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  • Risky Business

    This study examines the role of moral hazard in airlift operations. The author turns to the world of economics and insurance to define moral hazard and then examines two historical case studies through this lens. By conducting a comparative case study of the airlift-dependent operations at Dien Bien

  • Remotely Piloted Aircraft

    Currently, remotely piloted aircraft (RPA) cannot fly outside certain restricted areas in the United States. As such, RPAs cannot participate in domestic catastrophic events due to restrictive Federal Aviation Administration regulations. This paper determines the feasibility of integration,

  • Strategy for Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance

    Numerous reports have highlighted obstacles to the integration of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) into military campaigns and major operations. The root cause of these difficulties is adherence to a centralized Cold War collection management doctrine focused on production rather

  • The Air Commanders' Perspectives

    This compendium presents a candid and comprehensive commentary on what worked and what did not work during NATO air operations in Afghanistan. The key to the book’s value is revealed in its subtitle. Editor Dag Henriksen has compiled the perspectives of nine general officers who served in top

  • An Approach toward an Asia-Pacific Strategy, 2012 to 2020

    This regionally focused study is written at the strategic level to inform and guide US Air Force leadership over the next eight years. Further, the study is designed to provide an overarching strategy for the service as the nation rebalances from Europe and Southwest Asia to the Asia-Pacific region.

  • Interagency Regional Foreign Policy Implementation

    This is a must read for those involved in developing foreign policy or directing contingency and/or peacekeeping operations in the field. Colonel Pope applies his experience with the CIA and USCENTCOM, among other assignments, to enlighten his examination of the multiagency structure that plans,

  • Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency

    This anthology discusses the converging operational issues of air base defense and counterinsurgency. It explores the diverse challenges associated with defending air assets and joint personnel in a counterinsurgency environment. The authors are primarily Air Force officers from security forces,

  • Slim Chance

    This study applies lessons learned from air mobility’s pivotal role in Field Marshal Sir William Slim’s World War II Burma campaign to contemporary air mobility operations. Based on this analysis, the author suggests that modern air mobility practitioners must account for five key

  • Blue Horizons IV [ONLINE ONLY]

    This study examines the implications of exponential technological change on the panoply of threats the US Air Force may have to face in the future and how the Air Force should posture itself to best deter those threats. Of principal concern by the year 2035 are threats in six separate areas: nuclear

  • Thinking about Deterrence

    With many scholars and analysts questioning the relevance of deterrence as a valid strategic concept, this volume moves beyond Cold War nuclear deterrence to show the many ways in which deterrence is applicable to contemporary security. It examines the possibility of applying deterrence theory and


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