The posture triangle : a new framework for U.S. Air Force global presence : research report / Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick ; prepared for the United States Air Force.

U.S. Air Force (USAF) global posture-its overseas forces, facilities, and arrangements with partner nations-faces a variety of fiscal, political, and military challenges. This report seeks to identify why the USAF needs a global posture, where it needs basing and access, the types of security partne...

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Main Authors: Pettyjohn, Stacie L., Vick, Alan (Author)
Corporate Author: Project Air Force (U.S.)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Santa Monica, Calif.] : RAND Corp., ©2013.
©2013
Series:Research report (Rand Corporation)
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505 0 |a Introduction -- What does the USAF need a global posture? -- Where does the USAF need basing and access? -- What types of security partnerships minimize peacetime access risk? -- How much forward presence does the USAF require? -- Findings and recommendations. 
505 0 |a Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Background; The Policy Problem; Purpose of This Document; Organization; 2. Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; The Reach and Limits of U.S. Territory; The Posture Triangle; Strategic Anchors; Forward Operating Locations; Support Links; An Integrated Framework for Posture Planning; 3. Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; Strategic Anchors; Strategic Anchors: Enduring Partners; Strategic Anchors-Mutual Defense Partners; Forward Operating Locations. 
505 8 |a Support Links (En Route Airfields)4. What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk?; Political Challenges to Peacetime Access; Peacetime Access Risk; 5. How Much Forward Presence Does the USAF Require?; Tremendous Variation in the USAF's Overseas Presence; Military Requirements and Forward Presence; The Posture Triangle and Peacetime Presence Needs; 6. Findings and Recommendations; Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk? 
505 8 |a How Much Forward Presence Does the United States Require?Recommendations; Use an Integrated Framework to Explain Global Posture; Maintain Strategic Anchor Locations in Key Regions and with Enduring Partners; Expand Access to Potential Forward Operating Locations in Key Regions; Use Basing Clusters to Minimize Access Risk; Expand USAF Capability to Support Rotational Forces; Global Posture for a Global Power; Bibliography. 
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