Airpower and 'The Long War'

摘要

At the Air Force Association's inaugural Air & Space Conference, held in Washington, B.C., three featured speakers took up issues ranging from USAF's top priorities to the state of the Global War on Terror. The three major addresses were delivered by James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff of the Air Force; and R. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence in the period 1993-95. In one way or another, the remarks of all three speakers dealt with or expanded on what Woolsey described as "the Long War of the 21st Century." By that, he was referring to Washington's global struggle against the toxic combination of political fascists and religious extremists in the Islamic world. As Roche and Jumper suggested, this war against terrorists has become a driving factor in Air Force planning and operations. What follows are summaries of presentations and press remarks. Full transcripts are posted at www.afa.org. Remarks of other speakers can be found there as well.