Relating Ranges and Airspace to Air Combat Command Missions and Training

Abstract

Training aircrews for combat requires access to ranges suitable for actual or simulated weapon delivery and to dedicated airspace suitable for air-to-air and air-to-ground tactics. To enhance this access, Air Combat Command (ACC) needs a comprehensive, objective statement of its range and airspace requirements, linked to national interests, and a means to compare existing infrastructure with these requirements. Project AIR FORCE (PAF) and ACC, working in concert, met this need by developing an analytic structure containing the following elements: * Operational requirements that aircrews and other combatants must be trained to support. * Training tasks required to prepare aircrews for their assigned operational tasks. * Range and airspace characteristics needed for effective support of each training task. * Minimum durations of training events on ranges or airspace with specified characteristics. * Dimensions, location, equipment, operating hours, and other characteristics of current ranges and airspace. * Relational links among operational requirements, training requirements, infrastructure requirements, and available assets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA392892

Entities

People

  • Albert A. Robbert
  • Manuel Carrillo
  • Robert Kerchner
  • Willard Naslund
  • William A. Williams

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Cyber
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Space

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  • Air Defense
  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Attrition
  • Bombs
  • Combat Areas
  • Combat Readiness
  • Command And Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Employment
  • Military Operations
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Warfare
  • Weapon Delivery
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Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Military Training and Readiness Simulation

Technology Areas

  • Space