United States Air Force Sustainment Center (): Annual Strategic Plan

Key Chapter Title List

1. Foreword
2. AFSC Organizational Structure Chart
3. Strategic Framework
4. Deliver Combat Readiness and Foster a Warrior Spirit (Strategic Effort 1)
5. Attract, Recruit, Develop, and Retain a World-Class Air Force Workforce (Strategic Effort 2)
6. Deliver Supply Chain Readiness and Resilience (Strategic Effort 3)
7. Modernize and Posture the Industrial Base (Strategic Effort 4)
8. Appendix Overview
9. Strategic Efforts and Objectives (LOEs and Objectives)
10. Glossary of Acronyms (Glossary)

Document Introduction

This report provides an in-depth analysis of the "2025 Strategic Plan" released by the U.S. Air Force Sustainment Center (AFSC). Serving as the core guide for AFSC's future actions, this document aims to address the complex and ever-changing global security environment. By clarifying strategic goals and priorities, it ensures the provision of world-class sustainment capabilities for warfighters. The report's core revolves around AFSC's four strategic efforts, systematically explaining how the center prepares for future high-intensity conflicts and great power competition while maintaining existing operational platforms, through technological innovation, process optimization, and industrial base modernization.

The report begins by setting the tone with a foreword and strategic framework, highlighting AFSC's core mission of "Forging Readiness, Accelerating Innovation," and its commitment to driving enterprise-wide transformation through the operational philosophy of the "Art of the Possible." The document details AFSC's organizational structure, including its subordinate Air Logistics Complexes, Supply Chain Wings, and the newly established Software Directorate, reflecting its integrated sustainment system that combines maintenance, supply chain, and software support.

At the specific strategic level, the document discusses each of the four efforts in turn. First, focusing on "Deliver Combat Readiness and Foster a Warrior Spirit," it emphasizes the commitment to on-time, on-cost delivery, tests rapid deployment capabilities through "Exercise at Scale," and introduces the transformative "Global Enterprise Network for Universal Sustainment (GENUS)" initiative. GENUS aims to expand sustainment projection capabilities outside the continental United States and enhance supply chain resilience by optimizing existing capabilities and building international partnerships, rather than constructing new maintenance depots. Second, focusing on human resources, it outlines a full-process strategy from attracting and recruiting to developing and retaining a world-class workforce, including optimizing recruitment processes, innovating training methods, and developing comprehensive employee retention plans to build a talent pool with the skills required for the future.

The third section delves into "Deliver Supply Chain Readiness and Resilience." The report details key processes such as supply chain planning (demand, inventory, supply planning), the application of predictive analytics, Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM), and Repair Network Management (RNM). It particularly emphasizes supporting the nuclear mission as the highest priority and improving procurement efficiency through strategic sourcing and category management. Furthermore, the concept of "Logistics Under Attack (LUA)" is introduced, aiming to ensure sustainment continuity in contested environments through pre-positioned war reserve materiel (PWRM) and dynamic response capabilities.

The fourth section concerns "Modernize and Posture the Industrial Base." The report outlines the modernization plan for the Organic Industrial Base (OIB), including assessing and investing in facilities, equipment, and digital capabilities through the Air Force Depot Infrastructure Optimization Plan (AF DIOP). Key points involve capital investment planning, the application of advanced manufacturing technologies (such as additive manufacturing, robotics), and building a "Digital Depot Ecosystem" to achieve enterprise-wide data-driven decision-making and standardized operations through business process transformation (e.g., introducing MRO, ESCAPE systems).

This strategic plan is not only an internal roadmap for AFSC but also clearly reflects the strategic shift of the U.S. Air Force and even the Department of Defense in the field of logistics and sustainment: moving from a focus on peacetime efficiency to preparing for "Logistics Under Attack" and global power projection in the era of great power competition. By strengthening cooperation with allies through initiatives like GENUS and heavily investing in digitalization and advanced manufacturing technologies, AFSC is attempting to build a more resilient, responsive, and technologically advanced sustainment system to support the U.S. Air Force's global deterrence and combat operations.