Courses of action for enhancing U.S. Air Force "irregular warfare" capabilities
Subtitle: a functional solutions analysis
By: Richard Mesic ... [et al.].
Contributors: United States. Air Force; Project Air Force (U.S.); Rand Corporation
Publisher: RAND
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Santa Monica, CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 90
ISBN-13: 9780833048745
Description: "The U.S. Air Force leadership plans in the near term to identify and implement a range of initiatives for enhancing the service's contributions to irregular warfare (IW) operations and to meet DoD guidance that directs its components to "recognize that IW is as strategically important as traditional warfare." This monograph is the result of a "quick-turn" study to provide the leadership with a menu of actions it could consider both in the very near term and over an extended period to strengthen and expand the Air Force's capabilities to take part in joint and interagency efforts in irregular warfare. Rather than developing detailed endpoints for Air Force capabilities or structure in the future--e.g., what the USAF could look like in, say, 2015--the authors propose solution vectors that could enable the Air Force to move out quickly while continuing to consider responses to emerging demands in a dynamic IW environment."--Rand web site.
Notes: "Prepared for the United States Air Force."

"Rand Project Air Force."

"MG-913-AF"--P. [4] of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 85-90).

Also available via the Internet.

Sponsored by the United States Air Force FA7014-06-C-0001
Table of contents: title: Engaging in Irregular Warfare; title: Exploring Courses of Action for Irregular Warfare; title: Recommendations for Successful Implementation of Irregular Warfare Initiatives; title: Conclusions; title: Appendix A:  Snapshot Descriptions of the Irregular Warfare Initiatives; title: Appendix B: Estimates of Resources Required for Irregular Warfare Initiatives.