The U.S. Air Force's poor air combat results in Vietnam prompted more realistic training programs to improve our fighter pilots' air combat effectiveness. The establishment of dissimilar air combat training conducted by a professional "aggressor"...
This thesis examines the requirements of the land force commander for timely intelligence of the battlefield when engaged in combat operations with a highly mobile enemy. The capabilities of the organic Army agencies and USAF Tactical...
The National Security Strategy of Georgia describes the possibility of a large-scale military intervention into its territory as one of the major threats to the security of Georgia. The political goals of an aggressor, who may challenge the...
The analysis of command post exercise control at division level was undertaken because of the author's belief that command post exercise control can be substantially improved. This paper is limited to the study of command post exercise control at...
This monograph looks at the reasons to change the national military strategy to a win-hold-win strategy from the existing win-win Two-Major Regional Conflict (MRC) strategy, and then examines naval strategy and doctrine in the context of the...
Includes committee memorandums detailing the purpose and coverage of report. Report contains sections on instruction, past curriculum, problems, functions, operations, courses of action, guide lines for authors, and a bibliography.
In view of the decision to close the last Aggressor squadron in 1989, this study investigates the need to have an Aggressor force in the United States Air Force. The US originally formed the Aggressors after Project Red Baron identified...
Conference for monitoring preparation of mobilization training programs for Army units and for certain staff supervision of training in training divisions and replacement training centers.
Apache Troop 1/2 ACR received the order to move to Camp Golf located in the center of Al Kufa and An Najaf on 17 April 2004. Upon arriving our mission was to locate and eliminate Sadr’s Mahdi Army, which was responsible for the uprising of...
This study seeks to isolate and probe the possible deterrent influence of conventional doctrine through a case study of the former Soviet Union's reaction to the US Army's doctrinal evolution from 1976 (Active Defense) to 1985 (AirLand Battle). US...
Following the Cold War, the United States reduced the size of its military. Much of the remaining force became home-based in the United States. The downsized Air Force had remained continually engaged in combat operations since 1991. In an effort...
The dissolution of the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Union has removed the traditional Cold War logic and security rationale for the forward deployment of theater nuclear weapons (TNWs) in Europe. Moreover, with a reduction of almost 90 percent of U.S....
Today's USAF air-to-air combat forces must be prepared to gain and maintain air superiority quickly with minimum losses. Considering the numerical superiority and rapidly advancing quality of the threat, this requirement places a high premium on a...