Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces

Expanded Operational Architecture for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control

Patrick Mills, Ken Evers, Donna Kinlin, Robert S. Tripp

ResearchPublished Aug 31, 2006

Anticipating varied and fast-breaking regional crises in the future, the United States is reassessing how it prepares, maintains, and employs its military forces. Key to this effort is examining the combat support (CS) system, and particularly the command and control of CS forces (CSC2). This research looks at the current operational architecture for incorporating CSC2 and proposes an expanded version of an architecture for the future. Using interviews with personnel, lessons learned from recent operations, and analysis of current CSC2, this report’s authors make recommendations to help the Air Force’s CS community move to this new architecture. This book builds on previous RAND research and is part of a larger series dedicated to bettering the support of the Air and Space Expeditionary Force.

The accompanying CD-ROM contains electronic versions of detailed process diagrams and holds the complete library of notional information products the authors propose.

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  • Copyright: RAND Corporation
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  • Year: 2006
  • Print Format: Paperback
  • Paperback Pages: 112
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  • Paperback ISBN/EAN: 978-0-8330-3838-8
  • Document Number: MG-316-AF

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Mills, Patrick, Ken Evers, Donna Kinlin, and Robert S. Tripp, Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Expanded Operational Architecture for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control, RAND Corporation, MG-316-AF, 2006. As of October 13, 2024: https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG316.html
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Mills, Patrick, Ken Evers, Donna Kinlin, and Robert S. Tripp, Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Expanded Operational Architecture for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2006. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG316.html. Also available in print form.
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