United States Air Force Approach to Capabilities-Based Planning & Programming (CBP&P), Part 1: Planning

摘要

The United States Air Force (USAF) is moving from a mission-oriented planning approach to a capabilities-oriented approach to help better prepare for an uncertain future by optimizing its capabilities to face a broad spectrum of threats. This paper addresses the USAF's approach to capabilities-based planning and describes a methodology for: better aligning the USAF's approach to operations with its approach to resource allocation; explicitly assessing and making decisions on operational risk; promoting a range of solutions to capability shortfalls from across the 'DOTMLPF' spectrum (doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, and facilities); providing an operational basis for resource allocation decisions; and providing an operationally-oriented forum for addressing combatant command (COCOM) priorities.