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This paper discusses the following three propositions. First, that successful new military weapons routinely derive from proven technology and virtually never emerge from efforts to contrive, shape, or push immature technology in the name of perceived requirements, however well conceived they may be. Second, that the evolution of USAF military doctrine since World War II has been very largely driven by expectations about the rate and direction of future weapons development. Third, that many - if not most - of the postwar difficulties of Air Force research and development, and many problems of defining and applying appropriate air doctrine, have developed because the consequences of basing doctrine on unrealistic technical expectations are widely misunderstood or ignored. The premise underlying both strategic and tactical doctrine in this country since World War II is that quality has an inevitable advantage over quantity, and this may well be overdue for revision.
This compilation of essays includes copies of speeches and articles that Dr. I. B. Holley Jr., Major General, USAFR, retired, has delivered and written throughout his career as a military officer and scholar of military history and thought. In these essays, Holley primarily addresses the need for the Air Force to adapt its doctrine and the processes of formulating and disseminating that guidance as the technology of air and space warfare improves. Dr. Holley2s common message throughout is that the process of how the Air Force develops its doctrine and preaches and teaches that doctrine to its Airmen is as important or, perhaps, more so than its content.
This compilation of essays includes copies of speeches and articles that Dr. I. B. Holley Jr., Major General, USAFR, retired, has delivered and written throughout his career as a military officer and scholar of military history and thought. In these essays, Holley primarily addresses the need for the Air Force to adapt its doctrine and the processes of formulating and disseminating that guidance as the technology of air and space warfare improves. Dr. Holley's common message throughout is that the process of how the Air Force develops its doctrine and preaches and teaches that doctrine to its Airmen is as important or, perhaps, more so than its content.Contents * Introduction * Chapter 1 * THE ROLE OF DOCTRINE * Chapter 2 * THE DOCTRINAL PROCESS: SOME SUGGESTED STEPS * Notes * Chapter 3 * CONCEPTS, DOCTRINES, PRINCIPLES * Notes * Chapter 4 * WEAPONS AND DOCTRINE: A HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION * Notes * Chapter 5 * INSIGHTS ON TECHNOLOGY AND DOCTRINE * Notes * Chapter 6 * OF SABER CHARGES, ESCORT FIGHTERS, AND SPACECRAFT: THE SEARCH FOR DOCTRINE * Notes * Chapter 7 * LOOKING BACKWARD TO SEE AHEAD IN SPACE: REFLECTIONS ON THE NEED FOR SPACE DOCTRINE * Notes * Chapter 8 * A MODEST PROPOSAL: MAKING DOCTRINE MORE MEMORABLE * Notes * Chapter 9 * FIFTY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTRINE WRITERS: MEANS ARE AS IMPORTANT AS ENDS * Notes * Chapter 10 * THE DYNAMICS OF DOCTRINAL DEVELOPMENT * Notes * FURTHER READINGS ON DOCTRINE
This compilation of essays includes copies of speeches and articles that Dr. I.B. Holley Jr., Major General, USAFR, retired, has delivered and written throughout his career as a military officer and scholar of military history and thought. In these essays, Holley primarily addresses the need for the Air Force to adapt its doctrine and the processes of formulating and disseminating that guidance as the technology of air and space warfare improves. Dr. Holley2s common message throughout is that the process of how the Air Force develops its doctrine and preaches and teaches that doctrine to its Airmen is as important or, perhaps, more so than its content.
This compilation of essays includes copies of speeches and articles that Dr. I. B. Holley Jr., Major General, USAFR, retired, has delivered and written throughout his career as a military officer and scholar of military history and thought. In these essays, Holley primarily addresses the need for the Air Force to adapt its doctrine and the processes of formulating and disseminating that guidance as the technology of air and space warfare improves. Dr. Holley's common message throughout is that the process of how the Air Force develops its doctrine and preaches and teaches that doctrine to its Airmen is as important or, perhaps, more so than its content.
Proceedings of a symposium co-sponsored by the Air Force Historical Foundation and the Air Force History and Museums Program. The symposium covered relevant Air Force technologies ranging from the turbo-jet revolution of the 1930s to the stealth revolution of the 1990s. Illustrations.
In this first of a two-volume study, Dr. Futrell presents a chronological survey of the development of Air Force doctrine and thinking from the beginnings of powered flight to the onset of the space age. He outlines the struggle of early aviation enthusiasts to gain acceptance of the airplane as a weapon and win combat-arm status for the Army Air Service (later the Army Air Corps and Army Air Force). He surveys the development of airpower doctrine during the 1930s and World War II and outlines the emergence of the autonomous US Air Force in the postwar period. Futrell brings this first volume to a close with discussions of the changes in Air Force thinking and doctrine necessitated by the emergence of the intercontinental missile, the beginnings of space exploration and weapon systems, and the growing threat of limited conflicts resulting from the Communist challenge of wars of liberation. In volume two, the author traces the new directions that Air Force strategy, policies, and thinking took during the Kennedy administration, the Vietnam War, and the post-Vietnam period. Futrell outlines how the Air Force struggled with President Kennedy's redefinition of national security policy and Robert S. McNamara's managerial style as secretary of defense. He describes how the Air Force argued that airpower should be used during the war in Southeast Asia. He chronicles the evolution of doctrine and organization regarding strategic, tactical, and airlift capabilities and the impact that the aerospace environment and technology had on Air Force thinking and doctrine.