Impact of Insufficient Inter-Theater Airlift Assets on National Strategic Decision-Makers

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the limitations placed on national decision-makers due to limited inter-theater airlift resources. The paper will begin with national policy as it relates to air mobility looking further at requirements as defined in the Mobility Requirements Study 2005. The paper will look at recent operations to determine lessons which can be learned from those experiences and applied to future requirements. The paper will discuss efforts to address mobility requirements to include pre-positioned forces contracting with the Civil Reserve Air Fleet procurement of C-17 aircraft and modernization of the C-5 fleet. The paper will analyze alternatives to address the inter-theater airlift capacity issue and will recommend a strategy to meet airlift requirements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 03, 2004
Accession Number
ADA423640

Entities

People

  • James A. Barr

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Counter WMD
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Armored Personnel Carriers
  • Cargo Aircraft
  • Combatant Commanders
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Iraqi-War
  • Logistics
  • Military Aircraft
  • Military Force Levels
  • National Security
  • Procurement
  • Transportation Infrastructure
  • United States Transportation Command
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Maritime Combat Support and Expeditionary Logistics.
  • Organizational Process Management (OPM).