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Preparing the U.S. Air Force for Military Operations Other Than War
Among the current military operations other than war (MOOTW), ongoing peace operations in Iraq and Bosnia, in particular, are producing an operations tempo unprecedented in peacetime. This optempo is stressing people and equipment, making it difficult for the United States Air Force (USAF) to prepare fully for potential combat operations in major regional conflicts. The objectives of this report are to help the USAF better understand the effects of current MOOTW on training and readiness, to explore some options to reduce those effects, and to propose new concepts of operations to enhance USAF capabilities to accomplish future MOOTW tasks. The report first looks at the types of MOOTW the Air Force and its predecessors have participated in since 1916 (including a database of 869 missions), and the changes in those types since the end of the Cold War. It then analyzes how MOOTW optempo is affecting force training, readiness, and morale, and explores several options for addressing these problems, including a "cop-on-the-beat" operational concept to reduce the size of deployed forces. Next, it discusses the reasons MOOTW have taken on greater importance in the post-Cold War environment, identifies current and future MOOTW tasks that the USAF could be assigned, and presents some new concepts of operation to accomplish these tasks.
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Pages: 227
ISBN/EAN: 0-8330-2402-2
Contents
Preface PDF
Summary PDF
Acknowledgments PDF
Chapter One:
Introduction PDF
Part I: Past and Current MOOTW Involvement
Chapter Two:
A History of Involvement in MOOTW PDF
Chapter Three:
Effect of Peace Operations on Air Force Combat Readiness PDF
Part II: Future U.S. Involvement in MOOTW
Chapter Four:
Predicting the Scope of Future U.S. Involvement in MOOTW PDF
Chapter Five:
Enhancing USAF Capabilities for MOOTW PDF
Chapter Six:
Conclusions PDF
Appendix A:
USAF MOOTW Operations, 1916-1996 PDF
Appendix B:
Order-Of-Battle and Sortie Data for Selected Operations PDF
Appendix C:
Flight Hours for Selected Aircraft, 1988-1995 PDF
Bibliography PDF
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