The Future Air and Space Operational Concept, 2009 (FASOC 2009) is an extrapolation of the policy outlined in Defence Strategic Guidance 08 and the High Level Operational Conceptual Framework (HLOC) and is consistent with Joint Doctrine Publication (JDP) 0-01, British Defence Doctrine (3rd Edition) and other capstone Joint doctrine publications.
The paper complements its sister environmental operating concepts and the endorsed interim concepts. Therefore, while making the case for air power capabilities and limitations in the round, as each of the other Services has already done within their respective environmental concepts, FASOC 2009 does not pre-empt any subsequent policy judgements about the balance required between the different Services’ capabilities, but does offer the potential within the Service to rebalance, for example between manned and unmanned systems.
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