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Abstract:
The world of 1948, in which two antagonistic superpowers had emerged from a global conflict ended by atomic weapons, contrasts sharply with the world of 1994, where only one superpower has survived the Cold War into a world where a wide array of sources of conflict exists, with few seemingly resolvable by nuclear force. However, for the United States Air Force and United States Navy, which have struggled for status, if not for outright preeminence since the end of World War II, the New World Disorder has provoked a new struggle for roles and missions. The two highest of the high-tech services, each equipped with the most elaborate, effective and expensive aircraft in the world designed primarily to deter or defeat an enemy now in decline, are now facing the combination of an expanding mission and shrinking budget. This study will examine the changing missions and forces of the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy since the 1947 National Security Act, with special emphasis placed on several periods of drawdown. The thesis will analyze these periods as well as several specific examples of joint operations in war and in crisis. It will then determine, in view of the post- Cold War drawdown, what changes should be made to the forces, roles and missions within the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy to increase warfighting effectiveness, improve synergy and enhance coordination between the two Services.
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Master's thesis |
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59 |
| Report Date: |
JUN 1994 |
| Report Number: |
A786524 |
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