United States Air Force Lessons in Counterinsurgency: Exposing Voids in Doctrinal Guidance

Abstract

As it has so often in the past, the United States (US) military and the US Air Force (USAF) will undoubtedly provide support across the globe to countries combating insurgents in the future. The host-nation political and military organization and command and control structure governing the deployment and employment of air forces in these wars will have a large impact on the success or failure of air operations and perhaps the national counterinsurgency (COIN) effort overall. Because of the delicate political nature of wars of insurgency, US involvement in these COIN operations may be indirect or direct and may include actual combat operations. Whichever the case, US airmen may be asked to step into either an existing structure or help develop a COIN air operations architecture and strategy to direct the actions of host nation and/or US air assets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA383814

Entities

People

  • John W. Doucette

Organizations

  • Air University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Operations
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Instructors
  • Lessons Learned
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Personnel Management
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.

Technology Areas

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