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AFDP 3-02 Strategic Attack

AFDP 3-02

Strategic Attack

Air Force · AFDP · Jan 2023 · 34 pages

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The advent of airpower offered a path to bypass an enemy's fielded forces to strike deep into their sanctuaries. These air attacks against strategic targets could defeat an adversary and promised an end to costly wars of attrition. Early airpower advocates suggested that strategic bombing alone could win wars. Since then, we have learned that United States Air Force (USAF) strategic attack (SA) operations provide the bedrock for strategic deterrence, give our nation's leaders timely and measured options for the application of force, and expand the battlespace during joint campaigns. Airpower's inherent range, speed, and flexibility make it ideally suited for SA. Airpower enables the United States (US) to project power anywhere on the globe, at any scale, and with minimal notice.

DesignationAFDP 3-02

EditionJan 2023

StatusActive

Pages34

FunctionDoctrine Philosophy

CollectionCurrent Doctrine