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Air force print news : capability assessment helps af prepare for future

WASHINGTON -- Air Force leaders use a future capabilities assessment to assist in planning for 2025 and beyond.

More than 100 participants from the Air Force's planning, operations research, and development communities gathered Oct. 4 in Herndon, Va., to play out scenarios that may threaten the United States in years to come.

Together, those leaders discussed how the Air Force of the future will defend America against threats with the tools it has now. They also discussed what new tools the Air Force will need to fight future threats, said Col. Gail Wojtowicz, division chief for future concepts and transformation of the Air Force plans and programs directorate.

"We are looking at the 2025 time frame and asking what does the Air Force look like 20 years from now," she said. "In the next 20 years, we don't know exactly what it is we will be doing, but we know there are some challenges that we will have to focus on fixing."

This year, those gathered at the assessment focused on two key areas the Air Force believes it can improve: long-range strike capabilities and persistent intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance.

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