In 2002, the Air Force initiated a program called Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), which seeks to manage relationships with suppliers to reduce the total cost of logistics operations and improv
A congressionally mandated review of the proposed restructuring of Air Force Materiel Command examined the proposal and its effect on life-cycle management, weapon system sustainment, and overall supp
The Italian General Giulio Douhet reigns as one of the twentieth century’s foremost strategic air power theorists. As such scholars as Raymond Flugel have pointed out, Douhet’s theories were crucia
This volume details the experiences of 107 elite American aces in combat against the Japanese. The highest scoring US pilots of World War 2 fought against the Japanese Army Air Force and Imperial Japa
A close-up look at the role of leadership in combat profiles Captain George Paccerelli, the new commmander of the Company E, 52d Infantry LRRPs, as he shaped the men of the Army's Air Cavalry LRRP com
Created in 1942, and immediately placed under the command of General Doolittle, the 12th Air Force was responsible for conducting Operation Torch on November 8, 1942.
British and Allied memoirs and histories have contributed to the rise of three mythsconcerning the discovery and employment of radar. These myths are as follows. The first myth is that Sir Robert Wats
Our reliance on computers and information-based technologies within DOD has greatly increased our potential for vulnerability if our information systems are attacked. DOD systems now receive numerous
A long-established U.S. Navy publication also used by the U.S. Air Force as well as by the FAA as a source reference for their own publications, this textbook presents the elements of applied aerodyna
When appropriate, the U.S. Air Force needs to be prepared to supply joint task force (JTF) headquarters. The authors discuss the theory and practice of JTFs, survey command-related developments in the
Selections from four legends in maritime and air strategy: Mahan, Corbett, Douhet and Mitchell Introduction by noted military strategist and author David Jablonsky David Jablonsky has compiled the bes
General Kenney Reports is a classic account of a combat commander in action. General George Churchill Kenney arrived in the SouthwestPacific theater in August 1942 to find that his command, if not in
Egypt and Palestine offered the British an opportunity to fight a war of movement. Unlike the Western Front, Egypt and Palestine were undeveloped with wide expanses of land. It was ripe for the develo
Assesses the FY 2012 reorganization of the Air Force Material Command, which was undertaken as one of the initiatives to achieve mandated budget reductions by eliminating civilian manpower positions,
"This book describes the Strategic Air Command's (SAC) history along with the evolution of its aircraft markings policy, basic definitions on aircraft markings terminology, and individual unit section
