Theater Airlift Management and Control : Should We Turn Back the Clock To Be Ready for Tomorrow?

By Lieutenant Colonel Richard T. Devereaux, USAF

Book Id: WPLBN0002170761
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Reproduction Date: 10/23/2012

Title:	Theater Airlift Management and Control : Should We Turn Back the Clock To Be Ready for Tomorrow?
Author:	Lieutenant Colonel Richard T. Devereaux, USAF
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Language:	English
Subject:	Non Fiction, Military Science, Airlift Operations
Collections:	Authors Community, United States
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Publisher:	Air University Press

Member Page:	Air University Press
Citation APA MLA Chicago Colonel Richard T. Devereaux, Usa, B. L. (n.d.). Theater Airlift Management and Control : Should We Turn Back the Clock To Be Ready for Tomorrow?. Retrieved from http://gutenberg.cc/

Description
This study analyzes current theater airlift organization and control principles for supporting a large contingency or conventional war. It segregates theater airlift management issues into three organizing categories: 1) organizational relationships and responsibilities, 2) theater command and control networks and supporting personnel, and 3) theater airlift management procedures. The study analyzes historical evidence from the Vietnam and Gulf Wars to derive theater airlift management lessons. By comparing this evidence to current policy trends it attempts to determine how well current doctrine reflects past lessons. In addition, the author evaluates how well-equipped current doctrine is to handle three future influences on the theater airlift system: divestiture of the C-130 fleet, growing uncertainty in the international security arena, and the fielding of the new C-17 transport aircraft.