Air Force Civil Engineer Preparation for Distributed Operations

Abstract

Airpower has provided American forces with an asymmetric advantage in conventional wars since the middle of World WarII. The current strategic environment presents a challenge to the accepted basing posture of the U.S. Air Force. The U.S.joint force is developing distributed basing concepts to disperse U.S. assets throughout theaters of operation to limit its risk.Skilled Air Force civil engineers may be required to open, operate, maintain, and recover distributed airfields during a majorwar. However, current engineer organization, training, and equipment may not be sufficient to successfully implementdistributed operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2019
Accession Number
AD1177329

Entities

People

  • David J. Murley

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Ballistic Missiles
  • Bombs
  • Civil Engineering
  • Cluster Bombs
  • Combat Operations
  • Combat Support
  • Construction
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Explosive Ordnance Disposal
  • Geography
  • Military Organizations
  • Munitions
  • Organizational Structure
  • Strategic Weapons
  • United States
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies