Authors:Amanda B. Geller, David George, Robert S. Tripp,
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: forward, support, location, operations, maintenance, analysis, air, space, expeditionary, forces, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 083303572X
ISBN-13: 9780833035721

The Air Force is reexamining its support infrastructure to focus on the goals of faster deployment, reduction in the footprint, increased flexibility, and greater personnel stability. This study examines a potential reconfiguration of the current support system: the creation of maintenance forward support locations to consolidate intermediate maintenance near, but not in, the theater of operations. Such locations are known as Centralized Intermediate Repair Facilities, or CIRFs. RAND Corporation studies found CIRF support of such commodities as F-15 avionics components, LANTIRN pods, and jet e

Author: Eric V. Larson Bogdan Savych
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: baghdad, technical, appendixes, mogadishu, operations, public, support, military, american
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036831
ISBN-13: 9780833036834

This document supplies the technical appendixes for a study that describes American public opinion toward the use of military force in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT), delineates the sources of support and opposition, and identifies potential fault lines in support. The final report is Eric V. Larson and Bogdan Savych, American Public Support for U.S. Military Operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-231-A, 2004. These appendixes describe bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses of respondent-level public opinion data from polling during the final s

Authors:John Matsumura, Randall Steeb, Blake Crowe, Nicho
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: support, army, science, board, analytic, aircraft, options, maneuver, transport, survivability
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833035746
ISBN-13: 9780833035745

This monograph summarizes research in support of the 2002 Army Science Board

Authors:Robert S. Tripp, Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Ronald G. M
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: responsiveness, control, capabilities, prediction, integrating, respond, logistics, sense
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039784
ISBN-13: 9780833039781

This monograph discusses U.S. Air Force progress toward implementing sense and respond logistics or, as defined more broadly, sense and respond combat support. It describes some of the research that has been conducted on the military combat support system, focusing on improvements in prediction capability, responsiveness of supply chains, and a governing command and control system. The report identifies the elements of sense and respond combat support and shows what is necessary to use the concept within the military

Authors:Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Robert S. Tripp, Ronald G. M
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: combat, support, basing, options, analysis, forces, air, space, expeditionary, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036750
ISBN-13: 9780833036759

The U.S. Air Force is committed to the Air and Space Expeditionary Force concept and the transformation that is necessary for it to project power quickly to any region of the world. Forward positioning of heavy war reserve materiel (WRM) resources in optimal forward support locations (FSLs) is key to the Air Force

Author: Kristin F. Lynch William A. Williams
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: implementations, air, force, exercises, initial, assessment, support, execution, planning, control, combat
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2009
ISBN-10: 0833039962
ISBN-13: 9780833039965

Operations in Serbia in 1999 revealed issues with combat support execution planning and control. RAND Project Air Force (PAF) analyzed the then-current operation architecture and developed a future (

Authors:Bruce R. Pirnie, Alan J. Vick, Adam Grissom, Karl
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: air, ground, partnership, new, forging, support, close
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833037412
ISBN-13: 9780833037411

Recent operations in Afghanistan and Iraq have reawakened interest in the close air support (CAS) mission and have led to new efforts to improve the integration of air power and land power. The Army increasingly views air power as indispensable to its future warfighting concepts; the Air Force acknowledges the increasing importance of counterland operations but wants to ensure that air power