Air Force Combat Support: Adjusting Doctrine to Meet Expeditionary Air Force Requirements

Abstract

The current U.S. Air Force vision of it's future is the Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) with the ability to rapidly deploy anywhere in the world in hours and days to meet taskings provided by the National Command Authorities. Although the Air Force has always had this mindset, the drastic overseas force drawdown after the end of the cold war and an expanding role in supporting small contingencies around the world has made rapid deployment more important than at any other time in Air Force history. This paper provides specific recommendations on how Air Force Combat Support doctrine can be adjusted so that rapidly deployed EAF forces can be supported when they reach their warfighting bases.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 17, 2000
Accession Number
ADA394301

Entities

People

  • Russell R. Grunch

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Engineering
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Control Systems
  • Deployment
  • Employment
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Lessons Learned
  • Logistics
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Science
  • Organizational Structure
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • United States
  • United States Pacific Command
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.

Technology Areas

  • Space