Combat pair the evolution of Air Force-Navy integration in strike warfare

This report documents the exceptional cross-service harmony that the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy have steadily developed in their conduct of integrated strike operations since the first Persian Gulf War in 1991. That close harmony contrasts sharply with the situation that prevailed throughout most...

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Main Author: Lambeth, Benjamin S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND Corp. ©2007©2007, 2007
Series:Rand project Air Force
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Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • A backdrop of apartness
  • The watershed of Desert Storm
  • Post-Gulf War Navy adjustments to new demands
  • First steps toward integrated strike-warfare training
  • Continued sources of Navy-Air Force friction
  • A convergence of integration over Afghanistan
  • Further convergence in Operation Iraqi Freedom
  • Emergent trends in Air Force-Navy integration
  • A new synergy of land- and sea-based strike warfare
  • Further challenges and opportunities
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-105)