Download or read book U S Air Force Bomber Sustainment and Modernization written by Jeremiah Gertler and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-10-31 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States' existing long-range bomber fleet of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s are at a critical point in their operational life span. With the average age of each airframe being 50, 28, and 20 years old, respectively, military analysts are beginning to question just how long these aircraft can physically last and continue to be credible weapon systems. As potential adversaries acquire 21st century defense systems designed to prevent U.S. access to the global commons (sea, air, space, and cyberspace) and to limit U.S. forces' freedom of action within an operational area, the ability of these Cold War era bombers to get close enough to targets to be effective will continue to deteriorate. Although the Air Force is committed to the development and acquisition of its proposed Long-Range Strike-Bomber (LRS-B), it is anticipated that flight-testing of the new bomber will not start until the mid-2020s, with initial operational capability near 2030. With this timeline in mind, the Air Force has extended the operational lives of the B-52 and B-1 out to 2040 and the B-2 out to 2058. Air Force and aerospace industry experts insist that with sufficient funding for sustainment and modernization over their expected lifespans, all three of the existing bombers can physically last and continue to remain credible weapon systems. However, appropriations decisions made by Congress based on required military capabilities to meet national security objectives will ultimately determine how long the B-52, B-1, and B-2 will remain in service.
Download or read book U S Air Force Bombers written by Gustavo Briggs and published by Nova Science Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States' existing long-range bomber fleet of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s are at a critical point in their operational life span. With the average age of each airframe being 50, 28, and 20 years old, respectively, military analysts are beginning to question just how long these aircraft can physically last and continue to be credible weapon systems. This book focuses on the sustainment and modernisation of U.S. Air Force bombers, the sustainment of U.S. global leadership and provides a brief assessment of the January 2012 defence strategic guidance.
Download or read book U S Air Force Bombers written by Gustavo Briggs and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States' existing long-range bomber fleet of B-52s, B-1s, and B-2s are at a critical point in their operational life span. With the average age of each airframe being 50, 28, and 20 years old, respectively, military analysts are beginning to question just how long these aircraft can physically last and continue to be credible weapon systems. This book focuses on the sustainment and modernization of U.S. Air Force bombers, the sustainment of U.S. global leadership and provides a brief assessment of the January 2012 defense strategic guidance.
Download or read book U S Air Force Bomber Sustainment and Modernization written by Michael A. Miller and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report addresses potential congressional oversight and appropriations concerns for the sustainment and modernization of the U.S. Air Force's bomber force.
Download or read book Air Force Bombers written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Politics of Strategic Aircraft Modernization written by David S. Sorenson and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1995-11-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study examines three major bomber aircraft acquisition programs: the B-36, the B-52, and the B-2. The central question for each of these programs is whether they were chosen to fit national strategic objectives or to meet the more narrow political and economic needs of the so-called military-industrial complex. The book concludes that U.S. Air Force senior leadership acquired better bombers than did civilian defense leaders. The extensive use of original documents in this book reveals that Air Force generals were less concerned about defending their own interests than previous research has implied.
Download or read book Air Force Next Generation Bomber NGB written by Jeremiah Gertler and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of its proposed FY 2010 defense budget, the Admin. proposed deferring the start of a program to develop a NGB for the Air Force, pending the completion of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and associated Nuclear Posture Review, and in light of strategic arms control negotiations with Russia. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Admin. Proposal to Defer Start of NGB Program; NGB Program Prior to FY 2010 Budget Submission; Existing Bomber Fleet; (3) Issues for Congress: Future Roles and Missions of Bombers: Ability of Current Bomber Force to Perform Future Roles and Missions; Bomber Design and Construction Industrial Base; (4) Legislative Activity for FY 2010. Illus. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Download or read book U S Military Forces in FY 2021 written by Mark F. Cancian and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CSIS senior adviser Mark Cancian annually produces a series of white papers on U.S. military forces, including their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges. This report is a compilation of these papers and takes a deep look at each of the military services, the new Space Force, special operations forces, DOD civilians, and contractors in the FY 2021 budget. This report further includes a foreword regarding how the Biden administration might approach decisions facing the military forces, drawing on insights from the individual chapters.
Download or read book Examination of the U S Air Force s Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-11-17 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ability of the United States Air Force (USAF) to keep its aircraft operating at an acceptable operational tempo, in wartime and in peacetime, has been important to the Air Force since its inception. This is a much larger issue for the Air Force today, having effectively been at war for 20 years, with its aircraft becoming increasingly more expensive to operate and maintain and with military budgets certain to further decrease. The enormously complex Air Force weapon system sustainment enterprise is currently constrained on many sides by laws, policies, regulations and procedures, relationships, and organizational issues emanating from Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), and the Air Force itself. Against the back-drop of these stark realities, the Air Force requested the National Research Council (NRC) of the National Academies, under the auspices of the Air Force Studies Board to conduct and in-depth assessment of current and future Air Force weapon system sustainment initiatives and recommended future courses of action for consideration by the Air Force. Examination of the U.S. Air Force's Aircraft Sustainment Needs in the Future and Its Strategy to Meet Those Needs addresses the following topics: Assess current sustainment investments, infrastructure, and processes for adequacy in sustaining aging legacy systems and their support equipment. Determine if any modifications in policy are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations for changes in Air Force regulations, policies, and strategies to accomplish the sustainment goals of the Air Force. Determine if any modifications in technology efforts are required and, if so, identify them and make recommendations regarding the technology efforts that should be pursued because they could make positive impacts on the sustainment of the current and future systems and equipment of the Air Force. Determine if the Air Logistics Centers have the necessary resources (funding, manpower, skill sets, and technologies) and are equipped and organized to sustain legacy systems and equipment and the Air Force of tomorrow. Identify and make recommendations regarding incorporating sustainability into future aircraft designs.
Download or read book The New Nuclear Disorder written by Stephen J. Cimbala and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the twenty-first century, the United States confronts an international system of great complexity and shifting security challenges. Among these challenges are those posed by nuclear weapons. Instead of becoming obsolete or being marginalized by the end of the Cold War and the demise of the Soviet Union, nuclear weapons have become more important to present and future international stability and peace but the relationship is paradoxical. On one hand, the spread of nuclear weapons to additional states with unsettled grievances or hegemonic ambitions threatens to destabilize local balances of power and set off regional arms races. In addition, the possible acquisition by terrorists of nuclear weapons or fissile materials creates a threat that may be ‘beyond deterrence’ according to hitherto accepted concepts. On the other hand, nuclear weapons in the hands of other states can contribute to stable deterrence and help to prevent nuclear proliferation to international miscreants. Certain cases loom large in the short run that highlight this book’s relevance, including the possible acquisition and deployment of nuclear weapons by Iran and the continuing tensions created by North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. The Obama ‘pivot’ of national security and defense emphasis to Asia reflects not only the growing economic importance of that region, but also the growing number of security dilemmas in a region that is already awash in nuclear forces. The management of nuclear crises and even the possible need to terminate nuclear wars before they expand beyond a single region are among the possible challenges facing future U.S. and allied policy makers and military leaders.
Download or read book U S Air Force Bomber Modernization Plans written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Replacing America s Aging Bomber Fleet B 52 B 1 B 2 written by Department of Defense (DoD) and published by . This book was released on 2018-04 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America's fleet of strategic nuclear and conventional bombers - the B-52, B-1, B-2 - is rapidly aging, and Air Force officials are pursuing a replacement bomber, currently called the Long-Range Strike Bomber (LRS-B). Other ground attack options are being explored, including conventionally-armed ICBM missiles and space-based systems. This unique ebook reproduces a dozen unique military documents and reports about this critical national security issue, with extensive information about all aspects of the current bomber fleet. Part 1 - Overview * Part 2: Long-Range Strike - The Bedrock of Deterrence and America's Strategic Advantage * Part 3: U.S. Air Force Long-Range Strike Aircraft White Paper * Part 4: Alternatives for Long-Range Ground-Attack Systems * Part 5: Air Force Next-Generation Bomber: Background and Issues for Congress * Part 6: Strategic Systems - Presentation to the Senate Armed Services Committee Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, United States Senate * Part 7: A Range-Balanced Force - An Alternate Force Structure Adapted to New Defense Priorities * Part 8: Designing a Strategic Bomber: Evolving Operational Concepts * Part 9: Conventional Prompt Global Strike and Long-Range Ballistic Missiles: Background and Issues * Part 10: Space-Based Global Strike: Understanding Strategic and Military Implications * Part 11: Square Pegs and Round Holes: Air Force Doctrine and the B-2 Bomber * Part 12: U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces: Background, Developments, and Issues Long-range strike (LRS) and the often-associated phrase strategic attack are perhaps the most discussed but least understood terms in current military use. Despite, or perhaps because of, numerous definitions and formulations, we tend to overlook the real value of LRS capabilities in the minor details of numerous acquisition plans and concepts of operations. Many components comprise America's power to influence. Yet its ability to project conventional and nuclear military power across the globe at a time and place of our choosing represents the influential backstop for other US instruments of power. The latent threat of violence supported by a credible capability to hold an enemy's most valued resources at risk with little notice or chance for defense gives LRS its ultimate strategic value. Similarly, nations that maintain a robust LRS historically retain a strategic advantage against peer or near-peer state actors. Although the platform, plan, or strategy may change, the purpose of LRS remains the same-to under-gird political will by demonstrating credible, flexible, survivable, and visible military power. If the United States wishes to maintain a strategic advantage across the globe, it should heed lessons learned by past global powers and place capable LRS among the highest priorities for development, investment, and modernization-even in a fiscally constrained environment.
Download or read book Air Force Next Generation Bomber NGB written by Jeremiah Gertler and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2011-04 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As part of its proposed FY 2010 defense budget, the Admin. proposed deferring the start of a program to develop a NGB for the Air Force, pending the completion of the 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review and associated Nuclear Posture Review, and in light of strategic arms control negotiations with Russia. Contents of this report: (1) Intro.; (2) Admin. Proposal to Defer Start of NGB Program; NGB Program Prior to FY 2010 Budget Submission; Existing Bomber Fleet; (3) Issues for Congress: Future Roles and Missions of Bombers: Ability of Current Bomber Force to Perform Future Roles and Missions; Bomber Design and Construction Industrial Base; (4) Legislative Activity for FY 2010. Illus. This is a print on demand edition of an important, hard-to-find report.
Download or read book Modernizing the Strategic Bomber Force written by Alton H. Quanbeck and published by . This book was released on 1976 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Air Force White Paper on Long Range Bombers written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 29 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper addresses Congressional language from the Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, 1999 (Report 105-591) and the National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 1999 (Report 105-532). These reports directed the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Air Force to prepare a comprehensive plan for the future of the long-range bomber force. The plan should identify bomber upgrades with associated funding profiles and include a timeline for consideration of the acquisition of a follow-on platform. To this end, this document describes the long-range bombers' significance in protecting U.S. national security interests and articulates the Air Force vision of long-range bomber employment in support of national security and military strategy. From this vision emerges an overall concept of operations, both current and evolving, that harnesses the potential of long- range bomber capabilities integrated across the full spectrum of conflict. To ensure the continued viability of the long-range bomber fleet, this roadmap identifies near, mid, and long term modernization priorities with the intent of guiding current and future funding strategies. Finally, a timeline is presented for consideration of the acquisition of a follow-on platform.
Download or read book B 2 Bomber written by United States. General Accounting Office and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book U S Military Forces in FY 2020 written by Mark F. Cancian and published by Center for Strategic & International Studies. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report from the CSIS International Security Program analyzes the U.S. military forces in FY 2020, their composition, new initiatives, long-term trends, and challenges, as the United States attempts to align its forces with a strategy of long-term great power competition.
