U.S. Air Force Maj. Joe Payne, center, 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron mission systems operator, directs U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Chilton Orelien, Marine Air Control Squadron-4 weapons and tactics instructor, and Air Force Airman 1st Class Morgan Finnegan, 623rd Air Control Squadron surveillance technician, as they check satellite connections on a KC-135 Stratotanker during the Northern Edge 23-2 exercise at Kadena Air Base, Japan on July 12 (U.S. Air Force Photo)
DAYTON, Ohio--The U.S. Air Force is examining how artificial intelligence (AI) will aid military forces in rapid targeting in the Indo-Pacific theater. While Operation Desert Storm in 1991 had 40,000 to 50,000 aim points, a campaign against China could involve more than 100,000 aim points, retired Air Force Lt. Gen. David Deptula, the dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, has said. Deptula was a principal planner of Desert Storm's air campaign. "If you look at the high-end fight…
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