A Civil Engineer's Perspective on How AEFs Can Be Reorganized and Trained to Meet Joint Requirements at Today's Bare Bases?

<p>This paper contends that the USAF learned valuable lessons from recent expeditionary campaigns such as Operation Desert Storm Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. The early days saw combat aircraft arriving at forward operating bases well in advance of their combat support. Information obtained from the Air Force Doctrine Center (AFDC) and secondary sources (e.g. RAND reports Air University Library papers and books) reveal the following arguments: 1) currently the USAF does not foster jointness between service branches; 2) airpower's inefficient beddown operations with joint forces necessitates newer concepts for the Air Expeditionary Force mission; 3) Air Expeditionary Forces have not solved the difficult lessons learned for improvement in equipment command and control and decision processes which exist still today and inhibit flexibility on the battlefield; and 4) airmen have successfully overcame challenges in the field but these Air Expeditionary Forces must become more agile to respond to contingencies in the future. Such arguments make it clear that the USAF must meet the demanding deployment schedules while ensuring Air Expeditionary Forces are able to operate more effectively in joint and coalition environments.</p><p>This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore you will see the original copyright references library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world) and other notations in the work.</p><p>This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United States you may freely copy and distribute this work as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.</p><p>As a reproduction of a historical artifact this work may contain missing or blurred pages poor pictures errant marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to be preserved reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.</p>