Historical Lessons of Air Force Communications

Abstract

The Air Force is implementing new organizational constructs and processes to fly, fight, and win in the cyberspace domain. While cyberspace brings new challenges and considerations, the Air Force has had to provide common core communications services to all Air Force users throughout its history. Leaders considering the new challenges presented by the cyber domain can learn from the issues faced by communications leaders in the past regarding centralized and decentralized communications services. This paper will use the problem-solution methodology to evaluate the rationale and challenges to centralized and decentralized Air Force communications to provide lessons learned for current and future commanders in the cyber field.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
AD1019096

Entities

People

  • Jay D. Custine

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Cyber

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air National Guard
  • Communication Systems
  • Cyber Warfare
  • Department Of Defense
  • Emerging Threats
  • Governments
  • Lessons Learned
  • National Guard
  • Networks
  • Organizational Structure
  • Procurement
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Computer Networking
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.

Technology Areas

  • Cyber