Air National Guard photoīasing and logistics - while often overlooked - are a crucial component of modern air warfare, especially as a resurgent Russia and an increasingly powerful China develop long-range precision strike capabilities.Ĭhina has developed a host of cruise and ballistic missiles that are capable of hitting U.S. F-22 Raptors at at Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base seeking shelter from Hurricane Matthew. Indeed, for the Air Force, air superiority will likely move beyond just the realm of kinetic actions to include non-kinetic effects such as electronic attack and cyber-warfare, Coglitore said. But that family of capabilities is more than just the PCA aircraft itself, it includes basing and logistics, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, command and control, as well as other platforms and weapons - both existing and future. If there is a gap, then we will likely pursue the development of a new capability if we cannot modernize an existing capability to fulfill our need.”Įssentially - as Coglitore explains it - the PCA is the air domain platform component of a future “family of capabilities” for air superiority. “We understand what our current and projected capabilities will be and will compare them to the future threat.

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