Kristin F. Lynch

Evaluating current end-to-end support postures for certain UAV systems revealed that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support and for testing and evaluation, training, and plans for future enhancements. Evaluating current UAV systems reveals that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support. Here, the authors focus on current support postures and evaluate methods for improving current postures that may also be applied to future systems. Areas the Air Force should consider for future developments include budgeting to resolve issues that arise during testing and evaluation, training issues, and planning for standardization with future use of spiral development.

An analysis of combat support experiences associated with Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) that compares these experiences with those associated with Joint Task Force Noble Anvil (JTF NA), the U. S. component of Operation Allied Force, in Serbia, and the first 100 days of Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF), in Afghanistan. Its objectives were to indicate the performance of U. S. Air force combat support in JTF NA, OEF, and OIF, and examine how Agile Combat Support concepts were implemented in OIF.

Describes a review conducted as a joint effort by the U. S. Air Force and the RAND Corporation (acting as analytic advisor) to develop improvement options for mitigating wing-level logistics problems that began in the 1990s. 450-character abstract: Upon direction from the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the RAND Corporation (as analytic advisor) and the Air Force conducted a joint review of logistics wing-level processes aimed at developing improvement options to mitigate logistics problems in meeting increasing readiness demands. The authors describe the analytic approach and results of this Chief's Logistics Review, as well as how the solution options designed to improve wing-level logistics processes were implemented, tested, and then evaluated at selected air bases.

Presents an analysis of Air Force combat support experiences associated with Operation Enduring Freedom and compares these experiences with those associated with Operation Allied Force (OAF) to determine similarities and applicability of lessons across experiences. An analysis of combat support experiences associated with Operation Enduring Freedom that compares these experiences with those associated with Operation Allied Force (OAF). Its objectives were to indicate the performance of U. S. Air Force combat support in OEF, examine how Agile Combat Support concepts were implemented in OEF and compare OAF and OEF experiences to determine similarities and applicability of lessons across experiences, and to determine whether some experiences are unique to particular scenarios.