Defense Science Board Task Force report on aerial refueling requirements
Defense Science Board Task Force report on aerial refueling requirements

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Publisher: DIANE Publishing

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 67

ISBN-13: 1428982582

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Aerial refueling capabilities are an essential enabler of U.S. power projection and other critic at national missions. OPERATIONS ENDURING and IRAQI FREEDOM (OEF and OIF) could not have happened without these aerial refueling capabilities. Aerial refueling makes possible rapid deployment of forces to contingencies and the elective employment of those forces in the contingencies. In OIF there were over 8500 aerial refueling sorties flown and about 450 million pounds of fuel off loaded. In addition, aerial refueling remains a critical element in supporting the bomber leg of U.S. nuclear forces and other special national security missions. The task force was charged to evaluate current aerial refueling capability and to identify and evaluate alternative means of meeting future aerial refueling requirements.

Salvaging American Defense
Salvaging American Defense

Author: Anthony H. Cordesman

Publisher: CSIS

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 492

ISBN-13: 9780892064953

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Anthony Cordesman offers a detailed analysis of ten major challenges affecting U.S. national security, systematically identifying current failures and inefficiencies and proposing constructive ways to proceed in the future.

Global Politics of Defense Reform
Global Politics of Defense Reform

Author: T. Bruneau

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-03-03

Total Pages: 299

ISBN-13: 0230611052

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This volume highlights the impact of global trends on defense reform and civil-military relations, including phenomena such as globalization and economic liberalization that are not usually associated with such matters.