| The Moral and Ethical Implications of Precision-Guided Munitions |
01-Mar-2007 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Scott F Murray; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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 | This work explores the relationship between one of the most significant military developments to emerge in the past century, namely, aerial precisionguided munitions and their relationship with the just-war tradition. The thesis is straightforward. There are moral, social, and political dilemmas associated with a perfect aerial precision bombardment capability that are influenced by the just-war tradition and may not be readily apparent to political decision makers and military strategists. This ... |
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| The New Terrorism: The Nature of the War on Terrorism |
JUL 2004 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Michael W. Kometer; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study defines the nature of the war on terrorism by assessing the changing nature of terrorism itself and develops an analytical framework within which to assess the strategies of terrorist groups. It compares the strategies of old terrorist groups -- Red Army Faction, Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), and Irish Republican Army (IRA) -- to the new terrorism, the militant Islamic movement. The study concludes that there is a "new ... |
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| Time-Critical Targeting: Predictive Versus Reactionary Methods: An Analysis for the Future |
MAR 2004 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory S. Marzolf; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Experiences in Operations Desert Storm and Allied Force highlighted a significant weakness in the USAF's ability to engage time-critical targets. The weakness stems from airpower's inability to employ force quickly and kill an emerging target before it disappears back into hiding. USAF's engagement sequence, called the kill chain, is not fast enough to detect, locate, identify, and engage the target. Experience shows that the enemy has used this method of ... |
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| Force-Application Planning: A Systems-and-Effects-Based Approach |
MAR 2004 |
115 pages |
| Authors:
Jay M. Kreighbaum; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study explores the following question: How can current force-application (FA) planning methodologies be changed or supplemented to provide better linkage between objectives, effects, and targets to achieve more effective applications of military force? The USAF has not articulated a clear theory of effects. Yet, in all FA analyses, planning, executions, and assessments, effects are used explicitly and implicitly. Due to this imprecise understanding of where effects fit into FA, ... |
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| Regime Change and the Role of Airpower |
JUN 2003 |
89 pages |
| Authors:
David T. Fahrenkrug; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Drawing from the vision of airpower theorists, and building on insights gained from studies on various regime changes, this thesis advances a theory of regime change and outlines a strategy for the use of airpower. In order to remain in power, regimes must continue to provide goods to the group of people responsible for its rise to power the winning coalition. Different types of regimes rely on different types of ... |
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| Coercive Complementarity: Integrating the Military and Economic Instruments of Power |
JUN 2003 |
86 pages |
| Authors:
Harry A. Foster; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study explores the complementary nature of the economic and military instruments of power in coercive diplomacy. The study seeks to determine if the combined application of military and economic power can amplify coercive effects, and if so, how they might be integrated. Targeted primarily at practitioners of national security, the study combines a primer on the capabilities of the economic instrument of power, a comparison of the economic and ... |
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| Divergent Stability: Managing the USAF Pilot Inventory |
JUN 2003 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Charles E. Metrolis Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the United States Air Force's potential to establish a long-range, strategic game plan for its rated pilot force. Specifically, it addresses the problems of continual fluctuations in the USAF's pilot inventory and searches for possible solutions within available resources. The study draws relevance from the simple need for pilots in a variety of duties. The USAF's attempts to manage the pilot inventory are analogous to pilot induced ... |
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| Airpower Versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies |
JUN 2003 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Todd R. Phinney; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the effectiveness of airpower versus terrorism using three case studies. The first case study is America's response to Libyan state-sponsored terrorism, Operation El Dorado Canyon. The second case study is America's cruise missile response to the 1998 al Qaeda bombings of our embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, Operation Infinite Reach. The final case study is the Israeli use of airpower versus the current (second) Palestinian Intifada. Each ... |
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| Combat Search and Rescue: Searching the History; Rescuing the Doctrine |
JUN 2003 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Michael A. Wormley; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This thesis examines the history of command and control for combat search and rescue (CSAR) in a quest for proper doctrine. The thesis question is: Should CSAR command and control be reorganized? The thesis reviews the history of CSAR command and control from Indochina, Operation DESERT SHIELD/STORM, and Operation ALLIED FORCE. The thesis identifies lessons that should have been learned and incorporated in joint doctrine. Finally, the thesis provides recommendations ... |
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| Continuities in Four Disparate Air Battles |
JUN 2003 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Michael F. Fleck; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study examines four dissimilar air battles or campaigns as case studies from WWII to Vietnam (1943-1973) in search of continuities in airpower. They are presented in an operational planning format in the hopes that the cases will more directly transfer to the practitioner. The case studies are limited to U.S., land based, fixed wing, post WWI battles and campaigns. Additionally, relatively well-known cases were selected to aid research, and ... |
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| Mitigating the Backlash: US Airpower as a Military Instrument of Policy |
JUN 2003 |
101 pages |
| Authors:
Suzanne C. Buono; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| In this paper I make the case for the United States' increasing need to use primarily airpower to fight its battles. The primary reason is that airpower is the form of US military might that is least likely to antagonize others when employed, while still retaining robust Combat capability. A secondary goal is to demonstrate that airpower has the capability to achieve a large measure of the policy objectives that ... |
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| The Moral and Ethical Implications of Precision-Guided Munitions |
JUN 2003 |
95 pages |
| Authors:
Scott F. Murray; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Aerial precision is airpower's modern contribution to the just war tradition. The fundamental purpose of this analysis is to examine the ethical and moral implications of this statement and identify some of the inherent dilemmas resulting from it for political decision makers and military strategists. In addition, likely trends and characteristics of American airpower in the twenty-first century are examined. In a world where international relations are dominated increasingly by ... |
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| An Enduring Framework for Assessing the Contributions of Force Structure to a Coercive Strategy |
JUL 2002 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Eric A. Beene; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| The U.S. Department of Defense is still struggling to define itself in the post-cold-war age-over a decade after the new period has begun. With a strategy and force structure review occurring on average every two years, the military has still not been able to generate a consistent basis on which to justify its force structure or its strategy. This study uses a decision analysis framework as a foundation for creating ... |
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| Hale's Handful Up from the Ashes. The Forging of the Seventh Air Force from the Ashes of Pearl Harbor to the Triumph of VJ-day |
JUL 2002 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Peter S. Ellis; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the evolution of Seventh Air Force's joint command and control (C2) relationships as well as the development of joint operational procedures and doctrine in the Central Pacific during World War II. As this was arguably the most joint theater in World War II, there are many lessons about the challenges of joint C2 and the development of joint combat procedures that are relevant to contemporary airmen. The ... |
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| The Death of "Superman": The Case Against Specialized Tanker Aircraft in the USAF |
JUN 2002 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
Thomas L. Gibson; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This thesis analyzes the need for a comprehensive recapitalization of United States Air Force air refueling capabilities. The end of the Cold War resulted in an uncertain international security environment devoid of a monolithic threat. While adjusting to its role as the world's sole superpower, the United States adopted an attitude of global responsibility, resulting in increased commitment of military forces. Subsequent deployments have taxed the core USAF tanker, the ... |
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| Control of Mobility Air Forces: Should the Director of Mobility Forces Command? |
JUN 2002 |
126 pages |
| Authors:
Rolanda Burnett; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Our military enjoys the status of the world's premier fighting force, due, in no small part, to what Air Force mobility provides: global force projection and force multiplication. The Air Force must manage its mobility assets in a manner appropriate to their importance. Doctrinally, the Director of Mobility Forces (DM4) is the manager of those assets during contingencies. Consequently, it is critical that we get it right. Should the DM4 ... |
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| America's First Air Battles: Lessons Learned or Lessons Lost? |
JUN 2002 |
114 pages |
| Authors:
Aldon E. Purdham Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| In his 1973 Chesney Memorial Gold Medal acceptance lecture, Professor Michael Howard made the following statement about military doctrine: "I am tempted indeed to declare dogmatically that whatever doctrine the armed forces are working on now, they have got it wrong I am also tempted to declare that it does not matter that they have got it wrong What does matter is their capacity to get it right quickly when ... |
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| Forging the Sword: Developing Leaders for the Air Operations Center |
JUN 2002 |
135 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffrey J. Smith; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This research addresses how the Air Force can best prepare officers for leadership positions in the Air Operations Center, Before examining Air Operations Center leadership development, this work begins with an historical survey of airpower command and control. Identifying the historical and enduring airpower command and control concepts enabled a comparison and subsequent determination that current Air Operations Center capabilities sufficiently incorporate historical airpower lessons. This study then examines the ... |
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| The Training of Military Pilots: Men, Machines, and Methods |
JUN 2002 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
Michael D. Hays; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes strategic issues in Air Force undergraduate pilot training (SUPT). After describing the key variables that determined pilot training's historical development, the author assesses what type of training system, generalized or specialized, produces the best ratio of cost to effect. The conclusion is that the current specialized system is more responsive to disparate operational needs, better matches training media to task, and generates large cost savings for the ... |
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| Airpower's Role in Homeland Defense: A Western Hemisphere Perspective |
JUN 2002 |
140 pages |
| Authors:
Roger J. Witek; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes airpower command and control issues for United States homeland defense at the level of international relations. The author assesses hemispheric historical cases such as antisubmarine warfare during World War II, the development of NORAD during the Cold War, and counterdrug operations during the last two decades. Sovereignty, cooperation, and capability issues remain at the forefront of combined, joint, and interagency homeland defense operations as they relate to ... |
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| Choosing a Moral Framework for the War on Terror |
JUN 2002 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Johnathan B. Hughes; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This thesis discusses the two moral frameworks within which the United States can fight the war on terror. Since the war on terror is likely to be long, unlike previous conflicts fought over territory, and global in scale, the United States must mobilize and sustain domestic, international, and media support if it is to succeed, Operating within an accepted moral framework is the best way to achieve the necessary support. ... |
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| UCAV - The Next Generation Air-Superiority Fighter? |
JUN 2002 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
William K. Lewis; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Air superiority is an essential military mission, and will continue to be so for the foreseeable future, Control of the air is not an end of its own, but rather it provides the flexibility and freedom of action central to a full range of military capabilities In the coming century the United States will confront a number of disparate and ambiguous challenges to its hegemony The resources available to meet ... |
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| Operational Control of Global Airpower |
JUN 2002 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Steven L. Basham; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| 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 ... |
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| Strapping in and Bailing out: Navy and Air Force Joint Acquisition of Aircraft |
JUN 2002 |
105 pages |
| Authors:
Michael E. Gantt; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes past Air Force and Navy trainer and fighter aircraft programs and determines when conditions may be favorable for joint acquisition opportunities. Five case studies are examined with respect to cost, schedule, and performance characteristics and the interactions of the Air Force and the Navy. Specifically, the details of the Tactical Fighter, Experimental (TFX), the Next Generation Trainer (NGT) T-46A, the T-45A Goshawk, the Joint Primary Aircrew Training ... |
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| Probe And Drogue Aerial Refueling Requirements: How Will Air Force Special Operations Command Meet Future Demands? |
JUN 2002 |
99 pages |
| Authors:
John S. Shapland; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| The demands placed on Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) aerial refueling tankers have outpaced United States Special Operations Command's (USSOCOM) ability to organize, train, and equip the current forces to accomplish their mission. This paper asks the question "How will AFSOC meet the requirements for helicopter aerial refueling in the 2007 to 2012 timeframe?" In order to place this question in context a short history of USSOCOM, AFSOC, and ... |
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| Air Power Versus a Fielded Force: The Misty Facs Of Vietnam and the A-10 Facs of Kosovo a Comparative Analysis |
JUN 2002 |
148 pages |
| Authors:
Phil Haun; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Since World War II, the U,S has been involved in several limited conflicts, against smaller, far less militarily capable opponents. Unlimited war with the Soviet Union, for which the USAF prepared over 40 years, never materialized. Instead, U.S. airpower has generally been directed against underdeveloped, authoritarian states, Such regimes tend to rely upon their armies as their primary source of power. Yet the USAF, born out of the aerial combat ... |
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| Assessing Airpower's Effects: Capabilities and Limitations of Real-Time Battle Damage Assessment |
JUN 2002 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
John T. Rauch Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes how real-time Battle Damage Assessment (BDA) might contribute to airpower strategy and execution. It begins with a historical review of BDA during World War II, Vietnam, and the Persian Gulf War. Next, it examines the current BDA doctrine, capabilities, and procedures to illustrate contemporary strengths and shortcomings. The author then identifies potential remedies to contemporary issues based on real-time BDA solutions addressing technological, procedural, and organizational aspects. ... |
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| Policy, Influence, And Diplomacy: Space as a National Power Element |
JUN 2002 |
117 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen N. Whiting; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study investigates how United States space systems can be used to directly achieve diplomatic objectives. While space systems are widely acknowledged as vital enablers of terrestrial-based forces, they are often overlooked as a critical component of national power capable of directly pursuing national objectives. A brief review of space doctrine and policy from the Department of Defense, Joint Staff Unified Command, and Air Force perspectives reinforces the thesis that ... |
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| Unmanned Airlift: A Viable Option for Meeting the Strategic Airlift Shortfall |
JUN 2002 |
130 pages |
| Authors:
Chad T. Manske; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study examines whether there is a suitable role for unmanned airlifters in the USAF. A three-pronged approach is undertaken to make this determination: 1) an examination of the operational requirements that justify unmanned airlifters, 2) an investigation into current and emerging UAV technologies that are likely to meet the operational requirements, and 3) an analysis of the cost effectiveness of unmanned airlift, The author begins by establishing the fact ... |
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| "Complex" Targeting: A Complexity-Based Theory of Targeting and Its Application to Radical Islamic Terrorism |
JUN 2002 |
169 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin B. Glenn; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This thesis attempts to answer the following research questions: "What are the concepts and principles of a targeting theory based on Complexity theory?" "What are the principles and concepts of Complexity theory?" "What insights does Complexity theory provide for the military strategist?" Finally it asks, "What are the targeting implications for the war on terrorism using a Complexity-based targeting theory?" To answer these questions the study reviewed the literature of ... |
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| Will the Bomber Always Get Through? The Air Force and Its Reliance on Technology |
JUN 2002 |
136 pages |
| Authors:
Brian W. Tonnell; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| A This study analyses the inherent dangers of relying too heavily, or solely, on one panacea technology to prosecute war strategy at the expense of other, essential capabilities. The historically sound pillars of military success (the sword, the shield, and the support) have given victory to those who have used all three in a balanced, synergistic manner. When, due to over- reliance on a single technology, one of these pillars ... |
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| Defense Or Deterrence? The Future of Missile Defense |
JUN 2002 |
88 pages |
| Authors:
Reni Renner; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study seeks to determine whether it is time to pursue a new defense strategy that incorporates ballistic missile defense. It reviews the historical milestones in the missile defense debate using four major factors that influenced decisions on strategic defense: the threat, the technology, the international environment, and the domestic environment. The nature and magnitude of the threats that US leaders have sought to counter with missile defenses are determined ... |
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| Time Critical Targeting: Predictive Vs Reactionary Methods An Analysis For The Future |
JUN 2002 |
124 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory S. Marzolf; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Recent experiences in Operations Desert Storm and Allied Force have highlighted a significant weakness in the USAF's ability to engage time-critical targets. The weakness stems from air power's inability to quickly employ force and kill an emerging target before it disappears back into hiding. In essence, the USAF's engagement sequence, called the kill chain, is not fast enough to detect, locate, identify, and then engage the target. Experience has shown ... |
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| Malignants In The Body Politic: Redefining War Through Metaphor |
JUN 2002 |
69 pages |
| Authors:
Douglas R. Stickle; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| In the aftermath of September 11th, President Bush declared the dawn of a new kind of war. He has repeatedly emphasized that means and measures of success in this new war will differ greatly from wars past. Yet, if this war on terrorism is unlike any other war, then what is it like? From the public statements of high-ranking US officials, metaphorical answers emerge: terrorism is a metastasizing cancer, a ... |
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| The New Terrorism: The Nature of the War on Terrorism |
JUN 2002 |
137 pages |
| Authors:
Michael W. Kometer; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study defines the nature of the War on Terrorism by assessing the changing nature of terrorism itself. The author develops an analytical framework within which to assess the strategies of terrorist groups. He then goes on to compare the strategies of "old" terrorist groups, namely the Red Army Faction, the Palestinian Liberation Organization, and the Irish Republican Army, to the "new" terrorism, which he calls the militant Islamic movement. ... |
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| Strategic Provocation: Explaining Terrorist Attacks On America |
JUN 2002 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Ronald E. Zimmerman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| On 11 September 2001, the acts of war that Americans experienced were far worse than anything we have seen since the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Successful attacks against the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and the loss of thousands of lives ripped away American illusions of safety from international terrorism. The horrific attacks perpetrated by Islamic terrorists associated with the Al-Qaeda organization caused Americans to ask why it happened. ... |
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| The Transformation Trinity. A Model for Strategic Innovation and its Application to Space Power |
MAY 2002 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Bruce H. McClintock; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| 'The world that lies in store for us over the next 25 years will surely challenge our received wisdom about how to protect American interests and advance American values'. With these words, the Commission on National Security in the 21st Century captured the exciting challenges this study sets out to explore. First, this study develops a generalized model for United States military transformations in peacetime. To develop the model the ... |
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| Effects-Based Targeting: Another Empty Promise? |
DEC 2001 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
T. W. Beagle Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| What is effects-based targeting and from where did this concept come? Is it based on a coherent theory; and, if so, has the USAF incorporated it into its doctrine and operations? Is there more yet to do? These questions form both the focus and format of this study, which examines the evolution of effects- based targeting. Specifically, this study asks how effectively has the USAF incorporated the concept of effects-based ... |
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| Seeking Shadows in the Sky: The Strategy of Air Guerrilla Warfare |
NOV 2001 |
61 pages |
| Authors:
Patricia D. Hoffman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the feasibility of guerrilla warfare as the basis for a strategy of airpower employment for a weak air force confronting an opponent with a stronger air force. This analysis begins with a distillation of the theory of guerrilla warfare into five elements essential to its success: superior intelligence, security, mobility advantage, surprise, and sustainment. This study then compares the ground combat environment of the traditional guerrilla with ... |
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| United States Air Force Precision Engagement Against Mobile Targets: Is Man In or Out |
NOV 2001 |
82 pages |
| Authors:
Keith J. Kosan; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Recent airpower operations revealed a deficiency in the United States Air Force's (USAF) ability to precisely attack mobile targets at standoff ranges with minimal collateral damage. Future airpower operations will be executed in politically sensitive strategic environments and thus will require the ability to precisely destroy mobile targets that may have been strategically placed by an adversary in areas with a high risk of collateral damage. Current air-to- ground guided ... |
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| The Art of Wing Leadership and Aircrew Morale in Combat |
01 JUN 2001 |
120 pages |
| Authors:
John J. Zentner; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| The post-cold-war leveling-off of American defense spending combined with sharp cuts in aircraft major weapon systems procurement could place the United States at a quantitative disadvantage against a future adversary. Advanced technology traditionally has provided qualitative advantages in combat capability, but aircrew morale has demonstrated in the past that it too has been a combat multiplier. For centuries military commanders have realized that raising troop morale magnifies their combat potential. ... |
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| Vision to Victory - Space, Mahan, and Mitchell: The Role of the Visionary in Cross-Organizational Innovation |
JUN 2001 |
113 pages |
| Authors:
Fred W. Gaudlip; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Accomplishing the space changes recommended by the Rumsfeld Commission requires a major national security (MNS) change. The term MNS change is coined in this thesis to define a change that requires multiple Departments of the United States government to alter their internal functions. MNS change is, by definition, a cross-organizational change. In this light, this thesis expands upon existing military innovation thought by using the concept of strategic vision to ... |
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| The Politics of Coercion: Toward a Theory of Coercive Airpower for Post- Cold War Conflict |
JUN 2001 |
74 pages |
| Authors:
Ellwood P. Hinman Iv; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| The focus of this thesis is the following research question: What does coercion theory suggest about the use of airpower in post-Cold War conflict? This thesis aims to determine if any of the existing theories of coercion, namely punishment, risk, decapitation, and denial, can stand alone as an adequately coherent, substantive, and codified approach. Three important attributes of conflict in the post-Cold War era, (1) limited, non-protracted war, (2) political ... |
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| The Limits of Decentralized Execution: The Effects of Technology on a Central Airpower Tenet |
JUN 2001 |
93 pages |
| Authors:
Mustafa R. Koprucu; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This thesis investigates the effects of technological advances on decentralized execution of air operations. It specifically seeks to answer the question of how advanced sensor and communication capabilities in Air Operations Centers might lead to centralized execution. The research focuses on three case studies of air operations: Linebacker II, Desert Storm, and Allied Force. In each case the command-and-control structure for air operations is analyzed, the command-and-control systems are described, ... |
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| The "Capabilities Gap" in Desert Storm: A Coalition Air Campaign Case Study |
JUN 2001 |
75 pages |
| Authors:
Frank J. Rossi; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study examines how the differing capabilities among the coalition air forces affected the Desert Storm air campaign. The author initially compares coalition air forces using several areas identified as capability gaps during NATO's air war against Yugoslavia. Rather than clear-cut distinctions, the Gulf War US-led coalition represented more of a continuum in air combat capability. Next the air war is reviewed to determine how these capability differences affected the ... |
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| Germinating a New SEAD: The Implications of Executing the SEAD Mission in a UCAV |
JUN 2001 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
David C. Hathaway; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study attempts to identify and explore the implications of executing the suppression of enemy air defenses (SEAD) mission in an unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) in 2015. To do this the thesis first explores the history of both the UCAV and the SEAD mission. Next, it discusses the three options being considered by the USAF to execute the 2015 SEAD mission: a space- based option, modernized manned aircraft with ... |
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| The United States Strategic Bombing Survey and Air Force Doctrine |
JUN 2001 |
68 pages |
| Authors:
John K. McMullen; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the impact of the United States Strategic Bombing Survey (USSBS) on the post World War II doctrine of strategic bombing. It begins with an investigation of pre-war theory and doctrine with special emphasis on the Air Corps Tactical School. While this organization developed an elaborate theory of strategic bombing, key assumptions, especially in light of current technology, led to shortfalls in its applicability to war. From here ... |
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| Do We Need Separate Space Theory: The Lessons of History |
JUN 2001 |
97 pages |
| Authors:
Fred H. Marheine Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| How we think has important effects on what possibilities our thoughts produce. The impact of theory on how we think can not be overstated. Acknowledged or not, humans process information through mental constructs to make order out of chaos and that fundamentally affect the relative importance ascribed to the incoming data. Professionals throughout the Department of Defense and other branches of the US government have long debated the need to ... |
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| The Art of Strategic Balance: Reconciling Global, Domestic, and Theater Imperatives |
JUN 2001 |
84 pages |
| Authors:
Scott C. Long; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| This study attempts to determine what is required of senior military and political leaders to reconcile differences and reduce tensions among global, domestic, and theater imperatives by examining the evidence from Operation Torch, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. The most significant contributing factors that promoted or inhibited the fusion in each case study are determined, analyzed, and synthesized to provide implications for the development and selection of ... |
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| Space-Derived Transparency: Players, Policies, Implications, and Synergies |
JUN 2001 |
138 pages |
| Authors:
C. J. Kinnan; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES
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| Space-derived transparency will become a common means of monitoring, preventing, and mitigating crises, verifying compliance with treaties and law, and enabling confidence and security building measures. Democratization and globalization, the proliferation of information technologies, the availability of commercial space high-resolution imagery, and the growing influence of NGOs invite this question: What is (space-derived) transparency and what effect does it have on US security policy? Three camps have emerged in the ... |
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