Air Mobility Plan, 2008 - The Black Vault

Executive Summary
Executive Summary
Task
For over 10 years, Air Mobility Command (AMC) has developed and
published an Air Mobility Master Plan (AMMP) every 2 years. The
document, and the biennial planning process necessary to create it,
have guided the command’s modernization and recapitalization efforts,
keeping AMC as the world’s premiere provider of Rapid Global
Mobility. The 2008 AMMP continues that process and incorporates
new roadmaps in response to the challenges presented in our changing
operating environment. As the lead command for air mobility, AMC
charts the direction for our MAF partners in developing and maintaining
concepts, processes, and force structure. As such, our MAF partners
provide input to the AMMP as AMC provides advocacy on their behalf.
Capabilities-Based Planning (CBP) Process
Following DOD and Air Force guidance, HQ AMC has developed a CBP process that ensures the
MAF provides the airlift, air refueling, and air mobility support capabilities required by combatant
commanders, today and into the future. This capabilities-based planning process supports the National,
Joint, and Air Force visions. CBP provides consistent direction for MAF planning activities and
supports Joint and Service level capabilities-based planning processes. Key to the CBP process are
the command’s several Functional Capability Teams (FCT). These teams, composed of subject matter
experts from within the MAF, perform CBP-related activities to ensure the identification, prioritization,
and analysis of MAF capabilities needed to support current, and future, Joint and AF military effects
for each respective capability area. They also support generation of the Air Mobility Master Plan, the
development of the Air Mobility Roadmap, the Capabilities Review and Risk Assessment (CRRA)
process, and the AMC POM and supporting documents. CBP is based upon a three-phased planning
process conducted by FCTs. The three phases of the capability analysis process are Functional Area
Analysis (FAA), Functional Needs Analysis (FNA), and Functional Solutions Analysis (FSA).
FAA is the first phase in a strategy-to-capability-to-task process where the FCTs identify the functional
capabilities that air mobility forces must perform today and 25 years into the future. During this phase,
air mobility capabilities are identified and mapped to the air mobility mission areas, mission categories,
and support processes published in the Global Mobility CONOPS, Air Mobility Master Plan and in
enabling and functional concepts. The results of FAA serve as the starting point for the FNA. The
FNA is a task-to-need, or gap analysis process, that identifies deficiencies in the MAF’s ability to
provide required capabilities today and projected capabilities in the future. During this phase, the
FCTs compare actual capabilities with required capabilities, identifying and quantifying deficiencies
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