USAF Force Protection: Do We Really Care

Abstract

The US Air Force provides the preponderance of the world's most lethal, technologically superior airpower, yet does comparatively little to protect it when its most vulnerable on the ground. Although the Air Force concept of force projection requires deployment into hostile zones, it traditionally placed little emphasis on protecting its force, unlike its sister services and close NATO partner, the Royal Air Force. Plainly, the Air Force has yet to institutionalize force protection. Service leadership continues to wrestle with integrating force protection with the flying mission, historically reacting to security events vice protecting against them, and therefore repeating the lessons of history. Without a greater understanding of modern force protection roles and missions, Air Force leadership is unwittingly increasing the criminal and combat risk to American airpower.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1998
Accession Number
ADA398309

Entities

People

  • William P. Delaney

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aerial Warfare
  • Air Force
  • Air Power
  • Aircrafts
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Doctrine
  • Employment
  • Force Protection
  • Governments
  • Military Force Levels
  • Military Organizations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • Organizational Structure
  • Second World War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

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  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies