Air Force Journal of Logistics articles from March 2006

Air Force Journal of Logistics archives from March 2006

Combat support: overseas basing options.(21st century logistics challenges)
March 22, 2006... Today's security environment is characterized both by a range of regional security threats and by a persistent global insurgency and counterinsurgency. The ability of US forces to provide swift and tailored responses to a multitude of threats...

Logistics and warfare.( )
March 22, 2006... General Mathew B. Ridgway, of World War II fame, once observed, "What throws you in combat is rarely the fact that "your tactical scheme was wrong... but that you failed to think through the hard cold facts of logistics." Logistics is the key...

Procuring and sustaining the joint strike fighter.(contemporary issues)
March 22, 2006... The JSF program abandoned its original procurement strategy based on evolutionary acquisition principles in favor of a front-loaded schedule which committed to delivering full capability during the system development phase. "Procuring and...

Notable quotes.
March 22, 2006... Logistics comprises the means and arrangements which work out the plans of strategy and tactics. Strategy decides where to act, logistics brings the troops to that point. Logistics is the bridge between the economy of the nation and the...

Coalition warfare: lessons from the American Expeditionary Force.(logistics history)
March 22, 2006... The relationship lessons from World War I projected forward and reinforced in current models provide tools to overcome potential coalition conflicts. The coalition interactions of General Pershing, Premier Clemenceau, Marshal Foch, and Marshal...

Candid voices: metrics in Air Force Calibration Laboratories: a case study.(Views on Logistics)
March 22, 2006... Introduction Under the direction of the Air Force Metrology and Calibration (AFMETCAL) Program, the Air Force employs a network of 75 calibration laboratories across the country and overseas to support its inventory of test measurement and...

Technology and logistics.
March 22, 2006... Technology (including technological change and technological innovation), as a subject, covers a great deal of ground and often enjoins heated debate. It has proven to be one of the major tools for dealing with problems, perhaps more so in the...

Shaping logistics--wargames.
March 22, 2006... As you can well imagine, this is not an easy task or one that creates universal consensus in the Air Force logistics community. However, the utility of exploring new logistical concepts in wargames versus real life quickly becomes obvious when...

Can we really do less with less? Simulating the potential effects of reducing ICBM alert rates.(INSIDE LOGISTICS: EXPLORING THE HEART OF LOGISTICS)
March 22, 2006... Introduction In the continuing era of ever tighter budgets and creative resource allocation, one initiative currently being considered is reducing the threshold for required intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) alert rates....

Logistics and change.(INSIDE LOGISTICS: EXPLORING THE HEART OF LOGISTICS)
March 22, 2006... Over the past several years the Air Force has embarked upon a major journey of transformation. The Air Force has a long and sometimes difficult history of trying to apply commercial practices to our military functions. Many old-timers still...