Download or read book Air Advising Operations written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This instruction implements Department of Defense Directive (DODD) 3000.07_Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-42, Irregular Warfare; and portions of AFPD 10-43, Stability Operations; and is consistent with Department of Defense Instruction (DODI) 5000.68_Air Force Instruction (AFI) 16-122, Security Force Assistance; AFPD 16-1, International Affairs; and AFPD 36-26, Total Force Development. The purpose of this instruction is to provide Air Force guidance and direction for the planning, execution, and assessment of USAF air advising activities and operations with partner nations. It applies to all Regular Air Force (RegAF), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), and Air National Guard (ANG) units and personnel, and government civilians involved in the planning, execution, and assessment of USAF air advising activities and operations with partner nations"--Page 1.

Download or read book Asymmetric Advantage written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-11 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Air Force (USAF) does not adequately organize, train, and equip for building partnerships with foreign militaries, despite this activity's stated importance in national strategy, joint doctrine, and official USAF guidance. The USAF does boast an array of air advisor units-some permanent, and some ad hoc. The different units are stove-piped within different major commands, each with different priorities, resources, and authorities. In short, USAF air advising is an active but disjointed enterprise. This project aims to determine how the USAF should organize and present forces for air advising. The project uses a comparative case study approach, analyzing the 6th Special Operations Squadron in the Philippines, expeditionary air advisors in Iraq, and the 81st Fighter Squadron (i.e., Afghan A-29 training). The author finds that more cohesive and sustainable air advisor unit constructs achieve better operational results, and therefore constitute the best cornerstones for a more unified, effective air advising enterprise going forward. On the other hand, ad hoc methods of selecting, training, and deploying air advisors have yielded few operational gains. The author offers several recommendations intended to help the USAF organize and employ air advisors in a more cohesive and sustainable manner.This compilation includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.When planned, executed, and sustained prudently, security cooperation advances U.S. strategic objectives, hones U.S. military prowess, and bolsters the U.S. industrial base, while enhancing our partners' capacity to defend themselves and to operate in U.S.-led coalitions-an alluring array of benefits. Examples include the work of AFSOC combat aviation advisors (CAA)-often referred to as combat air advisors-in Operation Enduring Freedom-Philippines (OEF-P), and AETC's A-29 attack aircraft instructor pilots (IP) and advisors. Conversely, when organized in an ad hoc manner, SC can squander American military lethality while doing little to advance U.S. or allied goals. Examples include the expeditionary air advisor construct used throughout Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) and Operation Enduring Freedom. A significant body of evidence suggests that some USAF SC efforts to date have been imprudent. Despite improvement initiatives at the service level, a critical need remains for greater strategic planning and sustainable capability in USAF SC. This holds particularly true with regard to the forward elements of the enterprise-air advisors and aviation foreign internal defense (AvFID) specialists. This paper will introduce the subject and problem by examining relevant academic theory, as well as U.S. and USAF strategy, doctrine, and operational guidance (introduction and chapter 2). A broad overview of USAF SC follows (chapter 3). The paper will then introduce a standardized framework (chapter 4) to examine current USAF units performing the most forward, expeditionary subsets of USAF SC-air advisor operations and AvFID (chapters 5-7). Each case will examine the organization, manning, and practices of the participating USAF unit(s) and the results of each effort in furthering U.S. interests. The studies also consider contextual factors, such as partner government legitimacy and military absorptive capacity for military aviation training and capabilities. Chapter 8 will provide recommendations, implications, and avenues for further research. The goal of this analysis is to determine how the USAF should organize and present forces for air advising and AvFID.

Download or read book Asymmetric Advantage written by Michael M. Trimble and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The U.S. Air Force does not adequately organize, train, and equip for building partnerships with foreign militaries, despite this activity’s stated importance in national strategy, joint doctrine, and official USAF guidance. The Air Force does boast an array of air advisor units—some permanent, and some ad hoc. The different units are stove-piped within different major commands, each with different priorities, resources, and authorities. In short, USAF air advising is an active but disjointed enterprise. This project aims to determine how the U.S. Air Force should organize and present forces for air advising. The project uses a comparative case study approach, analyzing the 6th Special Operations Squadron in the Philippines, expeditionary air advisors in Iraq, and the 81st Fighter Squadron (i.e., Afghan A-29 training). The author finds that more cohesive and sustainable air advisor organizations achieve better operational results, and therefore constitute the best cornerstones for a more unified, effective air advising enterprise going forward. On the other hand, ad hoc methods of selecting, training, and deploying air advisors have yielded few operational gains. The author offers several recommendations intended to help the Air Force organize and employ air advisors in a more cohesive and sustainable manner."--Abstract.

Download or read book Improving NATO Support to Future Air Advisor Operations written by and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Air Advisor Education and Training written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This instruction implements Department of Defense Directive (DoDD) 3000.07_Air Force Policy Directive (AFPD) 10-42, Irregular Warfare; AFPD 10-43, Stability Operations; and is consistent with Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI) 5000.68_AFI 16-122, Security Force Assistance; AFPD 16-1, International Affairs; and AFPD 3626, Total Force Development. It establishes the United States Air Force (USAF) air advisor education and training program and applies to all Regular Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), and Air National Guard (ANG) units and personnel, and government civilians involved in the development, management, and execution of air advisor education and training. If detailed in the terms of the governing contract, the provisions of this instruction may also apply to contractors responsible for air advisor education and training activities"--Page 1.

Download or read book Conventional Air Advising in the Combat Environment written by U S Military and published by . This book was released on 2019-11-10 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 1919, Afghanistan's Air Force has shared a unique relationship with the Air Advising mission. The United States led North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), Train, Advise, and Assist Command-Air (TAAC-A) mission has been essential to the development of Afghanistan's Air Force. Changes in the strategy for achieving a safe and secure Afghanistan, by both the Afghanistan government and NATO, have generated additional requirements and presented new challenges for the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and their ability to support Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducting Internal Defense and Counter-Terrorism missions. Recent efforts to modernize the AAF comes at a time when the coalition has moved away from a time-line focused mission to one that is conditions-based. A capabilities-based assessment is needed to identify capability gaps within the AAF, assess current and future capabilities and capacity, and determine how the TAAC-A Advisors can mitigate these shortfalls across the Doctrine, Organization, Training, Materiel, Leadership and Education, Personnel, and Facilities spectrum.This compilation also includes a reproduction of the 2019 Worldwide Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community.The purpose of this thesis is to determine the requirements of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) led Air Advising mission supporting the Afghan Air Force (AAF) and their support of the Afghan National Army (ANA) and Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) conducting Internal Defense and Counter-Terrorism Operations. Applying the Joint Capability Based Assessment process assess current capabilities, identify capability gaps, and provide doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership, personnel, facilities and policies (DOTMLPF-P) solutions to mitigate the identified shortfalls. The results of this study will suggest solutions the Air Advising mission should execute to enable success in Afghanistan.

Download or read book Unconventional Airmen written by Marvin S. Pugmire and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Flight Risk written by Forrest L. Marion and published by Naval Institute Press. This book was released on 2018-10-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1920s Afghanistan maintained a small air arm that depended heavily upon outside assistance. Starting in 2005, the United States led an air advisory campaign to rebuild the Afghan Air Force (AAF). In 2007 a formal joint/combined entity, led by a U.S. Air Force brigadier general, began air advisor work with Afghan airmen. Between 2007 and 2011, these efforts made modest progress in terms of infrastructures, personnel and aircraft accessions, and various training courses. But by 2010, advisors increasingly viewed AAF command and control (C2) as a problem area that required significant improvement if a professional air force was to be built. In the spring of 2011, major institutional changes to AAF C2 procedures were being introduced when nine U.S. air advisors were killed. The attack was the worst single-incident loss of U.S. Air Force personnel in a deployed location since 1996 and the worst insider-attack since 2001. From the day of that tragic event, the cultural chasm between Afghanistan and the West became more apparent. This dilemma continues with no end in sight to an air advisory mission of uncertain long-term value.

Download or read book Another Way to Fight written by Norman J. Brozenick and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: United States military forces traditionally excel as lead contingents of coalition campaigns. Combat operations in Afghanistan proved no different as joint forces executed a campaign that enabled anti-Taliban forces to overthrow a terrorist backed regime. Success stories included air and surface advisors who linked American airpower to surrogate ground forces. The President's pledge to help friendly governments fight subnational terrorism signaled an even more prominent role for advisors during the second phase of the war. Do Air Force advisors have the capability and credibility to help foreign military forces defeat internal threats? Much of the answer lies within the combat aviation advisory ranks of Air Force Special Operations Command. Standing combat aviation advisory forces represent the Air Force's only regionally oriented, politically aware, culturally astute, and language qualified advisory capability. Specially educated and trained combat aviation advisory teams help foreign forces improve joint capabilities to combat terrorism, subversion, lawlessness, and insurgency. Yet perennial challenges impede a more efficient and effective employment of aviation advisors. Fundamentally, Service and joint communities lack the mission comprehension and commitment required to fully support aviation advisory forces. An unsurpassed capability in tactical instruction builds the credibility required to achieve assigned objectives with host nation forces. Enhanced and expanded capabilities are required to meet escalating theater demands for aviation advisory services. A commitment to invest in aviation advisory forces will help friendly nations fight and win their own wars, thereby precluding the need for larger American military deployments to threatened lands.

Download or read book Rethinking the Air Operations Center written by J. Taylor Sink and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1994 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book American Advisors written by Lieutenant Colonel Joshua J., Lieutenant Joshua Potter, US Army and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manuscript describes how US military advisors prepare for and conduct operations in war. Through two separate year-long combat tours as a military advisor in Iraq, the author brings true vignettes into modern military strategy and operational art. Further, the author provides multiple perspectives in command relationships. Through years of personal experience, direct interviews, and Warfighting knowledge, the author challenges conventionally accepted truths and establishes a new standard for understanding the impact of American advisors on the modern battleground.

Download or read book A New Division of Labor written by Andrew R. Hoehn and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2007 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A new U.S. grand strategy has been emerging, one that requires not only resources but patience and commitment: the promotion of democracy and freedom abroad. The U.S. armed forces will continue to be among the myriad contributors necessary to achieve this goal. In the face of increasing complexity, changing tactics, and tight budgets, the defense establishment will need to change in multiple ways, yet must also not risk its historic strengths. This volume draws together and integrates insights derived from a wide range of research efforts undertaken at RAND over the past few years. Some of the observations include different ways to organize and employ forces and to divide labor among them, updated insights about the natures of likely future conflicts, the need to further improve information resources, and the value of fostering partnerships among the services and with allies. the authors also offer specific recommendations, such as a recommendation to the Air Force to reevaluate its concepts for large-scale power projection." -- p. [4] of cover.

Download or read book Commanding an Air Force Squadron written by Col Usaf Timmons, Timothy and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-08-07 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The privilege of commanding an Air Force squadron, despite its heavy responsibilities and unrelenting challenges, represents for many Air Force officers the high point of their careers. It is service as a squadron commander that accords true command authority for the first time. The authority, used consistently and wisely, provides a foundation for command. As with the officer's commission itself, command authority is granted to those who have earned it, both by performance and a revealed capacity for the demands of total responsibility. But once granted, it much be revalidated every day. So as one assumes squadron command, bringing years of experience and proven record to join with this new authority, one might still need a little practical help to success with the tasks of command. This book offers such help. “Commanding an Air Force Squadron” brings unique and welcome material to a subject other books have addressed. It is rich in practical, useful, down-to-earth advice from officers who have recently experienced squadron command. The author does not quote regulations, parrot doctrine, or paraphrase the abstractions that lace the pages of so many books about leadership. Nor does he puff throughout the manuscript about how he did it. Rather, he presents a digest of practical wisdom based on real-world experience drawn from the reflection of many former commanders from any different types of units. He addresses all Air Force squadron commanders, rated and nonrated, in all sorts of missions worldwide. Please also see a follow up to this book entitled “Commanding an Air Force Squadron in the Twenty-First Century (2003)” by Jeffry F. Smith, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF.

Download or read book Aviation Weather for Pilots and Flight Operations Personnel written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency written by Shannon Caudill and published by Military Bookshop. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces, intelligence, and the office of special investigations, but works are included from a US Air Force pilot and a Canadian air force officer. The authors examine lessons from Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, and other conflicts as they relate to securing air bases and sustaining air operations in a high-threat counterinsurgency environment. The essays review the capabilities, doctrine, tactics, and training needed in base defense operations and recommend ways in which to build a strong, synchronized ground defense partnership with joint and combined forces. The authors offer recommendations on the development of combat leaders with the depth of knowledge, tactical and operational skill sets, and counterinsurgency mind set necessary to be effective in the modern asymmetric battlefield.

Download or read book Apollo s Warriors written by Michael E. Haas and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a fascinating insider's view of U.S.A.F. special operations, this volume brings to life the critical contributions these forces have made to the exercise of air & space power. Focusing in particular on the period between the Korean War & the Indochina wars of 1950-1979, the accounts of numerous missions are profusely illustrated with photos & maps. Includes a discussion of AF operations in Europe during WWII, as well as profiles of Air Commandos who performed above & beyond the call of duty. Reflects on the need for financial & political support for restoration of the forces. Bibliography. Extensive photos & maps. Charts & tables.

Download or read book Air Force Doctrine Document 2 AFDD 2 Operations and Organization Covering USAF Air and Space Operations War Strategy Effects Based Operations EBO and Air Expeditionary Wing AEW written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covering war strategy, tactics, effects-based operations (EBO), AETF, and air expeditionary wing (AEW), this publication, AFDD 2, Operations and Organization, is the companion to AFDD 1 and provides the next level of granularity. It describes how the US Air Force organizes and employs air and space power at the operational level across the range of military operations. The concepts discussed in this publication-the role and responsibilities of the senior warfighting Airman; the basics behind our expeditionary organizational model; the fundamentals of joint and Service command arrangements; how we plan operations; and the means by which we place the collective capabilities of air and space power into the hands of a single Airman-are the foundations for all our operations. We are in the middle of a long, shadowy war that will be punctuated by episodes of full-up, conventional operations. Many different types of operations will occur simultaneously; tempo and objectives may shift rapidly. We will be challenged to adapt well-practiced tactics and to think in new ways to solve unforeseen challenges. As the war evolves, so must we. Some aspects of warfighting, however, will remain constant. Our doctrine captures these enduring aspects. Our success in meeting the challenges of this rapidly changing world depends on our understanding and applying our doctrine. Doctrine describes not only how we would command and employ air and space forces today, but is also the point of departure to guide us in meeting the challenges of tomorrow. Air and space power is a critical element in protecting our Nation and deterring aggression. It will only remain so if we, as professional Airmen, study, evaluate, and debate our capabilities and the environment of the future. Just as technology, world threats, and opportunities change, so must our doctrine. Each of you must be articulate, knowledgeable, and unapologetic advocates of our doctrine. We must understand what it means to be an Airman and be able to articulate what air and space power can bring to the joint fight. I encourage you to read our doctrine, discuss it, and practice it. Contents: Chapter One - An Introduction To Air And Space Operations * Chapter Two - Operations * Chapter Three - Commanding Us Air Force Forces * Chapter Four - Organizing Us Air Force Forces * Chapter Five - The Air And Space Component Within The Joint Force * Chapter Six - Planning For Operations * Chapter Seven - Air And Space Operations Centers * Chapter Eight - The Affor Staff