空军中的Honchoing AI

Policy BriefJune 2025Honchoing AI in the Air ForceIf AI Is Important, the People Are IndispensableAuthor Nolan SweeneyCenter for Security and Emerging Technology | 2 Executive Summary Popular visions of military artificial intelligence (AI) might evoke an all-seeing superintelligence directing autonomous drone swarms—while servicemembers sit far from danger and decision-making alike. This AI hype does not yet comport with reality. More importantly, it distracts from the real opportunity facing the U.S. Air Force (USAF): integrating AI in ways that improve mission effectiveness now. The USAF can best harness AI by diffusing the technology across the institution to offload onerous, low-complexity tasks from humans to machines. This requires: • Embedding AI engineers in operational and support units to rapidly identify, develop, and iterate applications. • Empowering a senior trilingual AI leader—fluent in technology, operations, and acquisition—with a six-to-ten-year tenure to guide an