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A comment from the commander of Tactical Air Command (TAC) that the air operations center (AOC) did not work and that it needed to be fixed stimulated this research project. Having long been associated with the theater air control system (TACS), I have been aware of concerns about the AOC and other elements of the system. Periodically, the Air Force has tried to implement improvements, particularly in hardware, but these efforts sometimes fell short. Some of the expressed concerns included statements that the air tasking order (ATO) was not effective means of controlling the force, that centralized control will break down and leave us unable to perform our task, and that the system is too physically cumbersome and airlift intensive to be useful. Certainty, there is some truth in these comments.
This paper examines some of the major interrelationships between air and ground forces on the modern battlefield. The examination is conducted at a conceptual level. The paper structures the air-land battle, looks at some possible problems in the Air Ground Operations System, proposes a scheme of target prioritization, and suggests a reorientation of our target planning approach. Subjects addressed include airstrike control, the Corps Direct Air Support Center, target selection, limited breakthroughs, and the requisite conditions for battlefield success. The conclusion stresses the value of reexamining our target selection process, and recommends that the Army institutionalize a tactical air support staff element, manned by Army officers, at various headquarters involved in combat development and training. (Author).
This book explores contemporary civil-military relations in the United States. Much of the canonical literature on civil-military relations was either written during or references the Cold War, while other major research focuses on the post-Cold War era, or the first decade of the twenty-first century. A great deal has changed since then. This book considers the implications for civil-military relations of many of these changes. Specifically, it focuses on factors such as breakdowns in democratic and civil-military norms and conventions; intensifying partisanship and deepening political divisions in American society; as well as new technology and the evolving character of armed conflict. Chapters are organized around the principal actors in civil-military relations, and the book includes sections on the military, civilian leadership, and the public. It explores the roles and obligations of each. The book also examines how changes in contemporary armed conflict influence civil-military relations. Chapters in this section examine the cyber domain, grey zone operations, asymmetric warfare and emerging technology. The book thus brings the study of civil-military relations into the contemporary era, in which new geopolitical realities and the changing character of armed conflict combine with domestic political tensions to test, if not potentially redefine, those relations.
The gap between the growing cruise and ballistic missile threat to U.S. Air Force bases in Europe and the U.S. capacity and capability to counter the threat is worrisome. This report assesses alternative Air Force courses of action.
The author, Colonel Tillotson, discusses the functions the air commander must perform in a contingency, describes the organization intended to support the commander, and assesses the organization's performance during two recent events. His conclusions may disappoint the more reform-minded, but will reinforce the lessons of our air power history. Colonel Tillotson suggests the theater air control system can certainly be streamlined, but the major required change is that the system needs to be exercised, regularly and realistically, by the senior commanders who will depend on it in a crisis. Despite the pressures of declining budgets, the Air Force must continue to give time and attention to the means for controlling its forces it is to maintain its leadership role in air power deployment.
North America faces a transportation crisis. Gas-guzzling SUVs clog the highways and air travelers face delays, cancellations, and uncertainty in the wake of unprecedented terrorist attacks. New Departures closely examines the options for improving intercity passenger trains’ capacity to move North Americans where they want to go. While Amtrak and VIA Rail Canada face intense pressure to transform themselves into successful commercial enterprises, Anthony Perl demonstrates how public policy changes lie behind the triumphs of European and Japanese high-speed rail passenger innovations. Perl goes beyond merely describing these achievements, translating their implications into a North American institutional and political context and diagnosing the obstacles that have made renewing passenger trains so much more difficult in North America than elsewhere. New Departures links the lessons behind rail passenger revitalization abroad with the opportunity to recast the policies that constrain Amtrak and VIA Rail from providing efficient and effective intercity transportation.