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...t to tell anyone about it.In ten damn years, no one was able to find their corpses and others even pretend like they don't even knowabout the town its... ...you think that they're still alive?I mean what if there are still eater of corpsess, we can't abandon them can we?""Did you not hear that I said?We ha... ...y rescue.Who could blame them, though?None of them stood a chance, neither united nor otherwise."It would seem like It's time for me to join those two... ...ook revealed the real problem.The metal wasn't only lodged, but melted and united in a symbiosis there, hence the engine would die offbefore he even m... ...o.'Son, you must be out of your mind, the war couldn't have ended.Even our generals predicted it would be something akin to ten to twenty years back a... ...owths to just happen to appear in the air.As they floated in their bloated states, chains of meat ensured that out of the tumor they would be properly... ...’‘I know, I know but still, we got them in pink and even in Agrippa in the states.They need to be brought to our way of thinking. All that red is boun... ...t was a psychedelic vision through which they were seen as visions of blue-marine, an ultra dimensional viewso obscure that many alternatives couldn’t... ...ted above him.He remembers stumbling on something he shouldn’t have.In his marine engulfance, he found himself filled with some kind of mild terror as...

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...Colonel Lenderman explores the increase in the number and influence of mobility generals in the late twentieth century and looks toward the future, presenting possible reasons why these generals will continue to rise or why their opportunities may be limited. She concludes by discussing the significance ...

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.... . . . . . . .6 2 THE RISE OF MOBILITY OPERATIONS . . . . 9 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 3 THE RISE OF MOBILITY GENERALS . . . . . . 27 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 4 THE FUTURE OF MOBILITY GENERALS . . . .61 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 5 CONCLUSIONS . . . . . . . ...

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...RCE RESEARCH INSTITUTE The Rise of Air Mobility and Its Generals ... ...hin are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Depa... ... solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department ... ... 8:31:36 AM Foreword In the early years of the Cold War, the United States relied on strategic... ... 8:31:36 AM Foreword In the early years of the Cold War, the United States relied on strategic nuclea... ...combat. During the battle in Janu- ary 1 68, 15,000 North Vietnamese troops surrounded three Marine battalions at a remote outpost nea... ... by using in- novative tactical-arrival procedures and off-loading techniques to sustain the marines. By March the weather had improve... .... The day after the air war began on 17 January 1 1, C-130s secretly began moving an entire corps of 14,000 Army personnel across the... ... successfully executed “the deepest combat insertion in the 227- year history of the US Marine Corps.”18 The third type of airl...

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...the Fighter Community (1965–72) . . . . 185 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 8 Changing of the Guard: The Rise of the Fighter Generals (1973–82) . . . . . . 211 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 9 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239...

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...s Cataloging–in–Publication DataWorden, R. Michael, 1954–Rise of the fighter generals : the problem of air force leadership, 1945–1982 / R. MichaelWor... ...n. p. cm. “November 1997.” Includes bibliographical references and index.1. United States. Air Force—Officers—History. 2. Fighter pilots—Promotions—U... ...cm. “November 1997.” Includes bibliographical references and index.1. United States. Air Force—Officers—History. 2. Fighter pilots—Promotions—UnitedSt... ...cers—History. 2. Fighter pilots—Promotions—UnitedStates—History. 3. Generals—United States—History—20th Century. 4. Leader -ship. I. Title.UG793.W67 1... ...story. 2. Fighter pilots—Promotions—UnitedStates—History. 3. Generals—United States—History—20th Century. 4. Leader -ship. I. Title.UG793.W67 1997354.... ...he debate and ultimatecanonization of airpower theories by attending the Air CorpsTactical School (ACTS) before World War II. There the gospelprofesse... ...ng what wouldbecome (unbeknowns to them) history’s most destructive war? Air Corps recruiting in the United States during World WarII was quite effect... ...resigned en masse on 25August.55 Tension increased in the new year as the US Marine base atKhe Sanh came under siege by the communists. The presidentf... ... played key roles in directing andcoordinating American and allied soldiers, marines, sailors,and airmen who participated in Operations Neutralize and...

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... AIR SITY UNIVERThe Army and Its Air Corps Army Policy toward Aviation 1919–1941 ... ...Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataTate, James P. The Army and its air corps : Army policy toward aviation, 1919–1941 / James P. Tate.... ...19–1941 / James P. Tate. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Army. Air Corps––History. 2. Air power––United S... ... / James P. Tate. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Army. Air Corps––History. 2. Air power––United States––... ...y those of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewsof Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense,or any other... ... of the author and do not necessarily represent the viewsof Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense,or any other US gov... ...le for America’s defense on landand sea as well as in the air. Of what avail, said the generals andadmirals, was defense of the country only in the ai... ...t in the Navy Reserve, Martin hadbilled himself as “Captain James V. Martin, US Master Mariner andPioneer Designer, Builder and Flyer of Aeroplanes, H... ..., all withthe ultimate end in view.” Creation of a semi-independent AirCorps, like the Marine Corps, was one of the steps he had in mind.Others includ...

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... with a subsequent assignment in December 1928 to attend the Air Corps Tactical School. ... ...and another three years at Luke Field, Ford Island, and Wheeler Field, Hawaii. Walker returned to the United States in January 1... ...ther three years at Luke Field, Ford Island, and Wheeler Field, Hawaii. Walker returned to the United States in January 1941 as ... ...d States in January 1941 as assistant chief of the Plans Division for the chief of the Air Corps in Washington, DC. ... ...pping, deploying, and employing the Army Air Forces to defeat Germany and Japan should the United States become embroiled in war... ... deploying, and employing the Army Air Forces to defeat Germany and Japan should the United States become embroiled in war. The a... ... Page E Potential QDR Service Priorities (Marine Corps and Air Force) . . . . .... ... managing taxpayer’s money while still providing the best for our soldiers, sailors, Airmen, and marines, we must not pay just lip ser... ... is warranted. Every service has a culture and cultural bias to accompany it. In the case of the generals and admirals, it’s an insist...

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... Air UniversityTHIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK THE UNITED STATESSTRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT (Euro... ... Air UniversityTHIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK THE UNITED STATESSTRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY SUMMARY REPORT (European Wa... ...n War) September 30, 1945THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY FOREWORD The United Stat... ... September 30, 1945THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK THE UNITED STATES STRATEGIC BOMBING SURVEY FOREWORD The United States Stra... ... Interrogation of Hitler's surviving confidants and General Staffand Field Generals of the Wehrmacht confirms the view that priorto the winter of 1941... ..., until the battle of Britain, wascomplete; his more cautious advisers and generals still confess oftheir astonishment. And by common report of the su... ...Guadalcanal .Three United States carriers gave initial air support and the Marineswho landed quickly captured the air field (later named HendersonFiel... ...oKamikaze forces, her fleet had been sunk or immobilized, hermerchant marine decimated, large portions of her ground forcesisolated, and the ... ...point on the groundimmediately below the explosion), the heat charred corpses beyondrecognition. Penetrating rays such as gamma-rays exposed X-ra...

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...c knowledge and understanding of Air Force culture and history. This volume is a contribution to that ongoing educational process, but as the title states, this is only an introduction. The information provided here merely scratches the surface of the fascinating stories of the people, equipment, and operations of the Air Force. Topics that are covered here in only a few...

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... Introduction to theUnited States Air Force B. CHANCE SALTZMAN, Capt, USAF ... ...e of the author, and do not necessarily rep-resent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other U... ...e author, and do not necessarily rep-resent the views of Air University, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US gover... ... ii Foreword The initial concept of the Introduction to the United States Air Force was to facilitate theprocess of learning h... ...ir objectives.US ground contingent of Pershing’s forceincluded a large number of US Marines. TheAllies also contributed substantial forces. One I... ...ces. One In 1918, the Allies organized their aircraftof Pershing’s four ground corps was made up of into four types: observation (which we no... ...all wentland campaign with close air support missions and on to become four-star generals in the US Airinterdiction missions against road and rail ... ...mmercial aviation, providing valuable train- ing for Air Corps personnel, and giving an extensiv... ... Army analogous to that which existed between the Navy and Marine Corps. • After seeing the US Army A...

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... A R D Z I N NA People's History of the United StatesPeople's History of the United States H... ... R D Z I N NA People's History of the United StatesPeople's History of the United States HOWARD Z... ...rmission of thePublishers or a licence permitting restricted copying inthe United Kingdom issued by the CopyrightLicensing Agency Ltd., 90 Tottenham C... ...taloguing in Publication DataZinn, Howard A people's history of the United States. 1. United States-History I. Title 973 El78 79-42958ISBN 0-58... ...umbus'sroute across the Atlantic. In his popular book Christopher Columbus,Mariner, written in 1954, he tells about the enslavement and the killing:"T... ... food, theyroamed the woods for nuts and berries, dug up graves to eat the corpses,and died in batches until five hundred colonists were reduced to si... ... joiner,"Drive" the carter, "Mortar" the mason, "Tar" the mariner, "Snip"the tailor, "Smallrent" the fair-minded landlord, and "John ... ... The elements were therefor conflict. The war had brought glory for the generals, death to the privates,wealth for the merchants, unemployment for ... ...rs reported: I saw pregnant women give birth to babies while chained to corpses whichour drunken overseers had not removed. . . . packed spoon-fash...

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.... . . . . 5 Attributes of Vision . . . . . 6 Functions of Vision . . . . . 6 Importance of Vision for an Organization . . . . . 7 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Vision . . . . . . 8 Notes . . . . . . 10 3 VISIONS FROM THE PAST . . . . 13 Air Power and the Future . . . . 13 The Air Force and US National Security: Global Reach—Global Power . . . . . 15 Global Reach—G...

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...ot reflect the official policy or positionof the Department of Defense or the United States government.This publication has been reviewed by security ... ...ect the official policy or positionof the Department of Defense or the United States government.This publication has been reviewed by security and pol... ...for an Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Notes ... ...Organization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Notes . . . .... ... About the Author Maj Barbara J. Faulkenberry is a 1982 graduate of the United States Air ForceAcademy (USAFA). After attending undergraduate na... ...About the Author Maj Barbara J. Faulkenberry is a 1982 graduate of the United States Air ForceAcademy (USAFA). After attending undergraduate navigator... ...made by the service upon the resources of society.15 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Vision All of the services recognize the need for strategic... ... the service upon the resources of society.15 Army, Navy, and Marine Corps Vision All of the services recognize the need for strategic vision... ... by the Air Force chief of Staff at aCORONA conference of Air Force four-star generals. The result was a white paper titled The Air Force and US Natio...

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...This history continues the story of United States Air Force ideas, concepts, and doctrine from the watershed of massive retaliation/flexible response that was occasioned in 1960. The first three chapters of this volume are in effect reprinted from the 1974 edit...

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... Volume IIIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1961-1984 ... ... Volume IIIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1961-1984 by ... ..., 1971 . Bibliography: p. Includes index. Contents: 1907-1960 - v. 2. 1961-1984. 1 . United States. Air Force-History. 2. United States-Military p... .... Bibliography: p. Includes index. Contents: 1907-1960 - v. 2. 1961-1984. 1 . United States. Air Force-History. 2. United States-Military policy. ... ...tack Helicopters in Controversy . . . . . . . . 516 US Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Air . . . . . . . . . . .... ...licopters in Controversy . . . . . . . . 516 US Navy and Marine Corps Tactical Air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... DEFENSE STRATEGY In the middle 1920s during the formative years oftheAir Corps, Maj Gen MasonM. Patrick had been favorably impressed b... ... this same judgment was supported in other books by"responsible military leaders such as Generals [James M.] Gavin and [Maxwell D .]Taylor." In an exp... ..." ; (4) must take steps to provide greater air and sea mobilityfor conventional Army and Marine forces not to fight limited wars but to removethe temp...

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...'~ Volume IIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1907-1960 by... ... Volume IIDEAS, CONCEPTS, DOCTRINE: Basic Thinking in the United States Air Force 1907-1960 by ... ... Air Force Base, Ala .: Air University, 1971 . Bibliography : p. Includes index. 1 . United States. Air Force-History . 2. United States-Military p... ...rce Base, Ala .: Air University, 1971 . Bibliography : p. Includes index. 1 . United States. Air Force-History . 2. United States-Military policy. ... .... 26 The Mitchell Era: From Air Service to Air Corps ....................... ... ... ............ 39 Establishment of the Army Air Corps ........ ..... ..... ....................... ... ... other services, aninformedreader ought to consult theworksof such military thinkers as Generals Matthew B. Ridgway, Maxwell D. Taylor, andJames M. Ga... ...er arms oftheNavyor with the Army against enemyvessels engaged in attacks on the coast. Marine aircraft would perform thefunctions normally assigned t... ...at would give the Air Service a statuswithin the War Department analogous to that ofthe Marine Corps within the NavyDepartment and that would authoriz...

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...Maj Richard J. Hazdra’s Air Mobility: The Key to the United States National Security is an examination of the force structure of Air Mobility Command (AMC) based on a model for two major theater wars. His study examines this organization’s current force structure. Air mobility ...

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... AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AIR MOBILITYThe Key to the United States National Security Strategy RICHARD J. HAZDRA ... ... AIR UNIVERSITY LIBRARY AIR MOBILITYThe Key to the United States National Security Strategy RICHARD J. HAZDRA Major, ... ...g-in-Publication DataHazdra, Richard J., 1961- Air mobility : the key to the United States national security / Richard J. Hazdra. p. cm. –– ISSN 152... ...blication DataHazdra, Richard J., 1961- Air mobility : the key to the United States national security / Richard J. Hazdra. p. cm. –– ISSN 1528-2325 ... ...sset in meeting future needs. Air Force tankers refuel Air Force, USCENTCOM, Marine and many allied aircraft, leveraging all service capabilities on l... ... and unload ships. For sealift, the USN relies predominantly on the merchant marines toman the Ready Reserve Force. USTRANSCOM relies on volunteers fr... ...n, 22 September 1994, 1–6. 21. Michael R. Gordon and Bernard E. Trainor, The Generals’ War: TheInside Story of the Conflict in the Gulf (Boston: Littl... ..., D.C.: Brookings Institution, 1982), 18. 23. David Kassing, Army and Marine Corps Prepositioning Programs: Sizeand Responsiveness Issues, PM-378-CRMA... ...-17 can provide continuous flow usingconcrete-capped runways, which the Army Corps of Engineerscan build within days and at little cost.26 ...

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...el E. Haas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Air Force–Commando Troops–History. 2. Special Forces (Milita... ...aas. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. United States. Air Force–Commando Troops–History. 2. Special Forces (Military Scie... ...s. Air Force–Commando Troops–History. 2. Special Forces (Military Science)–United States–History. 3. Cold War. I. Title. UG633.H32 1997 358.4–dc2... ...ce–Commando Troops–History. 2. Special Forces (Military Science)–United States–History. 3. Cold War. I. Title. UG633.H32 1997 358.4–dc21 ... ...scape of ridges and valleys and threatening to encircle them. Exhausted US marines (below)had to fight their way out. ... ...ont lines for tactical information of to each ROK corps on the front lines. During theimmediate use to infantry units on the ... ...saved the day . . .prewar Seoul, Madam Rhee recruited the women the Marines moved up behind the 2nd Division . . .within a small circle of thea... ...the Zone of Interior (ZI), as the continental US607th Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC) stationed was then known in military parlance.at Kimpo Air... ...ents they would everface: the North Vietnamese Army and powerful Air Force generals committed Wickstrom’s success with theto an all-jet Air Force. Th...

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...PART I Foundations for Strategic Arms Control, 1945–68 1 The United States Air Force and Arms Control: The Early Years . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Michael O. Wheeler 2 Peace through Strength Alone: US Air Force Views on Arms Control in the 1950s and Early 1960s . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

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...FORCE ACADEMY Milestones in Strategic Arms Control, 1945–2000 United States Air Force Roles and Outcomes JAMES M. SMIT... ...CADEMY Milestones in Strategic Arms Control, 1945–2000 United States Air Force Roles and Outcomes JAMES M. SMITH ... ... Library Cataloging Data Milestones in strategic arms control, 1945-2000 : United States Air Force roles andoutcomes /edited by James M. Smith and Gwe... ...y Cataloging Data Milestones in strategic arms control, 1945-2000 : United States Air Force roles andoutcomes /edited by James M. Smith and Gwendolyn ... ...able at arms-control forums around the globe. While ournation’s diplomatic corps provides our lead negotiators, thereis a significant interagency team... ... the AirForce—first an aeronautical division of the War Department’sSignal Corps in 1907, then the aviation section in 1914, then(briefly) a division ... ...SAC. On 15 April 1946, Baruch met with the Army and Army AirForce leaders. Generals Eisenhower, Groves, Spaatz, and oth-ers were present. A memorandum... ... ARMS CONTROLproducing new generations of missiles, bombers, and sub-marines, outspending the Americans two-to-one overall, andseven-to-one on b... .... And in the Department of Defense,only one institution, the United States Marine Corps, was itsanalog. Strategic Air Command was the training ground ...

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...orce reseArcH institUte communicating AirpowerStrategic Communication and theUnited States Air Force since 9/11 John A. Robinson A... ...essarily represent the views of the Air Force Research Institute, AirUniversity, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other ... ...y represent the views of the Air Force Research Institute, AirUniversity, the United States Air Force, the Department of Defense, or any other US gove... ...ce of America (VOA) radio network, trans-mitted news and other information about the United States tointernational audiences. The VOA’s mission, codif... ...overage paled in comparison to the images ofground combat embedded with soldiers and marines broughtinto American living rooms by media members. The N... ...s and marines broughtinto American living rooms by media members. The Navy andMarine Corps were also able to generate more than their fairshare of cov... ...far as to draw up a briefing slide on Transformers to passaround to senior Air Force generals, pointing to the film as anexample of the creative ways ... ...e canonce again regain its title as the service with the best militarypublic affairs corps and, in so doing, help the American peopleunderstand the se...

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... Framework for Characterizing Intent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 Harry A. Foster 3 Gauging the Intent of Nation-States and Nonstate Actors: An Operator’s Perspective . 27 Gary Schaub, Jr. 4 From Observation to Action: Redefining Winning and Sovereignty for the Information Age . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Joh...

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...ty Library Cataloging DataConverse, Elliott Vanveltner. Circling the earth : United States plans for a postwar overseas military base sys- tem, 194... ...ary Cataloging DataConverse, Elliott Vanveltner. Circling the earth : United States plans for a postwar overseas military base sys- tem, 1942–1948.... ...d index. ISBN 1-58566-141-4 1. Military bases, American—Planning—History. 2. United States. Dept. ofDefense—History. 3. Military planning—United Sta... .... ISBN 1-58566-141-4 1. Military bases, American—Planning—History. 2. United States. Dept. ofDefense—History. 3. Military planning—United States—His... ...astern Zone.”33 Once the world peacekeepingorganization was in full operation, Generals Embick andFairchild and Admiral Willson felt it would retain a... ...Navyroughly the size estimated in previous plans (i.e., a Navy of550,000 and a Marine Corps of 100,000 personnel).72 Following the King-Nimitz confer... ...ghly the size estimated in previous plans (i.e., a Navy of550,000 and a Marine Corps of 100,000 personnel).72 Following the King-Nimitz conference in... ...r. For example (1) Worldwide US commercial airlines and a strong mer- chant marine and national defense are mutually helpful. ... ...ases. Byrnes, Averell Harriman (Ameri-can ambassador to the Soviet Union), and Generals Marshalland Arnold apparently discussed the problem of postwar...

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...reflect the official policy or positionof the Department of Defense or the United States government.This publication has been reviewed by security and... ... the official policy or positionof the Department of Defense or the United States government.This publication has been reviewed by security and policy... ...adition which “institutionalized militaryexcellence” in the German officer corps through careful selection and years ofmilitary education and training... ...espirit of the senior’s intent.3 The postwar interviews and the memoirs of generals such as Erich vonManstein supported this thesis; and several Germa... ...rstood,word in contemporary literature on the art of command.5 In 1982 the UnitedStates Army formally embraced its own interpretation of mission order... ...sk), without specifying how it is to beaccomplished.8 In the 1930s the Air Corps Tactical School taught futurecommanders to use two types of such orde... ... command style effective.Contemporary Significance In the 1980s the United States Air Forces in Europe examined thedifficulty of centrally controlling... ...forces as well as the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), the joint navyand marine task force called Aircraft Northern Solomons (AIRNORSOLS),and occasi... ...ands, the troop carrier wing, the reconnaissance wing, theAustralians, the marines, or the navy. Because the War Department neverrecognized Kenney’s t...

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...reflect the official policy or position ofthe Department of Defense or the United States Government.This publication has been reviewed by security and... ... the official policy or position ofthe Department of Defense or the United States Government.This publication has been reviewed by security and policy... ... The AuthorMAJOR J. TAYLOR SINK (B. S. Astronautical Engineering, United States Air ForceAcademy, M. S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanfor... ... The AuthorMAJOR J. TAYLOR SINK (B. S. Astronautical Engineering, United States Air ForceAcademy, M. S. Aeronautics and Astronautics, Stanford Unive... ...oted in the experiences of the First World War and the thinking of the Air CorpsTactical School, the idea of centralized control has been vindicated b... ...an conflict, the USAFfound the coordination arrangements with the Navy and Marines unsatisfactory, andworked with limited success to centralize comman... ... Support Centers (Figure 7)and their subordinate elements assigned to Army corps headquarters.12 This system madeextensive use of ground and airborne ... ...n 1965, which typified McNamara’s obsession with quantifiabledata: while a Marine colonel briefed him on the local situation, the Secretary interrupte... ...H., and Harahan, Joseph P., ed. Strategic Air Warfare: An Interview with Generals Curtis E. LeMay, Leon W. Johnson, David A. Burchinal, and Jack J. ...