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...ress Cataloging-in-Publication DataChallenge and response: anticipating US military security concerns/ Karl P. Magyar, editor-in-chief; associate edit... ...Mitchum, Lewis B. Ware.443p. Includes bibliographical references. 1. Military planning-United States. 2. National Security-United States. 3. Wor... ...ed DISCLAIMER This publication was produced in the Department of Defenseschool environment in the interest of academic freedom and theadv... ...eschool environment in the interest of academic freedom and theadvancement of national defense-related concepts. The viewsexpressed in this publicatio... ...defense-related concepts. The viewsexpressed in this publication are those of the authors and do notreflect the official policy or position of the Dep... ...1The Changing Nature of Alliances ..................................117The Military's Changing Sociological Concerns .............141US National Secur... ...emise of the cold war. We may deducethat civilization has been spared, but history's relentless onslaughton numerous societies and their warriors cont... ...ysuch dramatic assessments to keep a sober view.1 A broad sweep ofrecorded history since Thucydides wrote The Peloponnesian Warreveals the pervasivene... ...nd tendency have not been 3stilled. What does change over history is the nature of war-makingtools and the methods of their implement...

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...National leaders are debating the merits of American weapons in space. A decision to operationally deploy such weapons would reverse the United States’s long-standing commitment to space as a sanctuary. That sanctuary—the idea that space should remain relatively unt...

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... Strategy and Space Sanctuary Thought DAVID W. ZIEGLER, Major, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF ... ...of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES,MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COM... ...OOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES,MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1996–97. Air Univer... ... space, though,could change that and introduces important issues. The political, military, social,economic, and diplomatic ramifications of American s... ...rically benefited from sanctuary space policies since the 1950s.Recognizing that history is rarely perfectly prescriptive, however, the argument goeso... ...velopmentof space weapons, for now, serves national interests in the diplomatic, military,economic, and domestic arenas. The author does not weigh the... ...f spacesanctuary thought. Such a broader understanding is essential in order for militarystrategists to make sound, well-reasoned space policy. ... ...s are silent on the evidence ofsome 40 years of American cold war space policy—a history that shows USnational interests ultimately being served by pr... ...ary.” Having established a framework for discussion, the study turns toAmerica’s history with space weapons. Any treatment of contemporarymilitary spa...

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...The purpose of this paper is to recommend that the United States government maintain the defense technological and industrial base (DTIB) by aggressively supporting the US defense industry in the arms transfer process. Ironically, this r...

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...PRESERVING THE DEFENSE TECHNOLOGICAL AND INDUSTRIAL BASE . . . . . 1 Notes . . . . . 6 ARMS TRANSFERS AS AN INSTRUMENT OF US FOREIGN POLICY . . . . . 7 Notes . . . . . 14 THE LABYRINTH OF CONTROL . . . . . 17 Notes . . . . . 27 MAINTAINING THE DTIB WITH US GOVERNMENT SUPPORT . . . . 29 Notes . . . . . 34 GLOSSARY . . . . . 35 BIBLIO...

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...ical and Industrial Base WILLIAM J. DELGREGO, MAJOR, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY ... ...rpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAM... ...WER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1994–95. ... ...res preservation. With the end of the cold war and the continuingdrawdown of US military forces and equipment, the DTIB is deteriorating. In thisautho... ...USnational security interests and the foreign policy challenges of the day. The history ofarms transfers is broken down into four periods, between 194... ...of the paper demonstrates themaze of controls used to adequately ensure that US military technologies are notdiffused to foreign nations. A common but... ...S officials in negotiations with foreign nations.By allowing the transfer of US military weapon systems in their export version, theDTIB can be mainta... ...ca receivedBritish bases in the Atlantic.1 This would be the start of a 50-year history inarms transfers. It would also institute a perennial debate o... ...TO Rearmament, 1945–1960 The end of World War II, although a great moment in US history, markedthe beginning of a world security environment that woul...

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...s Agency and System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 3 National Military Command System . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 4 WWMCCS Is Born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 5 Three WWMCCS Failures ...

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... Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama June 2000 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPearson, David E. (David Eric)... ...oging-in-Publication DataPearson, David E. (David Eric), 1953- The world wide military command and control system : evolution and effectivenss / David... ...ncludes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-58566-078-7 1. Worldwide Military Command and Control System—History. I. Title. UB212.P43 2000 35... ...nd index. ISBN 1-58566-078-7 1. Worldwide Military Command and Control System—History. I. Title. UB212.P43 2000 355.3’3041’0973—dc21 ... ...conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of Air Universit... ...esent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force,the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Cleared for public releas... .... 19 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313 National Military Command System . . . . . . . . 33 Notes . . . . . . . . .... ...le way to summarize it is to view thebook as a bureaucratic or organizational history. What I do isto take three distinct historical themes—organizati... ...helped me to think analytically about complexorganizations. As to more recent history, this project was for -mally launched during a postdoctoral fell...

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...This study seeks to answer the question, “How can airpower help resolve time-induced tensions between political and military imperatives in the conduct of modern warfare?” To answer this question, the study begins by exploring time in the theory of war with an emphasis on time as a fourth dimension that provides a distinct perspective on w...

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...1 INTRODUCTION . . . . 1 Overview . . . 1 Methodology . . . . . 2 Definitions . . . . . . 2 Limits of the Argument . . . 3 Notes . . . . . 3 2 TIME IN THE THEORY OF WAR . . . 5 War Theorists on Time . . . . 6 Characteristics of Time in War . . . 7 Physical and Psychological Aspects of Time . . . . . 8 Political and M...

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... Airpower Advantage WALTER D. GIVHAN, Major, USAF School of Advanced Airpower Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF T... ... Studies THESIS PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE SCHOOL OF ADVANCED AIRPOWER STUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FO... ...TUDIES, MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, ALABAMA, FOR COMPLETION OF GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1994–95. ... ...ical Aspects of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Political and Military Dynamics of Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Summary... ... Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Military Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15... ... Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Military Imperatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24... ...cer School and Air Commandand Staff College. He has a bachelor’s degree in history from the University of theSouth, a master’s degree in international... ... Chapter 1 Introduction In most of the great wars of history, there can be found military exploits calculated to feed the pres... ...h one can view war. To a greater or lesser extent, war theoriststhroughout history have distilled five basic characteristics of time—duration,tempo, t...

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...Air Force Intellect Essays on War, Airpower, and Military Education Dennis ... ... air Force intellect Essays on War, Airpower, and Military Education ... ...er Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily repre... ...ssarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Clea... ... Dedicated To Muir S. Fairchild (1894 –1950), the first commander of Air University and the university’s co... ...tes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 MILITARY ART AND THE AMERICAN TRADITION: T... ... FOREWORD He is one of the most published and quoted faculty members in the history of Air University. He has also been a lectu... ...ept, we believe he is the first person without the capstone degree to be so honored in the history of Air University. In 2003 Queen Be... ... and death. Many Airmen, including many very senior Airmen, are poorly schooled in the history of warfare and, more specifi- cal...

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...0 Why this deception: 23 Blaming Germans: 25 Description of events by survivors: 25 Who was Adolf Hitler: 28 US Newspapers: 28 2012 Rabbi Yosef Tzvi ben Porat Speech: ...

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... This book should be used for reference onThe Missing True German WWII History 3So many years, so many stories, and on these storie... ...than the last.With this book I set out to publish the information left out of historicalbooks and their one-sided views on history, namely the view of... ...h the information left out of historicalbooks and their one-sided views on history, namely the view of theCabal or Antifa.More elaborate.We learn all ... ... 4People are like water, they always choose the path of what appears tobe that of least resistance, regardless of how many rapid... ...ss of how many rapids andobstacles are in the way.This book takes the path of the highest resistance and breaks downthe obstacles.History – like the c... ...book takes the path of the highest resistance and breaks downthe obstacles.History – like the current Covid-19 crisis – is all first written and thens... ...ing Germany: 91Poles Shot at German City and German Military: 92Soviet Union Invades Poland: ... ...athinginstallations were supplied from American, English, French andGerman military supplies. The Foden-Tresh steam sterilizer, whethermobile or not, ... ...ct tointerception and capture only when intended for the use of theenemy’s military forces.In December 1918, the National Health Office in Berlin calc...

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...of ContentsCover 1History of Julius Caesar 3Imprint ... ...May 19th 2008 160 Jacob AbbottHistory of Julius Caesar 2 PREFACEIt is the object of this seri... ...Julius Caesar 2 PREFACEIt is the object of this series of histories to present a clear, distinct, andconnected narrative of the li... ...e public affairsof great nations, have exerted the widest influence on the history of thehuman race. The end which the author has had in view is twofo... ...licy of governments, and the great events ofinternational history.CONTENTS.ChapterI. MARIUS AND SYLLA.II. CAESAR'S EARLY YEARS.III. A... ... were three great European nations in ancient days, each ofwhich furnished history with a hero: the Greeks, the Carthaginians, andthe Romans.[Sidenote... ...hen,besides, a victorious general coming back to Rome always found thathis military renown added vastly to his influence and power in the city.He was ... ... would be sometimes distracted and rent by theconflicts and contentions of military rivals, who had acquired powerstoo vast for all the civil influenc... ...Republic to regulate or control.[Illustration: ROMAN PLEBEIANS.][Sidenote: Military rivals.] [Sidenote: Marius and Sylla.] [Sidenote: Thepatricians an...

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...e, Mya Colwell, Sriraam Sivichandran, Michael Tang, Catherine Marson with graphic design by Jacob Rose. If there has been one constant throughout the history of human life, it’s disease. Disease-causing pathogens have always been present in our world and will undoubtedly continue to exist for the foreseeable future. This book examines the history of major plagues and pande...

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...ardonGolden Meteorite Press, Edmonton.All rights reserved for Pandemics: A History©.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in anyretrie... ...rite Press, Edmonton.All rights reserved for Pandemics: A History©.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in anyretrieval system, or tr... ...on and copying, or, otherwise, without the prior expresswritten permission of Golden Meteorite Press:First Printing: 2020Design and layout by Jacob Ro... ...WEdmonton ABT5B 2W4CANADAISBN 978-1-77369-174-9 We acknowledge the support of Canada ServiceCorps, TakingITGlobal, and the Government of Canada ... ... associated with the Project. Thank you PANDEMICS A HISTORYAustin Mardon, Alex Elvidge, Mya Colwell, Sriraam Sivachandran, Mic... ... � � 134viii Pandemics: A History Agriculture, the wildlife trade and habitat exploitation � ... ...ally. When we think aboutglobal historical conquests, we often think about military mightand strategy – we do not often consider, in the words of McNe... ...e. In the 2nd century, the Roman Empire had the finest andmost efficient military force the world had ever seen. The armymaintained such a degree of... ...ydifficult, requiring the increased dependency on non-Romancitizens in the military.17 Thus, the plague severely impactedRoman military might, as well...

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...Most countries and peoples of Europe and Asia are grouped in the spheres of direct geopolitical influence of Russia, Germany, Serbia, Iraq and China. Repetition of relationship (defined by ethnic and religious proximity) between countries from these sp...

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...It is natural to consider the following countries as belonging or having once belonged to the zone of direct geopolitical influence of Germany: Austria, Hungary, Poland, Lithuania, The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Croatia, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg, Belgium, The Netherlands and Denmark. The reasons (e...

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... words Chapter 2. Resemblances between different geographical regions Chapter 3. Resemblance between historical events Chapter 4. The five spheres of direct geopolitical influence in the Old World Chapter 5. The rules of the American history Chapter 6. The rules of the Russian history...

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... and Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama July 2001Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataChun, Clayton K. S. Aerospace po... ...s index. ISBN 1-58566-091-4 1. Air power. 2. Space warfare. 3. Air power—History—20th century. 4. Astronautics, Military. 5. United States. Air For... ...er. 2. Space warfare. 3. Air power—History—20th century. 4. Astronautics, Military. 5. United States. Air Force. 6. Military doctrine—United States. ... ...clusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of theauthor and do not necessarily represent the views of the United State... ...nited States Air Force Academy, theUnited States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US government agency. Clearedfor public release: d... ...e r o s p a c e p o w e r . W i t h o u t t h i sfoundation, aerospace and military leaders would have adifficult time deploying and using air and spa... ...es intoday’s dynamic world. With the end of the Cold War, theUnited States military has been challenged by a series ofworld events that have forced ae... ...a nation to use a combination of lethalcapabilities in war. Throughout the history of warfare, severalindividuals have identified ideas and concepts a... ...ese principles for critical thinking norignore them as just an irrelevant “history lesson.” Successfulgenerals do not follow these principles as a sim...

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...ress Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama 36112-5532 September 1989Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Pbblilcation DataSkorupa, John A. Self... ...ptember 2001 DisclaimerThis publication was produced in the Department of Defense school environment and in theinterest of academic fre... ...Defense school environment and in theinterest of academic freedom and the advancement of national defense-related concepts . Theviews expressed in thi... ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ...e alsoconsidering cost andfiscal issues. Thereport is authoritative inits blending of military art with industrial science, and only aperson with ... ...icalengineer developing and acquiring combat aircraft, as a staffofficer at the Military Airlift Command dealing with dailyoperational issu... ...he evolution of combat airlift. Everyone who has a role infuture airlift issues or US military strategy will want to read it. ABOUT THE AUT... ...5. 16. Ibid., 4. 17. Ibid., 5, 6, F-6. 18. Roger D. Launius, "MAC Airlift: A Brief History,"AirliftAssociationConvention Decisions, Scott AFB, Ill.... ... 44 THETHREAT 25. D. B. Harris et al., "History of Electronic Countermeasures," inElectronic Countermeas...

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... This publication was produced in the Department of Defense school environment and in theinterestofacademic freedom and th... ... school environment and in theinterestofacademic freedom and the advancement of national defense-related concepts . The viewsexpressed in this publica... ... defense-related concepts . The viewsexpressed in this publication are those of the author and do not reflect the officialpolicy or positionof the Dep... ...82 Why Did Air Power Fail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283 History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284... ...rizon totake its place. As a result, the USAF, perhaps more than any otherUS military service, faces the prospect of losing the foundationupon which i... ...those Army officers who, through the late 1970sand 1980s, often risked their military careers to challengeprevailing ground force strategies in Southe... ...gets, statistics are a poor substitute forstrategy. X Military organizations have accepted the value of officialhistory ever si... ...rationalize, or worse yet, expunge failures overshadows thevalue of official history as an organ of self-evaluation andimprovement . While it is perha... ...an orientation would have a muchgreater impact on the mainstream of military history because theywould be more difficult to dismiss as public relation...

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... The Praetorian STARShipThe Untold Story of the Combat Talon J ERRY L. T HIGPEN Colonel, USAF, ... ...ging DataThigpen, Jerry L., 1946– The Praetorian STARShip : the untold story of the Combat Talon / Jerry L. Thigpen. p. cm. Includes bibliographical ... ... references and index. ISBN 1-58566-103-1 1. Hercules (Turboprop transports)—History. 4. Search and rescue operations—United States—History.5. Airdrop... ...onclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air Univers... ...versatile C-130 ever produced—the Combat Talon. Jerry Thigpen’s study on the history of the Combat Talon is the first effort totell the story of this ... ... Hutto of Florida and Dan Daniel of Virginia,funds for aircraft upgrades and military construction projects materialized tomeet the ever-increasing th... ...at search and rescue rotary-wing forces. The Talon I has earned its place in history as the forerunner of modern AirForce Special Operations. Today bo... ...tunity to make myfirst sojourn into recording history. I was pleased with my Military Studies Programpublication, entitled AFSOC: Air Force’s Newest C... ...an Guard of ancient Rome.To associate with the best and brightest of today’s military has made me a betterman. Thank you all for the experience. ...

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..."Setting the Context: Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses and Joint War Fighting in an Uncertain World explains why SEAD has changed the basic fabric of air warfare. In discussing the familiar themes of the past and the emerging paradigms of the future, Colonel...

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...1 HISTORY AND DOCTRINE . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 CRITERIA FORASSESSING SEAD EFFECTIVENESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 3 SERVICE APPROACHES TO SEAD . . . . . . .93 4 THE MERITS OF JSEAD: THE QUESTTO ACHIEVE EFFEC...

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...inciples, issues, and thought for both those new to, and those experienced in, the PSYOP field and PSYOP applications . This book clarifies the value of PSYOP as a cost-effective weapon and incorporates it as a psychological instrument of US military and political power, especially given our present budgetary constraints. The authors contribute to the understanding of psy...

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...y. Press Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama September 1996Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataPsychological operations : princi... ...r, Frank L. Goldstein ; co-editor, Benjamin F. Findley. p. cm. At head of t.p. : AU Shield. "September 1996 ." 1. Psychological warfare-United S... ... DisclaimerThis publication was produced in the Department of Defense school environment in the interestof academic freedom and the ad... ...el W. Jacobowitz, USAF, Retired 2 Strategic Concepts for Military Operations . , 17 Col Fred ... ... No More Tactical Information Detachments: US Military Psychological Operations in Transition . . ... ...ed H. Paddock, Jr., USA, Retired 4 Blending Military and Civilian PSYOP Paradigms . . ... ...tions such as show of force, cover, anddeception have been used throughout history to influenceenemy groups and leaders. Modern psychological operatio... ...he employment of PSYOP by both sides werethe most recent chapter in a long history of PSYOP as anintegral part of military strategy. Throughout much o... ...g warof the day, or how well PSYOP induced surrenders, was notrecorded for history. What is known, however, is thatsurrenders occurred with a positive...

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...of ContentsCover 1History of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy 3Imprin... ...008 414 Niccolò MachiavelliHistory of Florence and of the Affairs of Italy 2... ...NTRODUCTIONNiccolo Machiavelli, the first great Italian historian, and one of the mosteminent political writers of any age or country, was born at Flo... ...rue to-day.Of the remaining works of Machiavelli the most important is the Historyof Florence written between 1521 and 1525, and dedicated to ClementV... ...estimony without apparent reason, while in its details the authority ofhis History is often questionable. It is the straightforward, logicalnarrative,... ...h always holds the interest of the reader that is thegreatest charm of the History . Of the other works of Machiavelli we 5ma... ...hem inpeace. He enlarged Ravenna, restored Rome, and, with the exceptionof military discipline, conferred upon the Romans every honor. He keptwithin t... ...g conquered the Slavonians, Justinian sent Narses, aeunuch, a man of great military talent, who, having arrived in Italy,routed and slew Totila. The G... ...among themselves; which from the first prevented a fortunate issue oftheir military expeditions, and was the ultimate cause of their beingdriven out o...

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...1 THE NATURE OF THE BEAST . . . . . . . . . . . .1 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 2 MANEUVER WARFARE IN ACTION-EARLY GERMAN CAMPAIGNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....

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... AIR WAR COLLEGE AIR UNIVERSITY Tanker-Force StructureRecapitalization of the KC-135 JUAN C. NARVID Lieutenant Colonel, USAF ... ...ons, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within aresolely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air Uni-... ...present the views of Air Uni-versity, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other USgovernment agency. Cleared for public rel... ...nvironment of today andthe future. Bomber and fighter aircraft dominate Air Force history.Despite the proven capabilities of aerial refueling during t... ... found its way into Air Force doctrine andbecame an integral part of the national military strategy(NMS). As the NMS reached into more regions of the ... ...rms, and organizations in fielding the next tanker.6 TANKER-FORCE STRUCTURE History of Aerial Refueling In 1921 the idea of aerial refueling was... ...craft.9 The idea of aerial refueling seemed to subside in thechapters of airpower history. The fledgling airline industrydid not share the initial int... ...ry. The fledgling airline industrydid not share the initial interest shown by the military. Com-mercial flights simply did not require the endurance a... ...between boom and drogue refuelingwhile airborne. Moreover, the KC-10 provided the MilitaryAirlift Command (MAC) a tremendous boost in strategic-airlif...