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The virtual combat air staff : the promise of information technologies / Arthur F. Huber [et al.].
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Virtual reality.
- United States. Air Force--Communication systems.
- United States.
- United States. Air Force--Staff.
- United States. Air Force--Organization.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xix, 120 pages) : illustrations
- Other Title:
- Virtual combat air staff
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, 1996.
- Summary:
- This study investigated the nature of the future combat air staff in the context of air war in the information age and how application of information-age technology could reduce deployment of personnel while maintaining, or improving, staff support to the air campaign through the use of virtuality. Within the confines of this study, "virtuality" refers to the concept that not all elements of a staff may be physically located in the same place, that communication technology may allow for the retrieval of information resources from diverse centers of responsibility, and that staff assets may be reabsorbed into host centers after the cessation of hostilities. The results of this research indicate that the rapid advances now progressing within the technological realm, as well as within organizational theory and practice, presage a different paradigm for the future combat air staff. This report should be of interest to the Air Force, other services, and commands that are seeking ways to reduce physical forward combat area presence while maintaining combat effectiveness.
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