Survivability Issues and USAFE (United States Air Forces in Europe) Policy
Abstract
This document reports the major findings and recommendations of a study that examined the relationship of command policy to survivability issues within the United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE). It assesses how USAFE develops staff initiatives and programs and how command policy might be changed to help insure that survivability is appropriately considered during this process. Survivability considerations may be overlooked in the normal course of business and many times corrective measures take a long time to be implemented. In investigating the basis of this problem, the research staff noted that survivability grows from a choice among a range of measures from operations/ communications security (OPSEC and COMSEC), to indications and warning (I&W), through offensive operations, and on to the more familiar elements of ongoing survivability programs: Active Defense; Passive Defense; Damage Control; Robustness in System Design; and Recovery of Mission Capability. A balanced mix of these measures is necessary to provide for the efficient and effective survivability of a command's combat forces. Relying on a single measure to bear the responsibility of handling an enemy attack by itself is an expensive and failure-prone approach.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 1988
- Accession Number
- ADA198027
Entities
People
- Bruce W. Don
- Donald E. Lewis
- Robert M. Paulson
- Willis H. Ware
Organizations
- RAND Corporation