Report of a Workshop on Expanding U.S. Air Force Noncombat Mission Capabilities / Carl Builder [et al.].

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Government document

Contributor:

United States. Air Force.

Rand Corporation.

Builder, Carl H.

Conference Name:

Workshop on Expanding U.S. Air Force Noncombat Mission Capabilities (1992 : Washington, D.C.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airlift, Military--United States--Congresses.

Airlift, Military.

Military intelligence--United States--Congresses.

Military intelligence.

United States. Air Force--Congresses.

United States.

United States. Air Force--Case studies--Congresses.

United States. Air Force--Civic action--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 77 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1993.

Summary:

This report describes a workshop held in June 1992 on expanding U.S. Air Force noncombat mission capabilities. The major result of the workshop was the unexpected highlighting of a division among the participants about whether noncombat missions should become an integral part of Air Force capabilities and whether they would seriously degrade U.S. combat capabilities. Related issues were whether Air Force noncombat activities could be carried out by nonmilitary organizations and whether efforts to enhance Air Force noncombat support capabilities may be regarded as only a means of obtaining a larger share of the military budget. The participants did, however, identify some noncombat capabilities likely to be needed: adequate infrastructure in remote areas; improved command, control, communications, and intelligence capabilities in remote areas and for coordinating with local authorities; and psychological and civil affairs capabilities where a knowledge of indigenous culture as well as language is important.