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The RUSI Air Power Conference 2006

24 - 26 May 2006
Banqueting House, Royal Palace of Whitehall, & RUSI

About the event:

Air Power ConferenceConcept - Delivering Rapid Global Effect

The current requirement for air power is to be able to deliver a variety of effects, rapidly, at distance, and in a variety of operational and political contexts.  As recent operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have proved, expeditionary forces must also be prepared to sustain an effective presence for long (and sometimes indefinite) periods. These requirements are key capability drivers in air power transformation. Coupled with analysis of lessons learned from recent operational experience, coalition air forces are developing new concepts, doctrines and capabilities to support and enable this transformation.

Speakers

The programme included Chiefs of Staff and other senior representatives from a number of international air forces.

  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Glenn Torpy KCB CBE DSO ADC BSc (Eng.) FRAeS RAF, Chief of Air Staff, Royal Air Force, UK
  • General William T. Hobbins USAF, Commander US Air Forces Europe, USAF
  • General D'Armee Aerienne Richard Wolsztynski, Chief of Staff, French Air Force
  • Generalleutnant Klaus-Peter Stieglitz, Inspekteur der Luftwaffe
  • Lieutenant General Hans de Jong, Commander, Royal Netherlands Air Force
  • Admiral Sir Jonathan Band KCB ADC, First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff, Ministry of Defence, UK
  • Air Chief Marshal Sir Joe French KCB CBE ADC RAF, Commander in Chief, HQ Strike Command, Royal Air Force, UK
  • Major General D. A. Orazio Stefano Panato, Deputy Chief of Staff, Italian Air Force
  • Air Vice Marshal John Quaife RAAF, Air Commander, Royal Australian Air Force

Key Themes

The conference focused on several key areas critical to the delivery of rapid global effect:

  • The concepts and doctrine supporting air power capability requirements for joint and combined operations, in particular, the integration of air assets to deliver the required effect on land
  • The significance of strategic mobility in enabling effective air operations in an expeditionary context
  • The ability of air forces to develop and maintain force structures and force levels which can meet the sustained strategic tempo of operations
  • The utility of air power in delivering persistent and time-critical global strike and ISTAR
  • The significance of undisputed air superiority as an enabler in delivering rapid global effect
  • The impact of network-enabled concepts and capabilities in creating decision superiority to enable the delivery of integrated effect from the air, and what NEC will deliver to the warfighter
  • The importance of exploiting technology, and the challenges in improving customer partnering with industry and other key stakeholders, to determine and exploit key technological developments which support concepts and doctrine and which help to deliver required capabilities and effects

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Event manager: Dawn Williams, +44(0) 20 7747 2615