Description
This work addresses the issue of space control doctrine for the Air Force. In order to properly address this issue, there are two aspects of the work: doctrine development and space control. In the end, both these aspects will be considered as one. They are, however, distinct concepts with their own pitfalls. Both are riddled with controversy and both are critical to the Air Force. Before they can be examined together, they have to be considered separately. The Air Force does not have a systematic, analytical, intellectually based way of developing doctrine. Although the AFDC is producing doctrine on a regular basis, these documents are far from perfect. Before more doctrine is drafted, a new approach should be taken. This approach places values before alternatives, marrying the concepts of value-focused thinking with doctrine development. A doctrine development model utilizing VFT could help the Air Force produce quality doctrine.
