Air Base Ground Defense Are We Ready?

Abstract

On 22 May 1984, the Chiefs of Staff United States Army and Air Force entered into a memorandum of agreement detailing the Joint Force Developments Process. Part of the agreement included an initiative on Air Base Ground Defense. This portion of the agreement directed the Army and Air Force to develop a Joint Service Agreement for the ground defense of air bases. This paper examines recent progress by the services and what still needs to be done to insure the defense of air assets. Areas of doctrine, force structure, training and command, control, communications and intelligence are examined. A short discussion of the threat is targeted against air bases is also included.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 31, 1989
Accession Number
ADA208660

Entities

People

  • Dale L. Landis

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Air Force Personnel
  • Combat Forces
  • Combat Support
  • Command And Control
  • Force Structure
  • Instructions
  • Instructors
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Police
  • Rear Areas
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.

Technology Areas

  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control