Authors:Mark V. Arena, Obaid Younossi, Kevin Brancato, Ir
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: aircraft, over, costs, past, military, several, decades, examination, wing, fixed, risen, macroscopic, cost, trends
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833043129
ISBN-13: 9780833043122

This report explores why, in recent decades, military fixed-wing aircraft costs have escalated beyond the rates of commonly used inflation indices, examining both economy-driven factors that the Services cannot control and customer-driven ones that they can. The authors found that this trend of cost increases is true for all types of aircraft

Author: Louis Bromfield
Publisher: Ayer Co Pu
Keywords: individualist, tradition, america, wing, right, pattern, tired, world, new
Number of Pages: 314
Published: 1972-06-01
ISBN-10: 0405004168
ISBN-13: 9780405004162

A New Pattern for a Tired World (The Right Wing Individualist Tradition in America) Author: Louis BromfieldPublisher: Ayer Co PubList Price: $23.50Buy Used: $15.00as of 1/21/2010 08:25 CST detailsYou Save: $8.50 (36%) Used (2) from $15.00Seller: yy4columbusSales Rank: 759292Media: HardcoverPages: 314ISBN: 0405004168Dewey Decimal Number: 320.904EAN: 9780405004162ASIN: 0405004168Publication Date: June 1972Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Authors:Kristin F. Lynch, John G. Drew, David George, Rob
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: logistics, improving, wing, level, review, air, chief, staff, force
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2005
ISBN-10: 0833036580
ISBN-13: 9780833036582

General Michael D. Ryan, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, initiated a review

Author: Seth G. Jones Martin C. Libicki
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: ida, countering, lessons, groups, terrorist
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2008
ISBN-10: 0833044656
ISBN-13: 9780833044655

All terrorist groups eventually end. But how do they end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that most groups have ended because (1) they joined the political process (43 percent) or (2) local police and intelligence agencies arrested or killed key members (40 percent). Military force has rarely been the primary reason for the end of terrorist groups, and few groups within this time frame have achieved victory. This has significant implications for dealing with al Qa’ida and suggests fundamentally rethinking post-9/11 U.S. counterterrorism strategy: Policymakers need to understand where t

Authors:Obaid Younossi, Mark V. Arena, Michael Boito, Jam
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: acquisition, options, aircraft, analysis, fleet, eyes
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2002
ISBN-10: 0833031546
ISBN-13: 9780833031549

The E-2C Hawkeye is the U.S. Navy’s all-weather airborne early-warning aircraft and an integral component of the Navy’s carrier air wing. Although some of the fleet E-2Cs are currently being replaced with an enhanced version of the aircraft, many E-2Cs are approaching their service life limits and the Navy is concerned about the aging fleet’s ability to satisfy future operational performance requirements. The Navy soon has to decide whether to buy new aircraft, retrofit old aircraft or refurbish them to extend their service lives, or adopt some combination of these options. T