Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by Charles Miller and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: n this extremely comprehensive overview of airlift and air mobility, Colonel Miller shows how the worldwide orientation of American foreign policy, the numerous threats to free-world interests, and the speed and complexity of modern warfare have combined with political and resource constraints to produce today's airlift doctrine and force structure. Airlift is the movement of goods and people to where they are needed, when they are needed there. Since the 1920s there has been an evolving awareness and articulation of how to best organize, train, and equip airlift forces for that mission. The worldwide orientation of American foreign policy, the numerous threats to free world interests, and the speed and complexity of modern warfare have combined with political and resource constraints to produce today's airlift doctrine and force structure. Colonel Miller's study traces these many interrelationships to discover what critical airlift decisions were made, why they were made, and what they may mean in the future. Airlift is the backbone of deterrence. A properly structured and equipped airlift force is critical to the successful execution of the national military strategy. How we think about airlift and how we translate those thoughts into a meaningful expression of how to develop, deploy, and employ airlift forces is vital to the national defense. Colonel Miller's study is a definitive step in that important process.
Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by C. E. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airlift is the movement of goods and people to where they are needed, when they are needed there. Since the 192Os there has been an evolving awareness and articulation of how to best organize, train, and equip airlift forces for that mission. The worldwide orientation of American foreign policy, the numerous threats to free world interests, and the speed and complexity of modern warfare have combined with political and resource constraints to produce today's airlift doctrine and force structure. Colonel Miller's study traces these many interrelationships to discover what critical airlift decisions were made, why they were made, and what they may mean in the future. This is not a history of military airlift but rather an investigation of ideas and concepts as they have evolved and have been applied to warfighting. Airlift is the backbone of deterrence. A properly structured and equipped airlift force is critical to the successful execution of the national military strategy. How we think about airlift and how we translate those thoughts into a meaningful expression of how to develop, deploy, and employ airlift forces is vital to the national defense. Colonel Miller's study is a definitive step in that important process.
Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by Charles Edward Miller and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Miller shows how the worldwide orientation of American foreign policy, the numerous threats to free-world interests, and the speed and complexity of modern warfare have combined with political and resource constraints to produce today's airlift doctrine and force structure.
Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by Charles Edward Miller and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colonel Miller shows how the worldwide orientation of American foreign policy, the numerous threats to free-world interests, and the speed and complexity of modern warfare have combined with political and resource constraints to produce today's airlift doctrine and force structure.
Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by Charles E. Miller and published by . This book was released on 1988-03-01 with total page 447 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Aerospace Doctrine of the United States Air Force written by Dennis M. Drew and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Development of Air Doctrine in the Army Air Arm 1917 1941 written by Air University (U.S.). Extension Course Institute and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1957 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Aerospace Doctrine of the United States Air Force written by Dennis M. Drew and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Theater Airlift Operations written by United States. Department of the Air Force and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Basic Aerospace Doctrine of the United States Air Force written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Self protective measures to enhance airlift operations in hostile environments written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Airlift Doctrine written by William W. Hodges and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Air Force Doctrine Document 3 17 written by U. S. Military and published by . This book was released on 2018-04-22 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The US Air Force provides unique warfighting capabilities that are essential to joint operations. Foremost among these capabilities is the ability to rapidly focus American combat power and lifesaving resources anywhere on the planet. Frequently, and especially in the opening stages of a conflict, air and space power may be the main manifestation of combat power we bring to bear against an adversary. Contents: Chapter One - An Introduction To Air Mobility * Chapter Two - Organization And Command & Control (C2) * Chapter Three - Airlift * Chapter Four - Air Refueling * Chapter Five - Air Mobility Support * Chapter Six - Air Mobility Planning * Chapter Seven - Aeromedical Evacuation. Topics covered include the Air Reserve Component (ARC), Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), Air National Guard (ANG), Airlift, Air Refueling, aeromedical evacuation, Operation VITTLES, Operation SWIFT FREEDOM, Operation JUST CAUSE, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM - HUMRO. Of these capabilities, the Air Force provides a very singular form of power: the ability to rapidly position and sustain forces at places and times of our choosing. This pivotal capability-air mobility-is the essential ingredient for modern US expeditionary operations and supports joint force commander-desired effects to deter, dissuade, or destroy the enemy. Force projection provides for presence, mass and maneuver, surprise, security and economy. It is the sum of an impressive fleet of transport and aerial refueling aircraft, underpinned by a flexible support system, and operated by a specialized cadre of active duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, and Air Force civilian personnel. While other forms of American military power have some degree of inherent mobility, the scale of flexibility and responsiveness of the Air Force's air mobility forces is singular in the history of world conflict. We must understand and apply our doctrine in order to succeed in current and future challenges. To do this smoothly and consistently, our planning and employment must be clearly understood and, most importantly, repeatable. To make that happen, we have captured our best practices in doctrine documents such as this one. We must learn and practice our own doctrine. We must understand what it means to be an Airman and be able to articulate what air and space power, and especially air mobility, can bring to the joint fight. Every Airman should read, discuss, and practice doctrine, and to ensure that it adapts as necessary to remain applicable in our changing environment.
Download or read book Airlift written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lifeline From The Sky The Doctrinal Implications Of Supplying An Enclave From The Air written by John Steven Brunhaver and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2015-11-06 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper seeks to answer the following question: What are the doctrinal imperatives of providing effective airlift support to enclaves? Doctrinal imperatives are those necessary and sufficient propositions that describe the optimal way to employ airlift forces in support of an enclave. In short, this paper attempts to determine the best way to conduct airlift operations to support enclaves. The primary conclusion of this paper is that four fundamental factors influence airlift operations: requirement to capability ratio, threat, support infrastructure, and weather. The second conclusion is that there are two basic methods to employ airlift forces: continuous flow and surge methods. The additional doctrinal imperatives contained in the conclusion relate to the interactions among the four factors affecting airlift operations to support enclaves and the ways in which they influence the two employment methods. Evidence used to derive the doctrinal propositions came from the Luftwaffe’s attempt to resupply the German Sixth Army at Stalingrad from the air, the Berlin Airlift, and the airlift to the Khe Sanh garrison in the Vietnam War.
Download or read book A Framework for Enhancing Airlift Planning and Execution Capabilities Within the Joint Expeditionary Movement System written by Robert S. Tripp and published by Rand Corporation. This book was released on 2006 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent operations have shed light on shortfalls in Air Force intratheater airlift. Using an expanded strategies-to-tasks framework, the authors assess current intratheater airlift processes, organizations, doctrine, training, and systems. This report catalogues identified shortfalls and recommends options for improving the Theater Distribution System. The authors recommend separation of supply, demand, and integrator roles and adoption of a closed-loop planning and execution process.
Download or read book Integrating C 17 Direct Delivery Airlift Into Traditional Air Force Doctrine written by Creighton W. Cook and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Airlift is critical to a national military strategy increasingly dependent on strategic mobility to deploy U.S. and multinational forces. Airlift doctrine, the very principles that describe how this airlift should be used, has remained relatively unchanged for the past thirty years. Consequently, the traditional "hub and spoke" airlift process remains as the Air Force's fundamental airlift deployment strategy. Today, the C-17 is a next generation airlifter capable of direct delivery, but the Air Force's reluctance to integrate direct delivery within traditional airlift doctrine may be degrading the efficiency and effectiveness of our national airlift capability. Airlift will always be a scarce resource. Airlift doctrine needs to be updated to take advantage of the rapid force projection capability direct delivery airlift can provide. This paper discusses the evolution of the C-17 direct delivery airlift capability and highlights the need to integrate this capability within current Air Force doctrine. It begins with a discussion of the original doctrine that led to a vision that our nation needed a direct delivery capability. Then follows the evolution of direct delivery from the initial concept, to aircraft development, to the operational capability that exists today with the advent of the C-17. It concludes with a proposal of a direct delivery utility model that would be beneficial in determining when to employ direct delivery in an airlift operation.
