Organizations

AF Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO)

2003

Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office - activated by SecAF James Roche on April 28, 2003 to field sensitive combat systems fast, sometimes with other agencies. Per the Air Force's 2019 history it reports to SAF/AA through a chain that, in Davidson's words, does not make any sense on a wiring diagram - deliberately structured for continuity that outlasts the political process. A concrete example of the low-visibility structures program-trackers point to.

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Connections (3)

confirmedJames G. Roche

as SecAF, activated the Rapid Capabilities Office (Apr 28, 2003)

Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (p.41)

confirmedSAF/AA (Office of the Administrative Assistant)

reports to SAF/AA through a deliberately low-profile chain, framed as continuity that outlasts the political process

Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (pp.41-42)

confirmedEdward "Pete" Aldridge Jr.

as USD (AT&L) helped generate the RCO and chaired its oversight board

Source: U.S. Air Force, A History of SAF/AA (Jones & Williams, AF Historical Support Division, 2019) (pp.41-42)

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