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  | | Leadership Development A Supervisory Responsibility by David A. French, Project Air Force, Rand Corporation, Air University Paperback, 84 Pages, Published 2012 by Biblioscholar ISBN-13: 978-1-249-37428-2, ISBN: 1-249-37428-6 "Commanders and supervisors must be individually responsible for the development of each of their subordinates. Both educational doctrine and mentoring programs encourage supervisors to develop their subordinates, but supervisors are not taught how to perform this vital task, nor are they held accountable for its accomplishment. This paper looks at the current AF trends in leadership development, and offers changes to AF Doctrine and pro ..." |
 | | Dangerous But Not Omnipotent(1st Edition) Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East by Frederic M. Wehrey, Nora Bensahel, Kim Cragin, David E. Thaler, Jerrold D. Green, Professor Dalia Dassa Kaye, Nadia Oweidat, Jennifer Li, Project Air Force, Wehrey/Thaler/Bensah Paperback, 230 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4554-6, ISBN: 0-8330-4554-7 "Exploring the Reach and Limitations of Iranian Power in the Middle East Frederic M. Wehrey, David E. Thaler, Nora Bensahel, Project Air Force (U.S.), Kim Cragin, Jerrold D. Green, Dalia Dassa Kaye. eral regional security cooperation.35 Although an inclusive multilateral security structure in the Persian Gulf region would take time to build, it would contribute more to regional stability over the long run than would continuing to re ..." |
 | | Going Global? U.S. Government Policy and the Defense Aerospace Industry by Mark A. Lorell, Victoria A. Greenfield, Richard M. Moore, Julia F. Lowell, Katia Vlachos-Dengler, Rand Corporation, Project Air Force, Lorell/Lowell/Moore/, Thomas M. Davidson Paperback, 256 Pages, Published 2002 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-3193-8, ISBN: 0-8330-3193-7 "This report examines aerospace defence industry globalization trends in order to assess how the US Air Force can exploit such trends while minimizing their risks. It concludes that research must be done on how the advantages of globalization can be achieved without compromising security concerns." |
 | | Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces Alternative Options for Jet Engine Intermediate Maintenance by Mahyar A. Amouzegar, Lionel A. Galway, Amanda B. Geller, Project Air Force, Amouzegar/Galway/Gel Paperback, 91 Pages, Published 2002 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-3103-7, ISBN: 0-8330-3103-1 "Supporting Expeditionary Aerospace Forces: New Agile Combat Support Postures, Lionel Galway et al. (MR-1075-AF). This report describes how alternative resourcing of forward operating locations (FOLs) can support employment time lines ..." |
 | | China's Arms Sales Motivations And Implications by Daniel L. Byman, Roger Cliff, Project Air Force Paperback, 76 Pages, Published 1999 by Rand Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2776-4, ISBN: 0-8330-2776-X "China's arms sales have become the focus of considerable attention and pose a moderate threat to U.S. interests. Although Chinese sales have fallen in recent years, and Beijing has become more responsible in the transfer of nuclear, biological, and chemical (NBC) technologies, much progress will be needed to curtail China's behavior. Principal recipients of Chinese arms have been Iran, Iraq, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, and Thailand. ..." |
 | | The People's Liberation Army in the Information Age (Conference Proceedings) by James C. Mulvenon, Richard H. Yang, Project Air Force Paperback, 297 Pages, Published 1999 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2716-0, ISBN: 0-8330-2716-6 "A July 1998 conference, held in San Diego, California,brought together Chinese military experts to discuss the "non-hardware" side of the People's Liberation Army's modernization. The result is a comprehensive examination of the critical "software" side, covering topics as diverse as civil-military relations, professionalism, logistics, training, doctrine, systems integration, and force structure. The 13 chapters present a picture of a ..." |
 | | To Find, and Not to Yield How Advances in Information and Firepower Can Transform Theater Warfare by David E. Thaler, David A. Ochmanek, Edward R. Harshberger, Glenn A. Kent, Project Air Force, Ochmanek/Harshberger Paperback, 127 Pages, Published 1998 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2612-5, ISBN: 0-8330-2612-7 "Absent significant changes in U.S. defense investment priorities, American forces could soon find themselves unable to cope with some emerging challenges in large-scale power projection operations. Specifically, U.S. forces will need better capabilities to secure a foothold in distant theaters, to defeat weapons of mass destruction and their delivery vehicles, to gain control of operations in the air, and to locate and destroy invading ..." |
 | | Sources of Conflict in the 21st Century(1st Edition) Regional Futures and U.S. Strategy by Zalmay Khalilzad, Ian O. Lesser, Project Air Force Paperback, 350 Pages, Published 1998 by Rand Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2529-6, ISBN: 0-8330-2529-5 "As the millenium approaches, defense analysts begin to wonder how many of today's leading adversaries will remain adversaries. Will longstanding allies change their orientation? Who will be called on to intervene, and where? Can we expect stability, or chaos? This book examines current political trends and potential sources of conflict in three critical regions - Asia, the Greater Middle East, and Europe and the former Soviet Union - th ..." |
 | | Persian Gulf Security Improving Allied Military Contributions by Richard Sokolsky, Stephen F. Larrabee, Stuart Johnson, Project Air Force ., Sokolsky/Johnson/Lar, Rand Corporation Paperback, 168 Pages, Published 2001 by Rand Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2910-2, ISBN: 0-8330-2910-X "This book addresses several key questions: Will America's European allies be able to muster the political will and military capabilities to project significant military force to help defend the Persian Gulf? How much military force can our European allies contribute today and in the future to Persian Gulf contingencies? Under what circumstances can the United States rely on allied force contributions? What are the implications of alli ..." |
 | | Supporting The Expeditionary Aerospace Force An Integrated Strategic Agile Combat Support Planning Framework by Robert S. Tripp, Eric Peltz, Lionel A. Galway, Timothy L. Ramey, Paul B. Killingsworth, Paul S. Killingsworth, Project Air Force, Tripp/Galway/Killing Paperback, 146 Pages, Published 1999 by Rand Publishing ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2763-4, ISBN: 0-8330-2763-8 "A key challenge facing the future Air Force is how to nearly continuously deploy relatively small-scale forces for peacekeeping and humanitarian relief missions while maintaining the capability to win major theater wars. In response to this challenge, the Air Force has developed the concept of an Expeditionary Aerospace Force (EAF) to deal with the range of expected missions. The report argues that this new concept requires a complete ..." |
 | | Air Power as a Coercive Instrument(1st Edition) by Eric Victor Larson, Daniel L. Byman, Matthew C. Waxman, Rand Corporation, Project Air Force, Larson/Byman/Waxman Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1999 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-2743-6, ISBN: 0-8330-2743-3 "Coercion--the use of threatened force to induce an adversary to change its behavior--is a critical function of the U.S. military. U.S. forces have recently fought in the Balkans, the Persian Gulf, and the Horn of Africa to compel recalcitrant regimes and warlords to stop repression, abandon weapons programs, permit humanitarian relief, and otherwise modify their actions. Yet despite its overwhelming military might, the United States o ..." |
 | | The Foundations of Operational Resilience_Assessing the Ability to Operate in an Anti-Access/Area Denial Environment by Jeff Hagen, Forrest E. Morgan, Jacob L. Heim, Matthew Carroll, Project Air Force Paperback, 94 Pages, Published 2016 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-9202-1, ISBN: 0-8330-9202-2 "This report describes a modeling framework and lexicon for conducting a detailed analysis of future Air Force operational resilience in an anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) environment. The authors describe the Operational Resilience Analysis Model, which they built to model the impact of different courses of action for improved resilience from an operational standpoint. " |
 | | Motion Imagery Processing and Exploitation (MIPE) by Amado Cordova, Carl Rhodes, Lindsay D. Millard, Lance Menthe, Robert A. Guffey, Project Air Force Paperback, 52 Pages, Published 2013 by Rand ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8150-6, ISBN: 0-8330-8150-0 "This report defines and investigates the potential of motion imagery processing and exploitation (MIPE) systems, which can enable military intelligence analysts to respond to the current information deluge and exploit a wide range of motion imagery collections. MIPE systems aid analysts in the detection, identification, and tracking of objects of interest and activities of interest in live and archival video." |
 | | Diversity Outreach and Recruiting Event Site Selection by Abigail Haddad, Lisa Miyashiro, Henu Zhao, Gary J. Briggs, Nelson Lim, Rand Corporation, Project Air Force Paperback, 38 Pages, Published 2014 by Rand Corp ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-8709-6, ISBN: 0-8330-8709-6 ""This is a user guide for Diversity Outreach and Recruiting Event Site Selection (DORESS), a piece of software created by RAND to assist the Air Force in identifying diversity outreach and recruiting event sites." |
 | | Deterrence and First-Strike Stability in Space A Preliminary Assessment (Rand Corporation Monograph) by Forrest E. Morgan, Project Air Force Paperback, 80 Pages, Published 2010 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4913-1, ISBN: 0-8330-4913-5 "Space stability appears to be eroding as a growing number of states acquire the ability to degrade or destroy U.S. space assets. The United States needs a coordinated national space deterrence strategy designed to operate on both sides of a potential adversary 1s cost benefit decision calculus. Future research will determine the most effective and affordable mix of strategies, policies, and systems for strengthening space deterrence." |
 | | Cyberdeterrence and Cyberwar by Martin C. Libicki, Project Air Force Paperback, 244 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4734-2, ISBN: 0-8330-4734-5 "Second are our Air Force sponsors, who oversaw the effort and provided encouragement throughout, notably Lt Gen Robert Elder (Commander Eighth Air Force) and Maj Gen William Lord (Commander 24th Air Force). Third are the many individuals who looked at this document and shared their comments with the author: Greg Rattray; Milt Johnson (Air Force Space Command); and RAND colleagues Paul Davis, James Quinlivan, David Frelinger, Roger ..." |
 | | The Acquisition Cost-Estimating Workforce Census and Characteristics (Technical Report) by Georges Vernez, Hugh G. Massey, Vernez/Massey, Project Air Force Paperback, 62 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4764-9, ISBN: 0-8330-4764-7 "To help fulfill a congressional mandate that cost estimates for major defense acquisition programs be performed by properly qualified members of the armed forces or full-time employees of the Department of Defense, RAND researchers conducted a census of the cost-estimating staff in the Air Force's four product centers and three logistics centers. They also held focus groups with a sample of cost estimators. This report presents the resu ..." |
 | | Fighter Drawdown Dynamics Effects on Aircrew Inventories by William W. Taylor, John A. Ausink, James H. Bigelow, Taylor/Bigelow/Ausin, Project Air Force Paperback, 182 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4695-6, ISBN: 0-8330-4695-0 "These moves are a reflection of. 29 Recall that the “book” experience level is the experience level reported by the Air Force, which uses as the denominator the number of authorized pilots in a unit. When overmanning occurs because of excess inexperienced pilots, the actual experience level is lower that the “book” level. 30 News note from AirForce-magazine.com, February 21, 2008. 31 This 76 Fighter Drawdown Dynamics: Effects on Ai ..." |
 | | Troubled Partnership U.S.-Turkish Relations in an Era of Global Geopolitical Change by Stephen F. Larrabee, F. Stephen, Project Air Force Paperback, 162 Pages, Published 2009 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4756-4, ISBN: 0-8330-4756-6 "U.S. Turkish relations, long a vital element of U.S. policy, have seriously deteriorated in recent years. However, the arrival of a new U.S. administration offers an opportunity to repair recent fissures. Priority should be given to harmonizing policy toward Iraq and the Middle East as well as Central Asia and the Caucasus." |
 | | Improving the Cost Estimation of Space Systems Past Lessons and Future Recommendations (2008) (Rand Corporation Monograph) by Obaid Younossi, Mark A. Lorell, Kevin Brancato, Cynthia R. Cook, Mel Eisman, Bernard Fox, John C. Graser, Robert S. Leonard, Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Yool Kim, Jerry M. Sollinger, Younossi/Lorell/Bran, Project Air Force Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2008 by Rand Corporation ISBN-13: 978-0-8330-4460-0, ISBN: 0-8330-4460-5 "The total program cost estimate grew from $3.66 billion at MS B for a program including five GEO satellites to $10.16 billion in March 2006 for a program with just three of those satellites. ... 14 This overview of the early phases of the GPS program is drawn largely from Scott Pace, Gerald P. Frost, Irving Lachow, David R. Frelinger, Donna Fossum, Don Wassem, and Monica M. Pinto, The Global Positioning System: Assessing National P ..." |
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