Flexbasing
Achieving Global Presence for Expeditionary Aerospace Forces
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The Air Force has made substantial progress in defining the command and control arrangements and organizational structures of the Expeditionary Aerospace Force. This report focuses on another requirement—the need for a strategy to deploy and employ forces in the face of considerable uncertainty regarding overseas operating locations.
Table of Contents
Preface
Figures
Tables
Summary
Acronyms
Chapter One
Introduction: the Expeditionary Imperative
Chapter Two
Flexbasing: a Strategy for Global Aerospace Presence
Chapter Three
Enabling the Strategy: a Global Logistics/Mobility Support System
Chapter Four
Force Protection for Global Aerospace Presence
Chapter Five
Conclusions
References
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