What Is Air Force Intelligence?
Air Force intelligence is the process by which the United States (US) armed forces division known as the Air Force gathers information on enemy, and potential enemy, nations to better prepare or deal with hostile actions and wars. The three principal areas of intelligence gathering handled by the Air Force are in “air, space and cyberspace” and Air Force intelligence is used to better prepare combatants and military advisers looking to control those three areas. This is often done through gathering information with a number of different intelligence gathering tools, then analyzing that information in order to better understand what is happening in the world. The Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) Agency is the principal group responsible for the gathering and analysis of intelligence and information in the Air Force. Located at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas, the Air Force ISR Agency was called the Air Intelligence Agency prior to 2007. The Air Force ISR Ag
