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Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress

22 Dec 2009

Authors: Jeremiah Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

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As part of its proposed FY2010 defense budget, the Administration proposed deferring the start of a program to develop a next-generation bomber (NGB) for the Air Force, pending the completion of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and associated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), and in light of strategic arms control negotiations with Russia. The Administration's proposed FY2010 budget requested no funding specifically identified in public budget documents as being for ...

Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress

25-Nov-2009

Authors: Jeremiah J Gertler; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress

20-Oct-2009

Authors: Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

As part of its proposed FY2010 defense budget, the Administration is proposing to defer the start of a program to develop a next-generation bomber (NGB) for the Air Force, pending the completion of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) and associated Nuclear Posture Review (NPR), and in light of strategic arms control negotiations with Russia. The Administration's proposed FY2010 budget requests no funding specifically identified in public budget documents as ...

Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress

18-Sep-2009

Authors: Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress

03-Aug-2009

Authors: Ronald O'Rourke; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues

03 APR 2007

Authors: Amy F. Woolf; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

During the Cold War, the U.S. nuclear arsenal contained many types of delivery vehicles for nuclear weapons. The longer range systems, which included long-range missiles based on U.S. territory, long-range missiles based on submarines, and heavy bombers that could threaten Soviet targets from their bases in the United States, are known as strategic nuclear delivery vehicles. At the end of the Cold War, in 1991, the United States deployed more ...

Return of the Bomber: The Future of Long-Range Strike

FEB 2007

31 pages

Authors: Rebecca Grant; AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION ARLINGTON VA

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This monograph on the future of the bomber begins with an introduction that chronicles the success of the VIII Bomber Command during World War II. The commander of the VIII Bomber Command, Brig. Gen. Ira C. Eaker, U.S. Army Air Forces, led his fliers on long-range missions into the heart of Nazi-occupied Europe. Things have changed since then. The Air Force stopped acquiring new bombers in 1997, and the result ...

The Role of Range and Speed in the 21st Century: Transforming Air Power through Technology. A Systems Study

JUL 2006

22 pages

Authors: Alan H. Epstein; Jonathan Protz; MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH CAMBRIDGE DEPT OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS

A top-down analysis of the cost structure of a U.S. air war was performed with the aim of elucidating the importance of aircraft range to campaign cost. Historically, operations and support costs dominated the cost of an air war due to the large number of sorties required to deliver the large volume of relatively inexpensive, low-precision munitions needed to destroy a specific target. The advent of precision munitions has dramatically ...

Requirements for Common Bomber Mission Planning Environment

JUN 2006

106 pages

Authors: III White Samuel G.; AIR FORCE INST OF TECHNOLOGY WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

The mission planning environment for the strategic bomber is characterized by numerous man-to-machine relationships, data flows and organizational interactions. Currently, these activities are accomplished by several mechanisms using a variety of data formats. Several tools have been developed to address the complexity of not only bomber mission planning, but tactical (unit) level mission planning as a whole. Unfortunately, many of these initiatives have fallen short of seamlessly connecting the tactical ...

Global Grid for Large C2/ISR Aircraft with Joint STARS Example

2006

8 pages

Authors: Kenneth Brayer; MITRE CORP BEDFORD MA

As an aid in describing the Air Force Global Grid and how it can be integrated into present and future systems the MITRE Corporation Global Grid Project has undertaken studies of various projects/systems/platforms, as they would be impacted by the Global Grid. In this paper the author reviews the basic Global Grid Tenets, extends them to C2/ISR airborne platforms and applies them to Joint STARS showing how Joint STARS can ...

Congress and the B-2: A Triumph of Politics

28 SEP 2005

17 pages

Authors: C. L. Critchlow; NATIONAL WAR COLL WASHINGTON DC

There are many opinions regarding defense spending and its purposes. The annual Department of Defense (DoD) Authorization Bill involves more issues than simply the defense of the country. Among them are politics and adjusting DoD's priorities to reflect the interests of individual members and districts. "Where" defense money is spent is often as important as "What" it is spent on. The Congressional decision to tightly constrain production of the B-2 ...

A Year of Bomber Test - Legacy and Lessons Learned

MAY 2005

12 pages

Authors: Richard M. Salasovich; Paul K. Harmer; AIR FORCE FLIGHT TEST CENTER EDWARDS AFB CA

The 419th Flight Test Squadron (419 FLTS), located at Edwards Air Force Base, California, is responsible for developmental testing of the B-1B, B- 2A, and B-52H aircraft for the US Air Force. The Operations Engineering Flight at the 419 FLTS is comprised of operations engineers, test conductors, and test directors who are responsible for coordinating the efforts of the entire flight test team. Several flight test programs took place on ...

Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept

21 MAR 2005

Authors: Christopher Bolkcom; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

The Air Force has expressed interest in developing a bomber variant of the F/A-22 Raptor to "bridge the gap" between today's bombers and a follow-on bomber in 2037. Questions exist regarding the FB-22's feasibility, cost, and combat potential. In 2002 it was reported that Lockheed Martin Corp. had begun studying a radically modified version of the Raptor called the FB-22 . This variant would seek to significantly increase the F/A-22's ...

How Will the Indian Military's Upgrade and Modernization of Its ISR, Precision Strike, and Missile Defense Affect the Stability in South Asia?

MAR 2005

89 pages

Authors: Jay P. Dewan; NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA DEPT OF NATIONAL SECURITY AFFAIRS

India has made a concerted effort to upgrade its ISR, precision strike, and missile defense capabilities as it competes with China and Pakistan for regional power. The Phalcon Airborne Warning and Control System, Su-30MKI fighter-bomber aircraft, and S-300PMU surface-to-air missile system are some examples of the new capabilities India is acquiring. I argue that if India continues its military modernization, Pakistan will become more insecure. The increase in the conventional ...

American Carrier Air Power at the Dawn of a New Century

2005

Authors: Benjamin S. Lambeth; RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INST SANTA MONICA CA

This report presents the highlights of the U.S. Navy's carrier air performance during the first two major wars of the 21st century: Operation Enduring Freedom against the Taliban and al Qaeda in Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002 and the subsequent 3-week period of major combat in Operation Iraqi Freedom in early 2003 that finally ended the rule of Saddam Hussein. The report also addresses ongoing modernization trends in U.S. carrier ...

B-1B Wing Shear Bearing Maintenance Repair (SD11)

04 NOV 2004

30 pages

Authors: Lance Borden; BOEING CO LONG BEACH CA INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

The primary purpose of this report is to provide documentation regarding the status of the Contractor Field Team (OFT) Wing Shear Bearing Maintenance Repair effort at Dyess AFB for the period 30 September 2004 through 29 October 2004. Two (2) aircraft were in work during October 2004 and both aircraft were completed by 19 October 2004. These aircraft were Dyess jets (A/ C's 86-0090 and 86-0101). In finishing these aircraft, ...

B-1B Wing Shear Bearing Maintenance Repair (SD11)

05 AUG 2004

26 pages

Authors: Lance Borden; BOEING CO LONG BEACH CA INTEGRATED DEFENSE SYSTEMS

The primary purpose of this report is to provide documentation regarding the status of the Contractor Field Team (OFT) Wing Shear Bearing Maintenance Repair effort at Ellsworth AFB for the period 30 June 2004 through 31 July 2004. Four (4) aircraft were in work during July 2004 with two (2) aircraft completed. The completed aircraft were both Dyess jets (A/C's 85-0089 and 86-0109). Aircraft 86- 0130 completed the Dorsal Longeron ...

F-111 Store Trajectory Analysis

01 JUN 2004

9 pages

Authors: Rudy Johnson; Andrew Cary; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH AEROSPACE VEHICLE INTEGRATION AND DEMO BRANCH

The analysis of store separation by computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques holds great promise for reducing aircraft-store certification testing. The primary concern with CFD application is the question of accuracy. This question of how much confidence should be placed on CFD generated loads data and trajectories is addressed using an uncertainty analysis technique. The process requires a formalized approach to evaluating the uncertainty associated with CFD produced loads data. This ...

Active Flow Control for High-Speed Weapon Release from a Bay

01 JUN 2004

25 pages

Authors: Valdis Kibens; William W. Bower; David R. Schwartz; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH AIR VEHICLES DIRECTORATE

In recent years work at the Air Force Research Laboratory Air Vehicles Directorate has focused on pursuing active flow control (AFC) devices for achieving better weapons bay control with regard to acoustic loads reduction and weapon separation characteristics than the control offered by passive devices (spoilers). This paper describes the Long Range Strike Aero Experiment which was a systematic study that pursued AFC actuators integrated in a 10%-scale weapons bay ...

Defense Science Board Task Force on B-52H Re-Engining

JUN 2004

81 pages

Authors: DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

In June 2002, USD(AT&L) commissioned a DSB task force to advise on the key issues associated with re-engining the B-52H Stratofortress. The Terms of Reference is at Appendix A. A rigorous analysis of these key issues necessary to support a specific decision is beyond the scope of this study and would be more appropriately conducted under a formal Analysis of Alternatives (AoA).

Air Force FB-22 Bomber Concept

26 MAY 2004

Authors: Christopher Bolkcom; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WASHINGTON DC CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Tactical Airpower with Strategic Leverage: An Analysis of the Use of Tactical Airpower in Ground Attack to Support the Combined Bomber Offensive, 1943-1945

19 MAR 2004

28 pages

Authors: Timothy L. Saffold; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Much historical analysis of the World War II Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO) has focused on the heavy bomber aspects of Combined Bomber Offensive strategy. However one aspect of the offensive that has received little attention has been the use of tactical air assets specifically fighter-bombers to support and augment heavy bomber operations. This has meant that a comprehensive analysis of the CBO has been unavailable leaving a gap in the ...

Flow Around an Object Projected from a Cavity into a Supersonic Freestream

MAR 2004

90 pages

Authors: Scott T. Bjorge; AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT

The pressure and flow field of a supersonic flow over a cavity, with and without a store, was the focus of this experiment. One cavity geometry (length to depth ratio 3.6) was studied; the freestream Mach number and the placement of the store relative to the cavity floor were varied. The pressure spectra on the cavity floor were markedly different between Mach numbers of 1.8 and 2.9. The Mach 1.8 ...

B-52H Re-Engining

DEC 2002

84 pages

Authors: Michael P. Carns; DEFENSE SCIENCE BOARD WASHINGTON DC

This is the final task force report. The task force was asked to review and advise on key aspects of the policy and technology issues associated with re-engining the USAF B-52 fleet. The task force carefully examined relevant aspects of W52 re-engining, including its impact on B-52 capability and demand for tanker support; fuel consumption; reliability, supportability and availability; technical risks of re-engining; and financing options, including the use of ...

War From Above the Clouds: B-52 Operations During the Second Indochina War and the Effects of the Air War on Theory and Doctrine

JUL 2002

146 pages

Authors: William P. Head; AIR UNIV PRESS MAXWELL AFB AL

This paper examines the B-52 Stratofortress operations in Vietnam and how the air war affected air power doctrine and theory. It also examines the evolution of this awesome-manned strategic weapon in Vietnam to see how the structure of the B-52's originally intended mission altered if at all the theories of air power first put forward by Giulio Douhet and William "Billy" Mitchell. This paper analyzes how this same operational alteration ...

Operational Control of Global Airpower

JUN 2002

74 pages

Authors: Steven L. Basham; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

This thesis examines operational control of bombers stationed in the United States but employed halfway around the world. When a contingency arises, operational control should be clear-cut from the beginning. Air Force doctrine concerning command and control is easily understood for assets that deploy into a theater. The mere issue of proximity to the commander makes control seem somewhat less confusing. However, when bombers generate under one combatant commander and ...

U.S. Air Force Long-Range Strike Aircraft White Paper

NOV 2001

37 pages

Authors: SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

As a result of DoD transformation plans and recent operational experience (Air War Over Serbia and Operation ENDURING FREEDOM) portions of the 1999 U.S. Air Force White Paper on Long Range Bombers have become outmoded. In October 2001, the Secretary of the Air Force directed an updated Long-Range Strike Aircraft White Paper incorporating our new defense planning guidance. This document provides an update to the 1999 White Paper and reflects ...

Interoperability among Future Miniature Munition/Stores and Dispensing Systems

25 APR 2001

11 pages

Authors: Jerry Provenza; Fred Benedick; AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB EGLIN AFB FL MUNITIONS DIRECTORATE

A new generation of smart air launched miniature munitions/stores including such stores as the Small Diameter Bomb (SDB) is in the early stages of development by the services. The initial versions of these stores will range primarily from 100 to 350 pounds, with variants for attack of fixed, re- locatable, and mobile targets. The primary carriage mode for existing aircraft will be via advanced captive dispensers with internal electronics, which ...

Remedial Action and Final Radiological Status, 1964 B-58 Accident Site, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Bunker Hill, Indiana

DEC 2000

92 pages

Authors: Steven E. Rademacher; Brian Renaghan; INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS BROOKSAFB TX SURVEILLANCE DIRECTORAT

On 8 December 1964, during a routine Operational Readiness Inspection, a B-58 strategic bomber skidded off the runway a Bunker Hill AFB IN (later named Grissom AFB). The consequence of the accident was a fire and destruction of five nuclear weapons on the aircraft. The high explosives in the weapon did not detonate, but melted and burned, leaving residual radioactive contamination in soils adjacent to the runway. The contaminated area ...

The Effect of FM-73 Cure Temperature on the Durability of Bonded Joints Employing BR127 Printer

OCT 2000

Authors: Andrew Rider; Peter Chalkley; AERONAUTICAL AND MARITIME RESEARCH LAB MELBOURNE (AUSTRALIA)

Bonded repairs to aircraft structure employing composite patches, may generate significant levels of residual stress in the repaired structure. This is due to the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between the repair material and the parent structure. One way of minimising the level of residual stress is to cure the repair adhesive at the lowest possible temperature. FM-73 is a fracture tough adhesive used in bonded repairs that ...

A Human Factors Study of a Helmet Mounted Display for the Pilots of the B-1B

SEP 2000

57 pages

Authors: Scott Provost; William G. Kalman; Beverly A. Gable; AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH CREW STATION EVALUATION FACILITY

The objective of this study was to conduct a human factors evaluation of a conceptual Helmet Mounted Display (HMD) compared to Head Down displays (HDDs) in the JDAM/LAR environment, ten B-1B pilots flew 120 3 minute missions, with 4 display conditions, and 3 route conditions. The displays were a HMD, a 4"x 4" LCD, a 8"x6" LCD and the B-1B Block displays (in order). Recommendations were made for improving the ...

Remedial Action Workplan, 1964 B-58 Accident Site, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Bunker Hill, Indiana

AUG 2000

36 pages

Authors: Steven E. Rademacher; INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENT SAFETY AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH RISK ANALYSIS BROOKSAFB TX SURVEILLANCE DIRECTORAT

On December 8, 1964, during a routine Operational Readiness Inspection, a B-58 strategic bomber skidded off the runway at Bunker Hill AFB, IN (later named Grissom Air Force Base). The consequence of the accident was a fire and destruction of five nuclear weapons on the aircraft. The high explosives in the weapons did not detonate, but melted and burned, leaving some residual radioactive contamination in ...

The B-52 Can it Fly Until 2050?

JUN 2000

49 pages

Authors: Peter D. Axelso; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES

A recent Department of Defense program initiative would keep the B- 52H Bomber flying until the year 2050. This proposal, which extends the life of the B-52H for an unprecedented 90-year term is understandable in light of current Department of Defense budget constraints, but questions of effectiveness and feasibility remain. The bottom-line question is, "Can the B-52H survive as an adequate strategic bomber until the projected 2050 phase out?" With ...

Aeroservoelastic Characteristics of the B-2 Bomber and Implications for Future Large Aircraft

MAY 2000

12 pages

Authors: R. T. Britt; J. A. Volk; D. R. Dreim; K. A. Applewhite; NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP PICO RIVERA CA MILITARY AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS DIV

Design and development of the B-2 Bomber presented many challenges in flexible vehicle control, many related to the unique configuration and design requirements. The technical challenges posed by the aeroelastic characteristics of the all-wing aircraft were recognized at the outset of the development program and included the configuration 5 near-neutral pitch stability and light wing loading which made the aircraft highly responsive to atmospheric turbulence. This dictated the requirement for ...

An Army Air Corps Test of Strategic Air Power: Operation MATTERHORN And the B-29 Superfortress

10 APR 2000

38 pages

Authors: Paul D. Adams; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

The Army Air Corps played a pivotal role in bringing Nazi Germany to her knees through strategic bombing. General H. Arnold believed that strategic bombing alone could bring about strategic victory, saving lives of ground forces. General Arnold viewed the newly fielded B-29 "Superfortress", with its exponential increase in bombing capability, and the Pacific theater as an acceptable "proving ground" to test his theory. This ...

Endgame in the Pacific: Complexity, Strategy, and the B-29

FEB 2000

69 pages

Authors: G. S. Gorman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL

In war, competing systems introduce new technological means to gain advantage. Greater technological complexity, however, creates greater uncertainty-due not only to technical problems but also to unintended consequences when new technology is applied within the chaotic environment of war. In the last years of the war against Japan in the Pacific, Boeing's B-29 was the technological solution to attacking Japan across long distances. ...

Steadfast and Courageous: FEAF Bomber Command and the Air War in Korea, 1950-1953

2000

63 pages

Authors: AIR FORCE HISTORICAL STUDIES OFFICE BOLLING AFB DC

For 3 years, beginning in June 1950, air and ground crews of the U.S. Air Force (USAF) conducted bombing operations with Boeing B-29 Superfortresses in support of the United Nations (UN) forces engaged on the peninsula of Korea. Powered by four large radial piston engines, the propeller-driven Superfortress had been the most advanced very long-range heavy bomber developed during World War II, but it was now considered just a medium ...

Defense Acquisitions: Achieving B-2A Bomber Operational Requirements

10 JUN 1999

26 pages

Authors: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY ANDINTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

Operational testing indicated that the B-2A met most operational requirements, but four significant deficiencies were identified that will limit or, under some circumstances, slow its pace in flight operations. These deficiencies included (1) incomplete development of the ground mission planning system, (2) limited situational awareness for the crew because defensive avionics do not provide the planned capability, (3) insufficient reliability andmaintainability of low observable materials and features, and (4) inability ...

Endgame in the Pacific: Complexity, Strategy and the B-29

27 MAY 1999

65 pages

Authors: Gerald S. Gorman; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

War is the outward expression of competition between complex adaptive political and military systems. In war, competing systems introduce new technological means to gain comparative advantage over other systems and the environment. Greater technological complexity, however, creates greater uncertainty. This uncertainty is the result not only of technical problems associated with new military machines, but also of unintended consequences of technology within the chaotic environment ...

The Army's B-2 Bomber - Field Artillery Modernization

01 APR 1999

49 pages

Authors: John P. Weinzettle; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

In the case of field artillery we continue down the path of the past by justifying the need for expensive artillery systems based on the need to destroy massed tank and infantry formations. With the changing nature of warfare in the 21st Century we must have the courage to question whether the requirement for a new field artillery gun that provides high rates of generally inaccurate fire is valid. Here ...

High-Speed Flight and the Military

APR 1999

60 pages

Authors: Matthew H. Molloy; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

This paper makes a qualitative assessment of NASA's High-Speed Research program and its associated High-Speed Civil Transport (HSCT) program to answer the question of whether or not this Mach 2.4-class, 300 passenger transport and its supersonic business jet (SSBJ) counterpart could have value to future military operations. This research found that supersonic transports such as the HSCT and the SSBJ could be in production within 10-20 years. Based on the ...

U.S. Air Force White Paper on Long Range Bombers

01 MAR 1999

29 pages

Authors: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE WASHINGTON DC

This paper addresses Congressional language from the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, 1999 (Report 105-591) and the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 1999 (Report 105-532). These reports directed the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Air Force to prepare a comprehensive plan for the future of the long-range bomber force. The plan should identify bomber upgrades with associated funding profiles and include a timeline for consideration of the ...

Schwerpunkt: The Luftwaffe and the Applied Air Campaign in Europe (1943-1944)

07 JAN 1999

45 pages

Authors: John J. Jacobson; ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA

Attaining air superiority over the German Air Force in 1944 did not in and by itself win the war in Europe, but it did make possible those operations that did. Had the Luftwaffe been able to maintain air superiority over the Continent from 1943-1944, the successful ground invasion at Normandy never would have taken place. Consequently, with his air force in control of theskies over the battlefield, Hitler would have ...

Analysis of Sub-Interface Cracks

1999

6 pages

Authors: C. T. Liu; L. Wang; S. N. Atluri; CALIFORNIA UNIV LOS ANGELES CENTER FORAEROSPACE AND EDUCATION

Unleashing the Beast: Using the USAF's Strategic Bomber Force to Shape the Fight on the Expanding Battlefield

16 DEC 1998

59 pages

Authors: Joel S. Westa; ARMY COMMAND AND GENERAL STAFF COLL FORT LEAVENWORTH KS SCHOOL OF ADVANCED MILITARY STUDIES

Since the birth of the airplane, airpower has been used in an attempt to influence the outcome of ground battle. The effectiveness of the early aircraft in this role was limited by early aircraft design and the lack of standardized methods of applying this new technology. History has seen phenomenal changes in the aircraft and associated weapon technology, as well as changes on the battlefield. Ranges and lethality of battlefield ...

B-1 Engineering Research Simulator (ERS) Data Link Study

DEC 1998

58 pages

Authors: Jane M. Kline; Martin N. Anesgart; Scott Provost; AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS CENTER WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

The primary objectives of this evaluation were to: (1) establish a B-1 defensive and offensive station base line performance using audio tasking, and(2) compare the base line performance with performance for a freetext message and an integrated mode. This study looked at interface issues, not specific hardware. Two part tasks, retargeting (OSO) and threat updating (DSO), were used. The dependent measures for both tasks were key strokes per target or ...

B-2 Bomber: Additional Costs to Correct Deficiencies and Make Improvements

JUN 1998

Authors: GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV

The conference report on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1994 requires us to report to the congressional defense committees at regular intervals on the total acquisition costs of the B-2A bomber through the completion of the production program. The last production aircraft was delivered in November 1997, and all aircraft are scheduled to be updated to the latest defined (block 30) configuration by July 2000. This report ...

B-1 Aircraft Main Hydraulic Pump Tests With MIL-H-87257 Hydraulic Fluid

JUN 1998

70 pages

Authors: Shashi K. Sharma; Lois J. Gschwender; Carl E. Snyder Jr; Gregory J. Cecere; DAYTON UNIV OH RESEARCH INST

In an effort to convert the B-1 aircraft from MIL-H-5606 to M1-H- 87257, the Air Force sponsored a study conducted by Rockwell International from April 1991 through June 1992, under contract F34601-89-C-0401. The results of this study are published in Rockwell Report NA-91-1598, dated 17 June 1992. As part of this study, two pump tests were conducted by Vickers using B-1 aircraft hydraulic pumps (Vickers PV3-300-7B) and MIL-H-872S7 (ROYCO 777) ...

Bomber Requirements: From the Top-Down

APR 1998

76 pages

Authors: Samuel C. Seager; AIR WAR COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

This research effort defines bomber force requirements with one eye on national security and military strategy and the other on the future. It attempts to bridge our leadership's void in defining future roles and requirements for the nation's bomber force. Targeted for developers of requirements at Headquarters Air Force and Air Combat Command, this paper distills the lessons of historical bomber operations as well as guidance contained in documents ranging ...

The Revolt of the Admirals

APR 1998

52 pages

Authors: Andrew L. Lewis; AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLL MAXWELL AFB AL

When the controversy over the B-36 erupted in the spring of 1949, Pandora's Box was opened on service unification issues. The debate was officially over the B-36 procurement process, but it grew to include a debate over roles and missions between the Air Force and the Navy. The Congressional testimony before the House Armed Services Committee illustrated some pertinent lessons from the revolt of the admirals. The Air Force won ...