Assessing the training and operational proficiency of China's aerospace forces : selections from the inaugural conference of the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI) /

"During June 2015, the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), in conjunction with Headquarters, United States Air Force, held its inaugural conference titled 'Assessing Chinese Aerospace Training and Operational Competence.' This volume contains revised versions of three of the pap...

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Main Authors:	Burke, Edmund J. (Author), Cevallos, Astrid Stuth (Author), Cozad, Mark R. (Author), Heath, Timothy R. (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Assessing Chinese Aerospace Training and Operational Competence (Conference) Arlington, Va.), United States. Air Force (sponsoring body.)
Format:	Conference Proceeding Book
Language:	English
Published:	Santa Monica, Calif. : RAND Corporation, [2016]
Series:	Conference proceedings (Rand Corporation) ; CF-340-AF.
Subjects:	China. > Zhongguo ren min jie fang jun. > Kong jun > Operational readiness > Congresses. Fighter pilots > Training of > China > Congresses. Air forces > Training of > China > Congresses. Air power > China > Evaluation > Congresses.
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Summary:	"During June 2015, the China Aerospace Studies Institute (CASI), in conjunction with Headquarters, United States Air Force, held its inaugural conference titled 'Assessing Chinese Aerospace Training and Operational Competence.' This volume contains revised versions of three of the papers presented. 'PRC Leadership Dynamics Shaping the Future of the PLA Air Force: Examining the Party's Military Reform Efforts' examines the effect that leadership priorities and the composition of the Central Military Commission might have on People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) influence, bureaucratic leverage, and force development goals. 'Trends in PLA Air Force Joint Training: Assessing Progress in Integrated Joint Operations' examines the factors and concepts driving PLAAF joint training and evaluates the PLAAF's progress toward achieving this critical component of its long-term modernization objectives. Finally, 'New Type Support: Developments in PLAAF Air Station Logistics and Maintenance' details extensive PLAAF efforts to reform its logistics and maintenance systems"--
Item Description:	At head of title: RAND Project Air Force. "Prepared for the United States Air Force."
Physical Description:	vii, 89 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9780833095497 0833095498