1. LeMay Center Wargaming Directorate
Air Force Wargaming Institute
1 October 2018

2. Mission
“Realistic, challenging and relevant in-house and distributed wargames to produce strategic and critical thinking for the Air Force”
Organizations Supported: AWC, ACSC, CPD, DTRA, JAG, AFRL, TRANSCOM, AFGSC, PACAF, Allies
…and counting!

3. Who We Are/What We Do 60 Personnel – Military/Civilian
Includes 3 analysts
2 Divisions: Technology, Operations
Technology:
IT Infrastructure
Software Development
Operations:
Design, execute, analyze wargames
Operations in any security domain
25 Wargame rooms – up to 300 players
Operations room – up to 50 controllers
Formal Briefing room – up to 123
Internal cable TV (road to war, updates)

4. Process Overview Where we began 1 developer 1 game per year
Educational support focus with “Title X” hosting duties
Where we are today
Shorter development, focused
More games per year
Analysis tailored to need
Integrating innovators, accelerating decisions
Where we are going
Developing options for leaders
Blending educational processes and analytical/exploratory games
Definition
Preparation
Execution
Testing
Design
Development
Post-game Analysis

5. Exploratory Wargaming
Engineering & Design Process
Wargaming
(Qualitative analysis)
Traditional M&S
(Interactions of defined systems… quantitative M&S)
Must Have
Desired
Optional
“Must Have” = Required by most Blue plans or high risk option using current capes
“Desired” = Required by many Blue plans or limited current capes
“Optional” = Sometimes required by Blue plans or duplicates existing capes
Wargaming informs M&S and feeds the R&D process

6. Recurring Wargames Air War College – Joint Land Air Sea Strategic
Air War College – Global Challenge
*The Royal Netherlands Air Force – PEGASUS
Judge Advocate General – JAGWAR & JAGZILLA
*Exercise in National Budgeting Priorities
AFSC – Schriever Capstone Wargame

7. Previous Wargames
AFRL – CLEAVER Capabilities Exploratory, Conops, Cost Imposition Strategy Analysis
AFRL – CHAMP Conops Exploratory, High-Pwr Microwave Weapon, Non-kinetic Options
AFSG – MODE – Medical Operations in a Denied Environment
AFMC – Wargame Development and Execution Training
LANL – Wargame Development and Execution Training
TechLink – DOD Labs (Innovation Discovery Events)
DTRA - Under Ground Facility/Mobile Missile/Deeply Buried Hardened Targets
AU/ACSC – MS-CODE – Medical Support to Combat Operations in a Denied Environment
HAF – Wing Commander Emergency Response Course
*CSAF – Future Capabilities Game – CSAF Title 10 Wargame
CSAF – Senior Leader Orientation Course (Space/Cyber/Nuke wargame for new AF 1 stars)
CSAF – Doolittle MDC2 – Multi-Domain Operations for the Air Force

8. Wargaming Software Tools
Wargame Administration - Gateway
Wargame Registration / Management / Administration
Bulletin Board, Request for Information, , Injects, Documents, Request for Forces, Engine Control Module and Surveys
Common Operating Picture (COP) - WebForces
Web-enabled mapping tool
Used for manual and computer adjudicated wargames
Player Planning function
SIMWAR (Educational Simulation)
Discrete event combat simulation system
Air, Land, Maritime and Space simulation
Accelerated Combat Timeline (ACT)

9. Tools Research 2007: JWARS - Joint Warfare System
2009: JTLS - Joint Theater Level Simulation
2012: JTLS research at NATO M&S COE Rome, Italy
2015: AFSIM - Advanced Framework for Simulation Integration and Modeling
2016: CWAM - Center for Army Analysis Wargaming Analysis Model
2017: JTLS-GO - Joint Theater Level Simulation-Global Operations
2018: PCOATS - Phased Course of Action Testing System
2018: CBCS - Card-Based Conflict Simulator

10. Questions?