Author: Michel Bru
Publisher: Four Walls Eight Window
Keywords: kal, flight, mission, true, sakhalin, incident
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 1995-12-29
ISBN-10: 1568580541
ISBN-13: 9781568580548

Offers a startling new explanation of the 1983 crash of Korean Air Flight 007, charging that instead of being shot down by the Soviets, the plane was caught in an air battle between the U.S. and the Soviets. 25,000 first printing. IP.

Author: Charles T. Kelley Jr.
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: outcomes, initial, mission, reliability, equipment, availability, impact
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833034723
ISBN-13: 9780833034724

This documented briefing describes an initial effort to gain insights on how the availability and reliability of Army equipment affect ground combat results and to assess the consequent implications for current and future forces. Combat results were generated using the JANUS model, a force-on-force simulation. For the purposes of this effort, JANUS was modified to take into account equipment availability before an engagement begins and equipment failures during the engagement. The principal scenario used was a forced entry by U.S. forces into Kosovo to neutralize Serbian forces and to stop eth

Authors:Alan J. Vick, Adam Grissom, William Rosenau, Beth
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: usaf, advisory, assistance, missions, importance, strategic, power, new, counterinsurgency, era, air
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2006
ISBN-10: 0833039636
ISBN-13: 9780833039637

Often treated by Americans as an exceptional form of warfare, insurgency is anything but. Spanning the globe, centuries, and societies, insurgency is quite common. Given the threat insurgency presents to U.S. interests and allies around the world, the importance of counterinsurgency is no surprise. However, history has shown that insurgencies are rarely defeated by outside powers. Rather, the best role for outsiders is an indirect one: training, advising, and equipping the local nation, which must win the war politically and militarily. And while counterinsurgency might seem to be a task most

Authors:Kristin F. Lynch, John G. Drew, Sally Sleeper, Wi
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: national, air, guard, mission, assignments, potential, evaluating, future, total, force, methodology, supporting
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040197
ISBN-13: 9780833040190

Manpower end-strength reductions of active duty personnel in the U.S. Air Force are making it more difficult to support the air and space expeditionary force construct using current force employment practices. The Air National Guard (ANG), however, will not undergo significant manpower reductions but will be affected by plans that call for the retirement of a significant number of its aircraft, leaving it with a large number of highly trained, highly experienced personnel with no aircraft to operate and support. The authors develop a methodology to evaluate missions that could be transferred f

Authors:Brien Alkire, John Birkler, Lisa Dolan, James Dry
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: inventories, homeports, installation, sites, package, mission, combat, ships, relating, performance, littoral
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833041460
ISBN-13: 9780833041463

The Navy

Author: Russell W. Glenn
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: mission, solomon, islands, ramsi, assistance, regional, test, tube, analyzing, success, counterinsurgency
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040278
ISBN-13: 9780833040275

With a matter of weeks to prepare, Regional Assistance Mission to Solomon Islands (RAMSI) personnel landed on July 24, 2003, armed for conflict but equally ready to restore peace without firing a shot in anger. RAMSI

Authors:Beth E. Lachman, Peter Schirmer, David R. Freling
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: sharing, geospatial, data, assets, barriers, benefits, mapping, enables, missions, installation
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2007
ISBN-10: 0833040340
ISBN-13: 9780833040343

This report assesses the effects of using and sharing installations and environment geospatial data assets within and across the business, warfighting, and intelligence mission areas of the Department of Defense (DoD) Global Information Grid. The authors found that the assets have diverse beneficial effects and support a wide range of missions, including installation and environmental management, training, homeland security, military health, and warfighting operations and planning. Common benefits include time savings, cost savings, cost avoidance, improved situational awareness, more effectiv