Delivering Combat Capability at Home and Abroad

Abstract

Over the past 15 years, the United States and its allies have employed decisive military power to deter aggression, defeat armed incursions, protect oppressed nationalities, and counter terrorism. Airpower has played a key role if not the key role in the successful completion of each of these campaigns, starting with Desert Shield/ Desert Storm in 1990-91 and proceeding through operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, and, most recently, Iraq. Interestingly enough, the aircraft that enabled the US Air Force (and, in certain cases, Coalition air forces) to be so successful all were the products of acquisition programs initiated in the early 1970s, a time in which the Pentagon installed a new process for management of its weapon programs. The programs at issue are those that produced the F-15, F-16, and F-117 fighters, the B-1B bomber, the A-10 attack aircraft, and the E-3A Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2004
Accession Number
ADA466382

Entities

People

  • Dick Scofield

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Airborne Warning And Control System
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Business Administration
  • Control Systems
  • Defense Systems
  • Electronically Scanned Array
  • Fighter Aircraft
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Management Personnel
  • National Security
  • Organizational Structure
  • Test And Evaluation

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies