Back to the Future: Making a Modern Day Air Corps in a "Stone Age" Afghanistan

Abstract

US Forces have been in Afghanistan for nearly nine years. During this time, Foreign Internal Defense (FID) operations supported by the US did not receive adequate attention. The research paper is designed to take a brief look at FID in Vietnam and Iraq and use this information to better understand FID and how to rebuild the Afghan Air Corps. FID in Vietnam brought to life the challenges of building a large air force in semi-permissive and sometimes even non-permissive environments. Involvement of the US in Vietnam was extensive from the implementation of Farm Gate to the eventual withdrawal of the US. Similarly, Iraq is seen as a large FID operation after the disbandment of the military.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1018431

Entities

People

  • Christian D. Faust

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Asymmetric Warfare
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Flight Training
  • Instructors
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Students
  • Terrorism
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.