The Slippery Slope of Air Force Downsizing: A Strategy Connection

Abstract

Two decades of downsizing and consolidations, has diminished the Air Forces ability to operate core missions (nuclear, logistics/maintenance, and personnel (38PX) are some core areas affected). As each year passes, new National Security Strategy (NSS) focus and turnover and changing expectations of personnel within the executive and Department of Defense (DoD), compounded the damage to Air Force Specialty Codes (AFSC) and missions. As career fields, specifically that of personnel, were consolidated, thinned out of its experts, corporate memory was reduced resulting in a lack of historical documentation of the downsizing programs, and the impact of the programs on overall force numbers and weapon systems. The institutional memory of cumulative damage done to career fields/AFSCs was unavailable to those answering subsequent rounds of reductions.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 14, 2013
Accession Number
AD1018894

Entities

People

  • Christopher A. Wyckoff

Organizations

  • Air War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Base Closures
  • Business Administration
  • Commerce
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economic Systems
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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