Defending air bases in an age of insurgency /
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama :
Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute,
2014.
Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2019. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, 2021. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo56453 http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo56453 |
Table of Contents:
- [volume 1]. [Without special title]
- volume 2. [Without special title]
- volume 3. Integrated base defense principles for commanders.
- [Volume 1]: Introduction
- Part 1. Historical and international perspectives
- A short history of air base defense: from World War I to Iraq
- A Canadian perspective on air base ground defense: ad hoc is not good enough
- Air support for base defense: lessons for the noncontiguous battlefield
- Part 2. Case study
- Balad air base, Iraq.
- Defending the joint force: lesons learned from Joint Base Balad
- The defense of Joint Base Balad: an analysis
- Part 3. There is no "rear area" : changes to air base defense in a counterinsurgency environment
- The Air Force's new ground war : ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations
- Sharpening the eagle's talons : assessing advances in air base defense doctrine
- Setting the right glide slope : preparing the Air Force for the next counterinsurgency campaign
- Part 4. Organizing for the future
- Nowhere to hide : the growing threat to air bases
- Law enforcement and base defense : improving interoperability to benefit the war fighter
- Conclusion : ten propositions on the defense of air bases
- Afterword
- Abbreviations
- Bibliography.