Posture triangle : a new framework for U.S. Air Force global presence / / Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick

• Autore: Pettyjohn Stacie L
• Pubblicazione: RAND Corporation, 2013; Santa Monica, California : , : Rand Corporation, , 2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (127 p.)
• Disciplina: 358.4
• Soggetto topico: Air bases, American
• Altri autori: VickAlan
• Note generali: "Rand Project Air Force."; "Prepared for the United States Air Force."; "RR-402-AF"--P. [4] of cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-101).
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 partnerships that minimize peacetime access risk, and the amount of forward presence that the USAF requires.
• Titolo autorizzato: Posture triangle
• ISBN: 0-8330-8170-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910220092103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Research report (Rand Corporation)