Air Force Cyber Command Strategic Vision

Published March 2008

This strategic document's foreward states, "This Air Force Cyber Command Strategic Vision is a foundation for the tremendous work that lies ahead as the organization achieves initial operational capability in 2008 and postures for full operational capability in 2009. It explains the mission of Air Force Cyberspace Command in the context of the strategic realities faced by the United States and how our capabilities will enhance the Air Force's global vigilance, global reach, and global power, while expanding the options available to the Joint Force. Air Force Cyberspace Command will be a dynamic warfighting organization integrating capabilities, systems, and warriors to establish cross-domain dominance. The Strategic Vision describes how we will develop 21st century cyberspace warriors and how they will control cyberspace to deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States."

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