03791nam 22006251 450 991022009210332120240402035154.00-8330-8170-5(CKB)3710000000083123(EBL)1597452(OCoLC)868491346(SSID)ssj0001166032(PQKBManifestationID)11745496(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001166032(PQKBWorkID)11117816(PQKB)11168382(Au-PeEL)EBL1597452(CaPaEBR)ebr10827377(MiAaPQ)EBC1597452(EXLCZ)99371000000008312320131112d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPosture triangle a new framework for U.S. Air Force global presence /Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick1st ed.Santa Monica, California :Rand Corporation,2013.1 online resource (127 p.)Research report"Rand Project Air Force.""Prepared for the United States Air Force.""RR-402-AF"--P. [4] of cover.0-8330-8167-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-101).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 LocationsSupport 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; BibliographyU.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 partnerships that minimize peacetime access risk, and the amount of forward presence that the USAF requires.Research report (Rand Corporation)Air bases, AmericanAir bases, American.358.4Pettyjohn Stacie L924024Vick Alan865477Project Air Force (U.S.)United States.Air Force.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910220092103321Posture triangle2256773UNINA