Air Force Afloat Prepostion Fleet

Abstract

The Air Force is in the process of establishing itself as an Air Expeditionary Force (AEF) to assist assigned airmen with operations tempo. AEFs present pre-designated combat, mobility, support and leadership capabilities from which the Joint Force Commander can tailor the desired operational effect. AEFs are the packages that the Air Force uses to present its forces to the theater commander and to meet global steady state and contingency operational requirements. Successful response to regional contingencies depends on sufficient strategic mobility assets in order to deploy combat forces rapidly and sustain them in a theater of operations as long as necessary to meet US military objectives. The strategic mobility triad of airlift, sealift, and pre-positioning are critical components to this response. The Air Force Afloat Preposition Fleet (APF) will be an integral part of this AEF concept. This paper will describe what afloat prepositioning is, provide a historical look at the Air Force's prepositioned fleet and provide some recommendations for the APF in the future as applied to the AEF concept.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2000
Accession Number
ADA377243

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Dugan

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Ammunition
  • Business Administration
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Department Of Defense
  • Deployment
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Logistics
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Operations
  • Organizational Structure
  • United States
  • United States Central Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.