A Culture of Military Spacepower

Maj Kenneth Grosselin, USAF
Cultivating a space war-fighting culture has become an operational imperative for the US Air Force. An analysis of organizational culture theory reveals that stable cultures emerge when a unifying purpose and group identity are broadly recognized and understood. War fighters in every domain appreciate this relationship and connect their purpose and identity to an independent theory of military power—landpower, seapower, and airpower, respectively.

On Implementing a Space War-Fighting
Construct A Treatise on Applied Frameworks from Other Domains

Lt Col Brandon Davenport, USAF
The vision of an innovative space war-fighting construct is predicated on the formulation of domain-centric strategy, doctrine, and tactics. The newly established US Space Force (USSF) will require the generation of these fundamental elements for the service to create a new war-fighting culture and ultimately provide a combat-credible force to the re-established US Space Command.

Deterring Aggressive Space Actions with Cube Satellite Proximity Operations: A New Frontier in Defensive Space Control 

Capt Michael Nayak, USAF, PhD 
Today, America's strategic advantage and military superiority are critically codependent on its space superiority. Space-based systems provide critical information, intelligence, warning, and communication capabilities to commanders and warfighters across the spectrum of global conflict.

Brandishing Our Air, Space, and Cyber Swords: Recommendations for Deterrence and Beyond

Lt Col Mark Reith, USAF, PhD
The United States has arrived at a historic crossroads for space and cyber. For decades, space and cyber have been treated as neutral territory or part of a global commons, but the rise of competitors and the commoditizing of technology within these domains have drastically changed the calculus of strategic deterrence.

Preparing for the Cyber Battleground of the Future

2nd Lt Chris Babcock, USAF
For space and cyber Airmen, tomorrow’s fight will be determined largely by the concept of cyberspace dependency. That term, as defined by the author, is the degree to which a military capability relies on supremacy over a portion of the cyberspace... 

Defending Our Satellites: The Need for Electronic Warfare Education and Training

Lt Col E. Lincoln Bonner, USAF  
The US military enjoys tremendous advantages over any potential adversary because of its exploitation of space capabilities. It is of paramount importance that Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) position its Airmen to defend and protect America’s space...

Developing Tomorrow's Space War Fighter: The Argument for Contracting Out Satellite Operations

Maj Sean C. Temple, USAF  
To date, space has been a fairly unchallenged environment to work in. The threat, however, is growing. As General Hyten stated, the priority of Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) is to continue to provide operational capability, even in a threatened...

An Economic Approach to Deterrence

2nd Lt Tucker Hutchinson, USAF
This article explores how the US can use economic policy to deter in space effectively. It identifies China and Russia as revisionist powers and the primary competition for the US. Furthermore, it explores China’s and Russia’s motives and methods of achieving power to understand how the US can use economic policy to deter.

Counter and Cooperate: How Space Can Be Used to Advance US--China Cooperation While Curbing Beijing's Terrestrial Excesses

1st Lt Peter Loftus, USAF
This article asserts that is possible for the US to promote cooperation with China in space while also competing with this rising power. It begins with an outline of Beijing’s current space policies and ambitions, analyzing how the Chinese use this domain to advance their national interest.

Forging Tomorrow's Air, Space, and Cyber War Fighters: Recommendations for Integration and Development

Lt Col Mark Reith, USAF, PhD
Today's Airmen operate in contested environments, and years of technical-data spillage, coupled with policies emphasizing commercial-off-the-shelf acquisition, ensure that the immediate future will remain contested as our adversaries seek to...

The Changing Face of the War Fighter

Capt Justin Ryan Thornton, USAF
Today's Airmen operate in contested environments, and years of technical-data spillage, coupled with policies emphasizing commercial-off-the-shelf acquisition, ensure that the immediate future will remain contested as our adversaries seek to...

What Happens If They Say No? Preserving Access to Critical Commerical Space Capabilities during Future Crises 

Lt Col Joseph Iungerman, USAF
This article examines how US adversaries can create business risks for commercial space operators who support the US government during crises. It shows how adversary operations in space and cyberspace can hold commercial revenues at risk and drive... 

Space Sustainment: A New Approach for America in Space 

Lt Col Kris Barcomb, USAF 
This article proposes a "space sustainment" strategy for the United States over the control-oriented mind-set that originated during the Cold War and persists today. This strategy leverages US strengths to promote and maintain an international... 

Space Resilience and the Contested, Degraded, and Operationally Limited Environment: The Gaps in Tactical Space Operations

Capt Bryan M. Bell, USAF / 2d Lt Even T. Rogers, USAF 
This paper examines Air Force Space Command's (AFSPC) resilience in a contested, degraded, and operationally limited (CDO) space environment. Using Col John Boyd's observe, orient, decide, act (OODA) loop as a framework, the authors identify how the...