RAND Research Brief: A Strategic Planning Framework for EAF Support

Abstract

The Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) concept requires individual Air Expeditionary Task Forces to deploy quickly, employ immediately, adapt rapidly, and sustain scenario operations indefinitely. To launch operations quickly, combat units must minimize deployment support, whereas sustained operations require having assured resupply. Such challenges differ from those of the Cold War and call for a reexamination of the combat support system. Strategic Agile Combat Support (ACS) design, tradeoff, and investment decisions must be made to create the capabilities needed for future expeditionary operations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA378235

Entities

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Cold War
  • Combat Support
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Feedback
  • Flow Network
  • Logistics
  • Logistics Management
  • Public Policy
  • Supply Chain Management
  • Task Forces
  • Transportation
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Systems
  • Web Browsers
  • World Wide Web

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Strategic Security Studies

Technology Areas

  • Space