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Innovation in the United States Air Force : Evidence from Six Cases / Adam R. Grissom, Caitlin Lee, Karl P. Mueller.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Grissom, Adam, author.
- Lee, Caitlin, author.
- Mueller, Karl P., author.
- Series:
- Research report (Rand Corporation)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics, Military--Technological innovations--United States.
- Aeronautics, Military.
- Aerial reconnaissance--Technological innovations--United States.
- Aerial reconnaissance.
- Air defenses--Technological innovations--United States.
- Air defenses.
- Close air support--Technological innovations--United States.
- Close air support.
- United States. Air Force.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 105 pages : illustrations (chiefly color)
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 2016.
- Summary:
- "Developing innovative means to go "over not through" national strategic challenges has long been central to the Air Force's contribution to American security. In recent months, however, U.S. Air Force (USAF) senior leaders have raised the questions of whether the service is sufficiently innovative today and what can be done to make it more innovative for the future. This report assesses historical cases of Air Force innovation or apparent failure to innovate. These case studies include innovations in strategic reconnaissance (1946-1972), nuclear survivability (1950-1960), suppression of enemy air defenses (1975-1985), and precision strategic attack (1990-1999). Cases of apparent failure to innovate include close air support after World War II (1946-1951), early efforts to defeat Soviet integrated air defenses (1960-1970), and airborne high-value targeting in the post-Cold War era (1900-2001)"--Publisher's website
- Contents:
- Peacetime strategic reconnaissance (1946-1972)
- Close air support (1945-1951)
- Nuclear deterrent survivability (1950-1957)
- Suppression of enemy air defenses (1965-1985)
- Precision strategic attack (1990-1999)
- Airborne high-value targeting (1993-2001)
- Findings and implications.
- Notes:
- "RAND Project AIR FORCE."
- "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
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