The posture triangle : a new framework for U.S. Air Force global presence : research report /

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U.S. Air Force (USAF) global posture-its overseas forces, facilities, and arrangements with partner nations-faces a variety of fiscal, political, and military challenges. This report seeks to identify why the USAF needs a global posture, where it needs basing and access, the types of security partne...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Pettyjohn, Stacie L., Vick, Alan (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: Project Air Force (U.S.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : RAND Corp., ©2013.
©2013
Colección:Research report (Rand Corporation)
Temas:
United States. > Air Force > Foreign service.
États-Unis. > Air Force > Service à l'étranger.
United States. > Air Force.
Air bases, American.
Bases aériennes américaines.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Strategy.
Armed Forces > Foreign service.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • What does the USAF need a global posture?
  • Where does the USAF need basing and access?
  • What types of security partnerships minimize peacetime access risk?
  • How much forward presence does the USAF require?
  • Findings and recommendations.
  • Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Background; The Policy Problem; Purpose of This Document; Organization; 2. Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; The Reach and Limits of U.S. Territory; The Posture Triangle; Strategic Anchors; Forward Operating Locations; Support Links; An Integrated Framework for Posture Planning; 3. Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; Strategic Anchors; Strategic Anchors: Enduring Partners; Strategic Anchors-Mutual Defense Partners; Forward Operating Locations.
  • Support Links (En Route Airfields)4. What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk?; Political Challenges to Peacetime Access; Peacetime Access Risk; 5. How Much Forward Presence Does the USAF Require?; Tremendous Variation in the USAF's Overseas Presence; Military Requirements and Forward Presence; The Posture Triangle and Peacetime Presence Needs; 6. Findings and Recommendations; Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk?
  • How Much Forward Presence Does the United States Require?Recommendations; Use an Integrated Framework to Explain Global Posture; Maintain Strategic Anchor Locations in Key Regions and with Enduring Partners; Expand Access to Potential Forward Operating Locations in Key Regions; Use Basing Clusters to Minimize Access Risk; Expand USAF Capability to Support Rotational Forces; Global Posture for a Global Power; Bibliography.

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