Increasing Air Force Rescue Capabilities without More Money

Abstract

Theater commanders in the Pacific, the Atlantic, and in Europe have expressed concern about the inability of the Air Force to meet their peacetime and wartime rescue requirements. The current budget climate will not allow solutions based on programming. This paper suggests alternatives based upon the operational commander's requirements, (instead of daily concerns within the supporting command) which-should increase the Air Force's capability to support the operational commanders. The scope of the paper is limited to which major command should do the rescue mission, what structure within the command should administer the mission, and how to insure tanker support for contingency operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 19, 1992
Accession Number
ADA253150

Entities

People

  • Robert A. Stenevik

Organizations

  • Naval War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Active Duty
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Airlift Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Computer Programming
  • Force Structure
  • House Of Representatives
  • Military Operations
  • Procurement
  • Search And Rescue
  • Special Operations Forces
  • Tanker Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Special Operations Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Economics
  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.