[Sample B: Approval/Signature Sheet] - George Mason University

The following definitions were adopted in order to clarify the meaning of each
objective and guide the construction of the remaining tiers of the hierarchy. They are
based on the ideas in the affinity diagrams upon which the objectives were defined.
Force Application: ability to destroy, neutralize and affect targets including
forces, people, and equipment as well as the ability to survive in a hostile environment.
Force Awareness: ability to maintain an accurate perception of the factors and
conditions affecting the environment by detecting and processing relevant information to
create a composite picture of the current situation and act on this picture to make a
decision or to perform further exploration. 90
Force Mobility: ability to move personnel, materiel and forces by air and operate
with the same efficiency from any airfield. 91 This includes both airlift and air refueling.
Force Support: ability to perform missions that provide support to personnel as
well as to the aeronautical infra structure. Includes rescue missions and basic flight
training.
The second affinity diagram exercise specified the four high level objectives until
a complete set of objectives was defined (see fig. 12 to 15).
90 D. Curtis Schleher, Electronic Warfare in the Information Age (Artech House Publishers, 1999), 31.
91 Comando da Aeronáutica, DCA 1-1 Doutrina Básica da Força Aérea Brasileira (Brasilia, Brasil:
Comando da Aeronáutica, 2005), 21.
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