| Support the Combatant Commander, Develop the Force, or Roll the Dice? What the Air Force's Deployment Tasking Process Doesn't Do |
Jan 2012 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Kevin Parker; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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 | Over the last 10 years, Airmen have routinely waked up in a foreign land wondering, Why am I here? One aspect of this question relates to the Air Force's current personnel deployment system. Most Airmen are well versed in the timing of their deployment cycle, but the method of selecting an individual for a specific deployment tasking remains a mystery. In some ways, the process is more akin to rolling ... |
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| New Frontiers, Old Realities |
Jan 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Everett C Dolman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The coming war with China will be fought for control of outer space. Although its effects will be widely felt, the conflict itself will not be visible to those looking up into the night sky. It will not be televised. Most will not even be aware it is occurring. It may already have begun. And yet, this new kind of war will not be so different that it will be ... |
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| The Common Sense of Small Nuclear Arsenals |
Jan 2012 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
Jr Forsyth James W; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| With the publication of President Obama's security strategy, entitled Sustaining U.S. Global Leadership: Priorities for 21st Century Defense, it appears that U.S. policymakers are interested in reducing the size of America's nuclear arsenal. This seems to make sense. Reducing the number of nuclear weapons in the world has been part of the American security agenda for some time. Interestingly, as the United States seeks yet another round of nuclear arms ... |
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| Know Yourself Before the Enemy: Military Professionalism's Civil Foundation |
JUL 2011 |
6 pages |
| Authors:
Ian Bryan; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| General Richard Myers, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs and principal military advisor to President George W. Bush from 2001 to 2005, received a collection of articles on civil-military relations from a long-time friend and professor to help him prepare for the job. In the 20 years between attending the Army War College and becoming Chairman, he had received no formal education to prepare for managing the civil-military relationship, neither at ... |
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| Strength in Ways: Finding Creativity in Routine Strategy Development |
Jun 2011 |
151 pages |
| Authors:
Paul J Maykish; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Good strategy demands creativity but this can be a vague subject. To make strategic creativity more concrete for education, two methods are followed. The first is to present an overview of relevant aspects from strategic theory; the second is to conduct an interdisciplinary survey of various strategy-development models across a range of professions. The combination of the higher-level theory and the more ground-level models can clarify strategic creativity in practice, ... |
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| Slim Chance: The Pivotal Role of Air Mobility in the Burma Campaign |
Jun 2011 |
106 pages |
| Authors:
Derek M Salmi; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study applies lessons learned from air mobility's pivotal role in Field Marshal Sir William Slim's World War II Burma campaign to contemporary air mobility operations. The author begins by tracing the evolution of air mobility from its pre-World War I roots to the Second World War, noting how its development proceeded despite the lack of coherent, codified doctrine. Next the author assesses Slim's Burma campaign and how the key ... |
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| Operational Testing: From Basics to System-of-Systems Capabilities |
Mar 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Michael W Kometer; Kent Burkhart; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This article examines the need to develop and implement a System of Systems (SoS) operational test methodology and supporting infrastructure in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). It discusses impacts on the acquisition and decision authority communities at large, with emphasis on operational testing in particular. Beginning with the fundamental requirements for testing, the article presents the realities of the effect of the Information Age on those requirements. The current progress ... |
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| Operational Testing: From Basics To System-Of-Systems Capabilities |
Mar 2011 |
14 pages |
| Authors:
Michael W Kometer; Kent Burkhard; Susana V McKee; Dwight W Polk; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This article examines the need to develop and implement a System of Systems (SoS) operational test methodology and supporting infrastructure in the U.S. Air Force (USAF). It discusses impacts on the acquisition and decision authority communities at large, with emphasis on operational testing in particular. Beginning with the fundamental requirements for testing, the article presents the realities of the effect of the Information Age on those requirements. The current progress ... |
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| The Past as Prologue: Realist Thought and the Future of American Security Policy |
Jan 2011 |
20 pages |
| Authors:
James W Forsyth Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This article critically examines realism and its relationship to national security policy. Rather than focus on individual realist authors, their ideas are synthesized here into a general interpretation of the field and integrated with the strong, symbiotic relationship between realist thought and national security policy. This article outlines the realist argument and focuses on four premises -- states, anarchy, interests, and power -- and illustrates the key differences between realism ... |
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| Bipolarity, Proxy Wars, and the Rise of China |
Jan 2011 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Mark O Yeisley; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Scholars debate the likelihood of future war with a rising China, each side arguing whether direct conflict is inevitable. Yet this debate does not consider the most probable future of U.S.-China relations. While direct conflict is indeed a possibility, it remains remote. A more likely outcome is subnational conflict as the United States and China engage in proxy wars over resource access in Africa. These conflicts will place great demands ... |
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| Filling the Fighter Gap |
18 Mar 2010 |
10 pages |
| Authors:
Justin DeMarco; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The purpose of this paper is to suggest how the Air Force can mitigate the risk presented by the delays in fielding the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter by procuring a fleet of generation 4.5 fighter aircraft. The obstacles posed by the enormous cost of acquiring generation 5 fighter technology forced the Air Force to cut the number of F-22 Raptors they had requested from an original requirement of 648 aircraft ... |
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| The Rise of Avatars in Positive Psychology: Enabling Military Cultures in a 3D World for Strengths of Character Development |
Mar 2010 |
18 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew Stricker; Mike McCrocklin; Cynthia Calongne; Toni Scribner; Jeanne Holm; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| To be sure, even with precision weapon systems offered by modern warfare technology, the warrior remains the most lethal weapon system on the modern battlefield, and is pivotal in the decision chain to know, decide and act wisely and decisively. For that reason, the apex of decisive advantage with force is ultimately dependent on the quality of how future warriors are developed in strengths of character in support of battle-wise ... |
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| P-51 Escorts: Legend or Myth |
Jan 2010 |
9 pages |
| Authors:
David R Mets; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| As recently as the fall of 2009, a distinguished lecturer at the US Air Force's Air War College repeated a truth that has been with us for 60 years. So strongly held, it has seldom, if ever, been questioned. This assertion arises, I suppose, from historians' common tendency to go into the record with the question Why were they so dumb? or Why were they not as smart as the ... |
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| Sailor to Airman: The Military Career of General Robert T. Herres |
Jun 2009 |
73 pages |
| Authors:
Paul S Rehome; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study evaluates the military career of General Robert T. Herres. It analyzes two broad aspects that influenced him as a senior military leader: personal character traits and career diversity. The author assesses how General Herres' early diversity in jobs and character traits helped him develop the breadth and depth that would shape his performance as a senior leader. The conclusion suggests his career could serve as a model to ... |
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| Cyberpower as a Coercive Instrument |
Jun 2009 |
76 pages |
| Authors:
Ann M Halle; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This thesis aims to help bridge the gap between existing knowledge of cyberspace and the practical use of cyberpower as a coercive instrument. This knowledge will assist leaders at all levels to properly integrate cyberpower into a well-crafted strategy. This analysis demonstrates that although cyberpower has potential as an effective coercive instrument, it requires further evolution to be a persistent and powerful force by itself. This study examined the details ... |
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| America's Conditional Advantage: Airpower, Counterinsurgency, and the Theory of John Warden |
Jun 2009 |
148 pages |
| Authors:
Anthony B Carr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study is a theoretical and historical exploration of the role and relevance of airpower in counterinsurgency (COIN). Despite an overwhelming material advantage in airpower and the popular belief that this provides America with an inherently beneficial warfighting asymmetry, the US struggles to realize the full value of airpower in COIN. The author proposes that airpower provides the US with a conditional advantage that must be deliberately unlocked through strategic ... |
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| Turning Aspirations into Reality: Ensuring Female and Minority Representation in the US Air Force Officer Corps and Senior Leader Ranks |
Jun 2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Currin; Scovill W Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study is an analysis of diversity within the US Air Force officer corps and senior leader ranks. Throughout the analysis, the project strives to answer the following research question: Does the US Air Force have sufficient diversity in its officer corps and senior leader positions? If not, why not? How can the US Air Force improve the situation? Admittedly, this research question also comes with an inherent difficulty. In ... |
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| Roadmap for a New Command: Lessons from Strategic Air Command and Air Combat Command |
Jun 2009 |
70 pages |
| Authors:
Joel J Bleil; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This thesis seeks to answer the following question: Given the challenges of major organizational change, how can the Air Force successfully create Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC)? This study is an analysis of three case studies using a 4-phase model as a lens to outline implications for AFGSC during its early development. To find these implications, the stand up of Strategic Air Command (SAC) and Air Combat Command (ACC) ... |
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| Dragooned into a Joint War: American Airpower in the Mediterranean and Operation Dragoon |
Jun 2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Ryan A Link; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study comprises an analysis of the evolution of joint operations in the Mediterranean Theatre of Operations during World War II. The author uses Operation Dragoon as a lens to evaluate the success of the evolution of joint and combined air-ground doctrine in the Mediterranean. The first chapter looks at American and British air strategy from the Battle of Britain to the end of Anzio in Italy. In this chapter, ... |
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| Doing it All: Security Forces--The USAF Coin Force |
Jun 2009 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Aeneas R Gooding; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Security Forces have transformed dramatically in the last twenty years. This transformation has been a continuous process, but may be broken into three distinct periods separated by key events: the 1996 attack on Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia and the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. Each distinct phase of Security Forces transformation differed with respect to mission, organization, deployments, and training, requiring Security Forces ... |
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| The Net Is Down, Now What Do We Do? Is The Air Force Prepared To Survive A Cyber Attack |
Jun 2009 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Scott A Cain; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the Air Force's defense of cyberspace. The author assesses the cyber strategies and doctrine of the United States government, to include the joint military and Air Force specific documents. This assessment reveals the conflicting attitude held by the different organizations regarding the balance between cyber attack and defense. Next, the writer examines Clausewitz's theory of defense and identifies key concepts relevant to the cyber domain including the ... |
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| Misunderstood Dragon or Underestimated Panda: How China Reacts to External National Security Crises |
Jun 2009 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Jay B Reeves; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study uses the theory of strategic culture to analyze how China reacts to an external national security crisis. Following an overview of the theory, the author introduces a strategic culture framework. Three cases studies (Korean War, Vietnam War, and 1995 Taiwan crisis) serve as qualitative evidence for the framework. This study concludes that strategic culture is useful as a supplementary lens in understanding Chinese responses to a security crisis. ... |
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| Denting the Hub, or Strengthening the Spokes? A Neoclassical Realism Analysis of New Security Trends in the Pacific |
JUN 2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
IV Ford Arthur P.; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| In March 2007, Japan and Australia signed a Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JADSC)-Japan's first such agreement with any country other than the United States since World War II (WWII). The agreement pledges cooperation on counter-terrorism, maritime security, peacekeeping operations, and disaster relief. Prevailing international relations theories fail to adequately explain the logic for such a Japan-Australia security agreement. They also do not explain its acceptance by the United States ... |
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| Budgeting for the Nation's Defense Following the End of National Conflicts |
JUN 2009 |
91 pages |
| Authors:
Craig A. Harding; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The purpose of this thesis is to examine the primary factors influencing the defense budgeting decisions of the Truman and Bush '41 Administrations. In particular, the thesis examines events following the end of the World War II and the Cold War. This examination and analysis should be of interest for the Obama Administration due to the many apparent parallels between these administrations. Like the Obama Administration, Truman and Bush faced ... |
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| Before Putting Mouth (and Operation) in Gear, Ensure Brain is Engaged: The importance of Communication and Information in Military Operations |
JUN 2009 |
78 pages |
| Authors:
Aaron Burgstein; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study is an examination of the role of information and communication in war and military operations. This involves communication with the American public, its military and the adversary. How can America and its military best incorporate an information campaign into its overall plan and more importantly, why should it do so. The role of information has, and will continue to increase and every message and action carries with it ... |
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| Disengaging from Insurgencies: Insights from History and Implications for Afghanistan |
JUN 2009 |
139 pages |
| Authors:
IV Kimbrough James M.; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| To determine insights for future disengagements, this thesis examines four historical episodes in which Western nations withdrew from on-going conflicts against insurgent-like enemies. Relatively unsuccessful results flowed from the British withdrawal from Aden during the 1960's and the American withdrawal from Vietnam during 1972-1973. As the last British troop departed Aden, a state of turmoil prevailed. Not only could the insurgents realistically claim victory in evicting the British by force, ... |
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| Lieutenant General "Pete" Quesada and Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Von Richthofen: What Made Them Great |
JUN 2009 |
192 pages |
| Authors:
Gregory Kreuder; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study comprises an analysis of two contemporary tactical airpower commanders from World War II, Lieutenant General Elwood "Pete" Quesada and Generalfeldmarschall Wolfram Freiherr von Richthofen. It attempts to determine how they succeeded where others failed. Whether solving operational issues, developing technical innovations, or devising logistic solutions, these commanders transcended service-centric doctrine and loyalties in order to achieve their objectives. The author searches for common elements among their personal background, ... |
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| Illuminating the Shadows of War: Demystifying Complex Adaptive Systems |
JUN 2009 |
71 pages |
| Authors:
Jeffery D. Valenzia; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Not all complex adaptive systems are equal. While some systems succeed in very challenging situations, others fail. Rather than treating all complex adaptive systems as the same as the DoD does, this thesis sets out to determine whether there are specific characteristics of a system that make one more resilient and survivable than another. To accomplish this task, this study assesses the purpose, leadership, and organization of two major complex ... |
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| Gaining and Maintaining Cyberspace Superiority: A Quest for the Holy Grail |
JUN 2009 |
67 pages |
| Authors:
Merna H. H. Hsu; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Controlling cyberspace as a military domain is a challenge that demands critically assessing issues, questions, and assumptions, especially those at the foundation of the military's decision making for operations and requirements. This thesis examined whether cyberspace can be held in like manner to existing mediums. A brief survey of classical control theories for the land, maritime, and air domains, with the intent of identifying the basic framework and its key ... |
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| Army and Air Force Unmanned Air Reconnaissance: Warrior and Hydra Navigating a Maze of Strategic Hedges |
JUN 2009 |
142 pages |
| Authors:
Stanley A. Springer; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| During the post-9/11 Iraq and Afghanistan counterinsurgencies, the Air Force and Army acquired similar unmanned air systems (UAS) to provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR), though with different degrees of success. The Air Force selected the MQ-1B/-9 Predator/Reaper family of vehicles, while the Army chose the MQ-1C, unofficially named "Sky Warrior." Although the air vehicles had comparable performance, the services selected different command and control (C2) and sustainment mechanisms that ... |
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| Bull in a China Shop? General Curtis E. Lemay's Military Advice to the President During the Cuban Missile Crisis |
JUN 2009 |
81 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew R. Brooks; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| On 19 October 1962, three days after he learned that the Soviet Union was positioning offensive ballistic missiles in Cuba, President John F. Kennedy met with his Joint Chiefs of Staff to hear their recommendations on ways to resolve the emerging crisis. Consistent with popular belief, the most outspoken member of the joint chiefs in advocating aggressive action was General Curtis E. LeMay, Air Force chief of staff. This thesis ... |
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| Finishing the Work of Goldwater-Nichols: Evaluating the Use of Independent Service Acquisition Systems to Support the Joint War Fighter |
JUN 2009 |
110 pages |
| Authors:
Daniel A. DeVoe; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This paper analyzes the problems inherent in the Defense Acquisition System as indicated in a sample of six studies conducted between 1986 and 2007. It explores the major legislation that developed the system since 1947 and identifies how much of this legislation served to complicate the system. Rather than fix its problems, this complexity served to thwart repeated attempts at centralization. Next, this paper evaluates two types of alternative acquisition ... |
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| Old Glory and the Jolly Roger: The Cultural Constraints and Strategic Imperatives of Modern Piracy |
JUN 2009 |
112 pages |
| Authors:
Paul R. Birch; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This thesis discusses piracy on the open seas. It describes acts of piracy, puts the practice into historical perspective, and shows how a recent surge in maritime piracy incidents differs from other maritime piracy afflicting the world's oceans at the turn of the twentyfirst century. This is half of the reason for writing. The second purpose for is to examine the US military response to the dramatic increase in piracy ... |
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| Bear Market Coercion: Russian Use of Energy as a Coercive Tool in Central Asia and Eastern Europe |
JUN 2009 |
98 pages |
| Authors:
Maximilian Bremer; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study considers the efficacy of economic coercion as a means of securing national interests. It begins by defining coercion as one state using positive or negative efforts to cause another state to alter perceptions of its own interests. These efforts can take the form of deterrence, compellence, or a combination of the two. Using a framework of capability, credibility, communication, and choice, this study considers how different cultures, especially ... |
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| Stay Out: Why Intervention Should Not Be America's Policy |
Jan 2009 |
11 pages |
| Authors:
Forsyth; James W Jr; B C Saltzman; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan dominate security discourse. With thousands of lives lost and billions of dollars spent, few issues merit more attention. Yet it is worthwhile to remember that these wars, like all wars, will end. And when they do, policy makers will come to terms with a harsh, albeit forgotten, reality: The ruling of distant peoples, as George Kennan so aptly put it, is not our dish. ... |
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| Femme Fatale: An Examination of the Role of Women in Combat and the Policy Implications for Future American Military Operations |
Jun 2008 |
152 pages |
| Authors:
Kristal L Alfonso; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The current All-Volunteer Force structure depends on the effective utilization of all of its personnel. Female service members make up 15 percent of that force, yet the armed services do not effectively utilize these women in combat roles. Conservatives in Congress continue to try to force the armed forces to prohibit the assignment of women into any potential combat role by denying women assignments to combat support functions. The arguments ... |
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| Gliders of World War II: 'The Bastards No One Wanted' |
Jun 2008 |
104 pages |
| Authors:
Michael H Manion; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study examines the role of combat gliders in Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States during World War II (WWII). The thesis compares and contrasts each country with respect to pre-WWII glider experience, glider and airborne doctrine, glider pilot training, and glider production while outlining each country's major glider operations. The author then compares glider operations in the China-Burma-India Theater to the operations in Europe to describe the ... |
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| A Deeper Shade of Blue: The School of Advanced Air and Space Studies |
Jan 2008 |
5 pages |
| Authors:
Stephen D Chiabotti; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The School of Advanced Air and Space Studies was established 19 years ago by Air Force Chief of Staff Larry Welch in response to a question from a Representative from Missouri, who is currently the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. The Honorable Ike Skelton was concerned about strategy and wondered where and how the Air Force would produce the next generation of strategists. SAASS was the answer, and ... |
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| General Roy S. Geiger, USMC: Marine Aviator, Joint Force Commander |
Jun 2007 |
176 pages |
| Authors:
James B Wellons; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This work comprises an effort to answer the question of how an airman can be qualified to be a Joint Force Commander, using the biographical example of General Roy S. Geiger, USMC. Geiger was the fifth designated Marine Aviator, earning his wings in June of 1917. He then served as a squadron commander in the First Marine Aviation Force in World War I (WW I), where he flew combat sorties ... |
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| Concentrating on Dispersed Operations: Answering the Emerging Antiaccess Challenge in the Pacific Rim |
01-Apr-2007 |
90 pages |
| Authors:
William E Pinter; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| Potential adversaries of the United States recognize that its ability to globally project combat power is essential to maintaining military dominance. Degrading US combat power projection requires a strategy of access denial which consists of geopolitical and military measures. In the Pacific Rim, the development of antiaccess capabilities is accelerating. Specifically, China has increased its procurement of ballistic, cruise, and anti-ship missiles, sea mines, and diesel submarines with a special ... |
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| Airpower versus Terrorism: Three Case Studies |
MAR 2007 |
96 pages |
| Authors:
Todd R. Phinney; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study analyzes the effectiveness of airpower versus terrorism using three case studies. The first case study is Operation El Dorado Canyon, America's response to Libyan state-sponsored terrorism. The second case study is Operation Infinite Reach, America's cruise missile response to the 1998 al-Qaeda bombings of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. The third case study is the Israeli use of airpower versus the second Palestinian intifada of September 2000. ... |
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| Gen Otto P. Weyland: Close Air Support in the Korean War |
MAR 2007 |
100 pages |
| Authors:
Michael J. Chandler; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This study analyzes General Otto P. Weyland's impact on close air support (CAS) during the Korean War. First, the author briefly traces the history and evolution of air-ground support from its infancy to the start of the Korean War. Second, he shifts his focus to the effectiveness of CAS throughout the conflict and addresses why this mission was controversial for the Army and Air Force. Third, he highlights General Weyland's ... |
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| Small Wars in a Big Theater: Special Operations Air Component Integration with the Joint Air Component in Theater Operations |
Mar 2007 |
94 pages |
| Authors:
William P West; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| In the 15 years since the formation of the U.S. Special Operations Command, the special operations forces (SOF) communities of all services have strongly emphasized the integration of their combat capabilities. However, Air Force Special Operations Forces (AFSOF) have not put this same degree of effort into the integration of combat capabilities with the rest of the U.S. Air Force. Consequently, AFSOF are experts at the joint tactical fight but ... |
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| The Twelfth US Air Force. Tactical and Operational Innovations in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations, 1943-1944 |
FEB 2007 |
83 pages |
| Authors:
Matthew G. St. Clair; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| This paper analyzes the participation of the US Twelfth Air Force in the Mediterranean theater of operation from 1943 to 1944 and also studies the coalition and joint operations required in the air campaign. Coalition and joint warfare provides numerous command, control, and coordination problems that are not easily de-conflicted. The requirements of the coalition air campaign in the Mediterranean theater provided significant challenges to the leadership of the US ... |
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| Crony Attack: Strategic Attack's Silver Bullet |
NOV 2006 |
54 pages |
| Authors:
Julian H. Tolbert; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| As a strategy, crony attacks target key elite supporters of an enemy's leader to effect policy change in the attacker's favor. This type of attack is one of the tools used in coercive diplomacy along with economic sanctions and information operations. To properly and efficiently leverage the potentially powerful mechanism of crony attack demands coordination among those responsible for wielding the military, diplomatic, economic, and informational instruments of national power. ... |
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| Globalness: Toward a Space Power Theory |
JUN 2006 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Brian E. Fredriksson; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The purpose of this thesis is to take the first steps toward a military space power theory. It begins by answering the following question: Why does the U.S. military need a space power theory? The United States or any military space-faring nation needs a theory because space power is more than simply a force enhancer, It is a separate and unique form of military power with the capacity to deter ... |
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| The Malacca Dilemma - Countering China's "String of Pearls" with Land-Based Airpower |
JUN 2006 |
121 pages |
| Authors:
Lawrence Spinetta; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| China is strengthening diplomatic ties and building naval bases along the sea lanes from the Middle East. This "String of Pearls" strategy is designed to protect its energy security, negate US influence in the region, and project power overseas. China is rapidly building a blue-water navy, developing advanced missile technology, and stockpiling undersea mines to counter US Navy capabilities, especially in the event of a conflict over Taiwan. To counter ... |
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| Attacking the Mobile Ballistic Missile Threat in the Post-Cold War Environment. New Rules to an Old Game |
MAY 2006 |
65 pages |
| Authors:
Robert W. Stanley II; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| The threat to US national security from mobile ballistic missiles is at least as great today as at any time in history to include the heights of the Cold War. Proliferation of missile technology and associated weapons of mass destruction already jeopardize America's ability to project power to any corner of the globe. The 1991 Persian Gulf War opened our eyes to the significant potential of this threat. Our decision ... |
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| Winning with Allies: The Strategic Value of the Afghan Model |
Jan 2006 |
51 pages |
| Authors:
Richard Andres; Craig Wills; Griffith; Thomas E Jr; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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| When the war in Afghanistan ended in 2002, the country was largely governed by Afghans. This result came about because, rather than inserting thousands of troops into the country, the U.S. fought the war using a new type of military operation that relied on special forces, airpower, and Afghan allies. In the operation, around fifty U.S. special forces personnel accomplished what planners had believed would require 50,000 U.S. ground troops. ... |
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| It's Mine! Why the US Intelligence Community Does Not Share Information |
JUL 2005 |
77 pages |
| Authors:
Andrew W. Green; AIR UNIV MAXWELL AFB AL SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIR AND SPACE STUDIES
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