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Air Power Against Terror: America's Conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom
Rethinking How the Air Force Views Sustainment Surge
Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF
Advisory and Assistance Missions
Sense and Respond Logistics: Integrating Prediction, Responsiveness, and Control Capabilities
Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) for KC-135 Recapitalization - Executive Summary
Shaping the Future Air Force
Beyond al-Qaeda
Strategic Analysis of Air National Guard Combat Support and Reachback Functions
Central Asia and Its Asian Neighbors: Security and Commerce at the Crossroads
Striking First Preemptive and Preventive Attack in U.S. National Security Policy
The Closed-Loop Planning System for Weapon System Readiness
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Capabilities and Sustainability of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces
Evaluation of Options for Overseas Combat Support Basing
Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Expanded Operational Architecture
for Combat Support Execution Planning and Control
Evolutionary Acquisition Implementation Challenges for Defense Space Programs
A Survey of Aircraft Structural-Life Management Programs in the U.S. Navy, the Canadian Forces, and the U.S. Air Force
The F100 Engine Purchasing and Supply Chain Management Demonstration - Findings from Air Force Spend Analyses
Systems Engineering and Program Management: Trends and Costs for Aircraft and Guided Weapons Programs
A Framework for Enhancing Airlift Planning and Execution Capabilities Within the
Joint Expeditionary Movement System
Improving the Development and Utilization of Air Force Space and Missile Officers
Historical Cost Growth of Completed Weapon System Programs
A User's Guide to the Technical Training Schoolhouse Model
Impossible Certainty: Cost Risk Analysis for Air Force Systems
U.S. Interests in Central Asia
Learning Large Lessons: The Evolving Roles of Ground Power and Air Power in the Post-Cold War Era
Valuing Programmed Depot Maintenance Speed An Analysis of F-15 PDM
Maintaining the Balance Between Manpower, Skill Levels, and PERSTEMPO
War and Escalation in South Asia
The Maintenance Costs of Aging Aircraft - Insights from Commercial Aviation
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