Littoral waterways around the world include the principal shipping lanes and the navigational chokepoints of world commerce. The United States currently enjoys global hegemonic status and is able to project military power at will. However, the explosive growth of military technologies may soon enable Americas adversaries to establish anti-access/area-denial (A2/AD) strategies to threaten maritime chokepoints. A2/AD strategies potentially limit freedom of navigation and may soon directly challenge American ability to project and sustain power globally. To meet this challenge, the US is developing a joint Air Force and Navy AirSea Battle doctrine. Inter-service collaboration between the Air Force and Navy is not without its problems due to long-standing rivalries. This study is an analysis of challenges to the development of a joint US Air Force and Navy AirSea Battle doctrinal concept. It introduces the AirSea Battle justification with a cursory examination of two of the worlds maritime economic chokepoints the Straits of Hormuz and Malacca. Potential threats from Iran and China in these areas are examined through their regional economic interests. The analysis of AirSea Battle Doctrine continues, based on individual histories of Air Force and Navy doctrinal development. A foundational understanding of the different doctrinal frames of reference of each of the services is vital; illustrations of Air Force and Navy tension and successful collaboration clarify the argument. Examples include discussion of command and control, budgetary, vernacular, and planning and collaboration lessons of failure and achievement. Finally, the conclusion includes a strategic discussion of AirSea Battle doctrine and suggests specific methods to prevent future breakdown of joint doctrinal development.