Airpower’s Core Mission Capabilities

AIRPOWER’S CORE MISSION CAPABILITIES
The military will always be defined by not only its readiness but also by the budget allocated to it by the national government. In most cases, these budgetary allocations are usually quite tight and it is upon the leadership to find ways of ensuring they balance it for that given financial year. This usually calls for a keen look at the five core missions; Air and Space Superiority, Global Strike, Rapid Global Mobility, Command and Control, and Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and picking one that can take in some risk. As a senior member in the air force, the core mission that would be picked in case of budgetary issues is rapid global mobility.[Carpenter, Trent R. Command and control of joint air operations through mission command. 609th Air Operations Center Al Udeid AB Qatar, 2016.]
Rapid global mobility entails the ability of the nation’s air force to reach any corner of the planet within the shortest time possible and carry out an operation. It also includes all the activities involved in sustaining such operations. This core mission can take some risk in budgetary allocation because of the alternatives that exist to cover it. The presence of military bases in various parts of the world ensures that rapid global mobility can still be possible, even with limited budgets. Depending on the proximity to the poin...