www.af.mil or on the office of force transformation Web site at www.oft.osd.mil.
"Transformation is using new things and old things in new ways, and achieving truly transformational effects for the joint warfighter," said Lt. Gen. Duncan McNabb, Air Force director of plans and programs.
In conjunction with joint partners, the Air Force is transforming by making capabilities-based changes in its operational concepts, organizational structures and/or technologies to expand the nation's military capabilities, the general said.
"The flight plan digs down into each of these areas in some detail, then links them all together to present a clear picture of where our Air Force is going in support of combatant commanders," General McNabb said.
Since the flight plan is a "living document," officials plan to update it annually. This version is the second, superseding the one published in May 2002.
The flight plan will help Air Force people gain a perspective on the kind of skill sets and abilities they need to develop to help the service achieve its transformational goals.
"The flight plan can help all airmen, as well as our civilian members, understand where we are going and where the Air Force leadership believes emphasis must be placed in the future," said Lt. Col. James McCaw, from the plans and programs directorate's transformation branch. "It is the one unclassified document that presents an overarching picture of Air Force transformation. It will help the reader understand where the Air Force is going, and why we chose this path."
The genesis for the Air Force's Transformation Flight Plan is direction from DOD's Transformation Planning Guidance. The flight plan is a reporting document that enables the Secretary of Defense to evaluate and interpret the Air Force's progress toward transformation. |
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