A Deeper Partnership AirSea Battle could improve future cooperation between Navy and Air Force, but some have doubts

摘要

For decades, the U.S. Air Force and Navy have played complementary roles, leveraging each other's common assets and capabilities. Now, the services are working feverishly to define how they will approach future wars together, and they will test that concept in upcoming war games and exercises. The services have been working this year to complete a draft of the concept, known as AirSea Battle, that will provide a framework for how the Navy and Air Force will tackle 200 initiatives the services have defined. Since the AirSea Battle Concept is still under review at the Office of the Secretary of Defense, details of the Air Force's involvement are not available. However, Maj. Allison Black, secretary of the Air Force public affairs operations communications team chief, noted that the concept describes a unified approach between the departments of the Air Force and Navy to address the evolving anti-access/area-denial environment.