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Air Combat Command (ACC) relies on Air Combat Maneuvering Instrumentation (ACMI) systems for air-to-air combat training and large force employment flight debrief. Although extremely effective training enhancements, these systems are enormously expensive and typically require flight over restricted airspace ranges. These factors have prevented fleetwide implementation of ACMI training on a daily basis. This study presents a summary of the development of the current and proposed family of ACMI systems and the capabilities each system provides. The Kadena Interim Training System provides a suitable case study to compare requirements of current ACMI features to the capabilities available using internal components....

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1 BACKGROUND . . . . 1 2 ACMI CONCEPTS, SOLUTIONS, AND REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS . . . . 13 3 ACMI SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT AND KADENA INTERIM TRAINING SYSTEM . . . . . 21 4 PROPOSAL FOR INTERNAL SOLUTIONS . . . . . 27 5 POTENTIAL SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND CONFIGURATION . . . . . 45 6 POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES. . . . 55 7 CONCLUSIONS. . . . 63 8 RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . 67...

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The importance of close air support (CAS) has markedly increased over the last five years in Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. CAS has been a heavily debated topic within the services for decades. CAS doctrine and training issues have affected aircraft procurement, interservice relationships, and the application and effectiveness of airpower on the battlefield. While much progress has been made since 2001, the services must continue to make CAS more effective. On the modern battlefield, the joint application of firepower is a reality, not a concept. It is time to “engage” the doctrinal and training challenges facing our services in order to increase the effectiveness of our aviation forces in the CAS arena....

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CAS has been a heavily debated topic within the services for decades. CAS doctrine and training issues have affected aircraft procurement, interservice relationships, and the application and effectiveness of airpower on the battlefield. While much progress has been made since 2001, the services must continue to make CAS more effective. On the modern battlefield, the joint application of firepower is a reality, not a concept. It is time to “engage” the doctrinal and training challenges facing our services in order to increase the effectiveness of our aviation forces in the CAS arena....

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Colonel Paul “P. J.” McAneny offers an analysis focused on aircraft maintenance but applicable to the entire force and recommends cultural changes to support lasting transformation. He examines the impact of metrics on transformation and evaluates the USAF aircraft maintenance culture. He asks several questions: Can focused metrics precede cultural change? Does the aircraft maintenance community support a Red Is Good culture, in which metrics are used to illuminate problems rather than measure success or failure? If so, is the community a true learning organization that can maximize its impact through continuous process-improvement initiatives? The answers lead Colonel McAneny to recommend several Air Force–level changes to meet long-term aircraft readiness and reliability targets....

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This book covers a wide range of aspects of cattle and buffalo hide collection, storage and processing in Thailand. No previous collation of information on the subject exists and, together with research presented herein, this book represents a milestone in understanding of a neglected industry with great commercial potential from improved management. The story starts with the emergence of Thailand as one of the world’s major agricultural exporters in many fields often to the neglect of useful by-products. Treating hides as a by-product of the bovine industries has held Thailand’s own leather industry back. This book explains means by which it can be advanced to both national and commercial benefit. Because of the low quality of local hides in Thailand as in other developing countries, the end users in the industrial sector have long experienced major difficulties. As hide purchasers they need to meet quality requirements for their hide products in an efficient and financially viable manner. They operate without having the ways and means to deal with the existing problems of defects that originate from different sources in other seg...

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LIST OF TABLES vii LIST OF FIGURES viii LIST OF PHOTOS ix Acknowledgments x What this Book is About 11 Chapter 1 – Setting the Scene 16 Chapter 2 – An Overview of Thai Bovines 27 The Cattle and Buffalo Industry in Thailand 27 Populations of Cattle and Buffalo 28 Cattle and Buffalo Production Systems 30 Story of Kamphaeng Saen Beef Cattle 33 Development of Kamphaeng Saen Beef Breed 34 Kamphaeng Saen Beef Breeders’ Association 36 Genetic Improvement of KPS Beef Cattle 38 Markets and Marketing System for Live Bovines 44 General Characteristics of Cattle and Buffalo Markets 45 Marketing Systems 47 Purchasing Techniques 50 Procedures after Purchasing & Destination of Animals 51 Payment and Money Circulation in RLM 52 Thai Hide Transaction Chains and Marketing Today 55 Transaction Chain of Hides 55 Hides at Slaughterhouses 56 Hide Collecting Businesses 60 Hides at Tanneries 61 Marketing of Hides 64 Types of Hide Traders 65 Hide Purchasing 67 Use of Hides for Continuing Businesses 73 Physical Factors Affecting Cattle Hide Quality 75 Hide Preservation and Quality 77 Investigation of Defects on Cattle Hides 79 Quality Standard for Cat...

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The Book details on how to approach CMMI Implementation in an organization. It details out the various phases involved in CMMI Implementation and how to plan and execute them. It details on various aspects which we tend to overlook in CMMI Implementation. Who Should Read? • Organization looking forward to implement CMMI • Top Management person, trying to understand how to go about • SEPG, Program manager and Process Quality members • Anyone who is interested in understanding the Implementation of CMMI Why to Read? • To get complete End to End understanding on CMMI Implementation Lifecycle • Plan your budget, effort and resources for the program • Set your expectations clear on CMMI Implementation • Be aware of the different aspects in Implementation How it’s different: • Written from practitioners’ point of view • Communicates the reality in practical implementation Word of Caution: • The book contains only samples and typical examples and they are not comprehensive and to be verified and validated on a particular context for applicability ...

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This CMMI Implementation Guide is a reference book for anyone interested in implementing CMMI in their organization. The purpose of this book is, to provide insight in to CMMI Implementation phases and best practices to be followed in this journey. Most of us agree, that CMMI is more a De facto model that IT Industry follows and other industries also has shown lot of interest in adopting this model. The day to day popularity and its adoption rate is on the surge for CMMI. In this scenario, this book will help the new organizations and implementers, on how to approach CMMI Implementation practically in their organization. This book is not a replacement to the Model or to the resources which CMMI Institute Publishes. This is only an additional resource which user can benefit from. CMMI Institute holds the complete authority and rights to CMMI model and all the components within the framework. This book is prepared based on the experience of a practitioner on implementing the model in various organizations. The Author has worked in multiple roles in CMMI Implementation and has global exposure in implementing the model. We reiterate ...

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Contents Introduction to CMMI Initiating CMMI Implementation Planning CMMI Implementation Executing CMMI Implementation Appraising CMMI Implementation Sustaining CMMI Implementation CMMI High Maturity Implementation Miscellaneous References ...

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A través del arte, la literatura, la exploración de ciudad a partir del cuerpo, su casa y el vecindario, los participantes desarrollan experiencias de ciudadanía desde las formas tradicionales y modernas de comunicación. La cuestión central que el documento resolverá es, ¿cómo pueden contribuir las TIC a la construcción de un proyecto de Educación para la vida? De acuerdo con esto, el libro ha sido dividido en 7 capítulos, el primero de ellos dedicado al lugar y el contexto donde se desarrolló el proyecto, el segundo a hacer un recorrido, desde lo local hasta lo continental, sobre los usos de las TIC en la construcción de ciudadanía y gobernabilidad; el tercer capítulo relata el proyecto desde la comunicación y la cultura, el cuarto lo hace desde la educación, el quinto desde la identidad, el territorio y la memoria, el sexto capítulo se enfoca a revisar lo que ocurrió en el proyecto desde la ciudadanía. En el séptimo capítulo desarrollaremos las conclusiones y las perspectivas de trabajo a partir de lo construido. ...

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“La actividad cultural -dice Bernardo Kliksberg- ha sido vista con frecuencia, desde la economía, como un campo secundario ajeno a la vía central por la que debe tratarse de hacer avanzar el crecimiento económico. Ha sido con frecuencia tratada de hecho como un área que insume recursos, que no genera retornos sobre la inversión, funcionales económicamente, que es de difícil medición, y cuya gerencia es de dudosa calidad. A su vez también ha existido desde el terreno de la cultura, una cierta tendencia al auto encierro, sin buscar activamente conexiones con los programas económicos sociales. Todo ello ha creado una brecha considerable entre cultura y desarrollo. Ese estado de situación significa pérdidas considerables para la sociedad”...

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1 EL LUGAR DE TRABAJO Agradecimientos 9 El universo en un grano de arena 56 ¿Qué es el proyecto De la Calle a la Escuela?11 Introducción 13 La Estructura Del libro 49 Ventana 53 Recapitulando 61 2 TIC Y EDUCACIÓN PARA LA VIDA Una revisión general 64 El complejo camino hacia una democracia de los ciudadanos 71 El entorno regional: América Latina y el Caribe 65 Los cambios 68 La vida en Colombia 72 Recapitulando 75 3 COMUNICACIÓN Y CULTURA En el ojo de las TIC y la Educación para la Vida 78 Primer año. Conectividad: entre la euforia, el desencanto 79 La experiencia de ciudadanía y TIC vista desde la perspectiva de género 87 Segundo año. La conexión indirecta en una ciudad Palimpsesto 89 Tercer año. Internet y radio: una alianza para la educación 91 Radios para la vida 92 Niños y niñas: Las diferencias 99 TIC, escuela y vecindario 93 Las reuniones barriales: Comunicación y cultura a la Calle 100 Las percepciones desde el foro 101 Recapitulando 103 4 EDUCACIÓN En la calle y en la Escuela 106 Las estrategias de aprendizaje 112 Las evaluaciones 117 Recapitulando 121 5 IDENTIDAD, TERRITOR...

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This book is a universal dictionary of arts and sciences. It contains the definitions of the terms in several arts, liberal and mechanical, and also several sciences. Encyclopedie is was a translation of "Cyclopaedia" into French. As Diderot translated the book, he came up with the idea that it should not be limited to just the arts and science but every branch of knowledge that should be learned by man. It was a project that was 20 years in the making before it was finally completed....

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This book is designed to provide a two year craft program that can be easily implemented at senior centers. Because a large amount of craft preparation needs to be done before the craft can be taken to a senior citizens home, the book is ideal for large groups. It is composed mainly of paper crafts, as they are relatively inexpensive and easy to make. All of the crafts have been taught successfully at senior citizen homes. Though it was written to be used with seniors, the crafts are great for people of any age....

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Working with the Senior Citizens: For those of you who have never before worked with senior citizens, here are some tips to keep in mind. Remember to:  Speak loudly and clearly --many of them are hard of hearing --if they don’t respond to a question, chances are they couldn’t hear you, so ask again  Offer to assist them on each step, if need be, do the entire project for them --many of them have arthritis or limited mobility in their hands  Ask them for their name and about their day --most enjoy talking to young people☺  Compliment them or their project  Let them choose the colors they want to use on their project...

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Tissue Paper Flowers-4 Tissue Paper Pressing-7 Decoupage with Tissue Paper (Door Hanger)-10 Decoupage with Fabric-12 Beaded Bracelet-13 Seasonal Triangular Box-14 Pull Out Card-18 Paper Bookmark-21 Picture Frame Card-23 Candy Spider-25 Paper Jack-o-lantern-28 Fall Greeting Card-30 Turkey Treat Holder-32 Paper Snowflakes-35 Summer Fan-37 Paper Lollipop Flowers-39 Spring Flower Wreath-41 Spring Flower Pot Wall Hanging-44 Owl Greeting Card-47 Valentine’s Day Card-50 Two Year Plan-52 Preparations for Large Groups-53 to 58 Templates-59 to 62...

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El documento ha sido redactado en forma de carta a una tía imaginaria, recién nombrada Secretaria de Comunicaciones de un país latinoamericano. Este pretexto narrativo nos permite abordar de manera creativa la discusión de temáticas y propuestas que ayuden a sacar mejor provecho de las oportunidades que brindan las tecnologías de información y comunicación, TICs, para el desarrollo humano en la región. ...

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"El problema más serio que nos encontramos al ver programas que tienen que ver con TICs y desarrollo es que muchísimas veces, demasiadas, éstos están desconectados de lo que sucede y se necesita en el mundo real de las personas"....

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1. Construir soluciones concretas 2. Andar al ritmo de la comunidad 3. Aprender de los errores 4. Localizar la comunicación globalizada 5. Trabajar con perspectiva de equidad de género 6. Hablar con voz propia 7. Generar nuevos conocimientos ...

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While your child will enjoy doing Gol-Gol Games, you as the parent/ teacher/ facilitator may need to figure out how to guide your child through Gol-Gol Games, or play the game with your child. This is a useful companion book to Gol-Gol Games Volume 1, designed to help you guide the child, while both of you have fun....

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We are trying to use the “Socratic” method, as in asking questions and letting children think about the answers. We suggest you allow children to think and write the answers. Try not to draw either the objects or the circles for the child. Try to avoid suggesting techniques and methods of thinking. Children can develop their own ways of thinking. Less help in finding answers is a good thing for children! It makes them think. More time in finding answers is a very good thing for children! It makes them think without pressure. Read a book while the child draws. Relax....

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The role of the guide Suggested solutions for words and circles Suggested solutions for adding circles

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Imaginamos escenarios posibles y mejores a través de un proyecto; planeamos ese escenario, hacemos cuentas, pensamos, escribimos y avanzamos en lo que hemos imaginado. Al tiempo nos damos cuenta que lo imaginado no fue con exactitud, que algo faltó o sobró. Hay proyectos a muy corto plazo, como una comida entre un grupo; hay otros para toda la vida como la gestación de un ser humano, hay otros proyectos que salen del marco familiar y se meten en otros vecindarios, buscando mejorar lo presente. ...

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Una comunidad de aprendizaje asume que toda comunidad humana posee recursos de aprendizaje, agentes instituciones y redes que necesitan ser identificadas, valoradas, desarrolladas y articuladas para asegurar las necesidades de aprendizaje de todos en la comunidad. Una comunidad de aprendizaje adopta una visión amplia de educación y coloca el aprendizaje en el centro, abarcando educación, talleres y ambientes de aprendizaje. Una comunidad de aprendizaje está basada en la premisa de solidaridad, cooperación y alianzas entre casa y escuela, educación fuera y dentro de la escuela, instituciones privadas y públicas, a la par de un recurso humano, alrededor de una estrategia compartida de desarrollo y transformación comunitaria. ...

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Agradecimientos 9 Perfil de la institución responsable 11 Presentación 13 Introducción y resumen 15 La región del proyecto 17 PRIMERA PARTE Plano general 1. Lo que imaginamos 21 2. Lo que no previmos 33 3. Lo previsto 40 4. Lo que iba quedando 43 5. Lo que quedará 52 6. Conclusiones y recomendaciones 58 7. Entrega de cuentas 63 SEGUNDA PARTE Primer plano 1. Raíces en movimiento. Experiencia de construcción de ciudadanía 67 2. Los talleres 78 3. Los foros 92 4. Las exposiciones y ferias 100 5. Los ciclos de cine 103 6. Lo que cuenta la ciudad: La radio una excusa pedagógica 107 7. Palabras para entendernos 116 8. Anexos 125 ...

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Here are some of my notes about reverse engineering in English language for those beginners who would like to learn to understand x86 (which accounts for almost all executable so ware in the world) and ARM code created by C/C++ compilers. There are several popular meanings of the term “reverse engineering”: 1) reverse engineering of so ware: researching of compiled programs; 2) 3D model scanning and reworking in order to make a copy of it; 3) recreating DBMS structure. These notes are related to the first meaning. ...

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While investigating these topics, my research centered on an interview with one of the former Soviet Union’s top missile engineers, the vice commander of Air Combat Command, discussions with the USAF Air Armament Center’s chief of advanced concepts, and on recently declassified CIA documents regarding the US reconnaissance program and National Intelligence Estimates. Also important to this work are Russian language sources documenting the Soviet need to develop mobile missiles. Although many other sources within the media and academia were tapped for information, these were the most prominent. As a result, this study highlights many of the great technological leaps America has made toward being able to attack mobile missiles, but it also underscores the need for improved coordination....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . .1 2 THE EVOLUTION AND SPREAD OF MOBILE BALLISTIC MISSILES. . . 5 3 THE AMERICAN COLD WAR RESPONSE . . . . . . . . . 21 4 RESPONDING TO MOBILE BALLISTIC MISSILES IN THE POST–COLD WAR ENVIRONMENT. . . . . . . 37 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS . . . . . . . 51...

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One of the United States’ greatest military advantages is rapid global mobility. The Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) provides a crucial supplement to the military’s mobility resources in time of war or national emergency. The proliferation of man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), however, poses a growing threat to the CRAF and its critical airlift capacity. In this study, Lt Col Glen Downing describes the US government’s historical and potential future uses of the CRAF during contingency operations. He examines current CRAF policies, the operating environment, and the MANPAD threat, describing the negative consequences of the shoot down of a CRAF airliner. Positing several options to counter the threat, he analyzes each following the parameters of unit cost, operating cost, funding sources, insurability, and crew training. The study concludes with a thoughtful recommendation to the Department of Defense on a course of action to confront the MANPADS threat to the CRAF....

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A comparison of the Misty and A-10 FAC missions clearly demonstrates a failure of the USAF to develop a full range of suitable tactics for the direct attack of enemy fielded forces. Although the quantum leaps in weapons delivery accuracy from Vietnam to Kosovo now make it possible to destroy armor and artillery from the air, there has not been a corresponding improvement in target identification. Until USAF prioritizes the direct attack of ground forces and target identification, its ability to attack fielded forces effectively will remain limited. Drawing from the lessons of the Misty and A-10 FACs, the recommendations presented here focus on equipment, tactics and training, and doctrine....

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1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 HISTORY OF AIR INTERDICTION FROM WORLD WAR I THROUGH VIETNAM . . . . . . . 7 3 MISTY-FAC TACTICS: HYPOTHETICAL MISSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 4 HISTORY OF ATTACKING FIELDED FORCES: POST-VIETNAM TO KOSOVO . . . . . . . . . . . .41 5 A-10 FORWARD AIR CONTROLLER TACTICS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 6 CONCLUSION. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79...

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This study analyzes the need for changes to NATO airpower doctrine to reflect current Post–Cold War realities. NATO air doctrine does not yet reflect the actuality of today’s operations, nor does it anticipate the probable future employment of NATO’s airpower. Out–of–area operations and PFP participation in NATO operations will have profound effects on combined doctrine, training, organizational structures, exercises and employment of forces. NATO’s tactical doctrine revision process served the alliance well during the Cold War. But today, the international environment has drastically changed: both the nature of the threat and the use of NATO airpower during conflict have changed. The current doctrinal revision process has proven too slow and cumbersome to provide adequate direction for air strategists during ongoing operations. There are many new doctrinal areas that must be thoroughly addressed so that NATO can chart a course for the future that in the end provides the best, most effective mix of forces....

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INTRODUCTION...1 The Goal: Stability And The Spread Of Democracy....2 Airpower Doctrine And Why It Should Be Kept Current.....5 Preview And Methodology..6 ISSUE BACKGROUND.....8 The NATO Air Doctrine Process ....8 Out–Of–Area Operations .. 11 The PFP And NATO Enlargement .... 13 OUT OF AREA IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO’S AIR DOCTRINE..... 25 Potential Areas For Doctrinal Revision.. 28 Conclusion....44 ENLARGEMENT AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR NATO’S AIRPOWER... 49 Immediate Considerations For PFP Integration.. 50 The Cold War Military Legacy.. 51 Training And Equipment ... 53 The Cold War Deployment Of Assets.... 54 Suggested Solutions.. 55 Long Term Implications For PFP Integration .... 57 Conclusion.... 64 FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS... 67 BIBLIOGRAPHY..... 70...

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In this paper Lt Col Cristina M. Stone argues that the Air Force does not adequately prepare its intelligence analysts; targeteers; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operators; and unit-level and air and space operations center (AOC) personnel with the knowledge and expertise required to fill these positions. The author recommends that the Air Force leverage its technical and scientific core and expert organizations across the government to improve training for intelligence personnel requiring WMD expertise. Regarding ISR operations, she proposes that the Air Force develop enhanced collection capabilities. This paper recommends changes to Air Force intelligence training, technical WMD expertise, collection capabilities, and marketing to improve the nation’s ability to combat WMD....

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Lt. Col. J. Reggie Hall’s Agile Combat Support Doctrine and Logistics Officer Training: Do We Need an Integrated Logistics School for the Expeditionary Air and Space Force? examines the evolution of USAF logistics doctrine, the linkage between doctrine, strategy, tactics, and training programs, and the corresponding application of logistics employment and sustainment functions in a deployed environment. In doing so, he analyzes the USAF’s diverse logistics officer training programs to determine if there is a deficiency in interdisciplinary logistics employment and sustainment training. He ascertains whether or not that training shortfall reveals a gap between USAF logistics doctrine and expeditionary air and space force combat strategy. His study also investigates the USAF transition to the air and space expeditionary force (AEF) operational employment concept as the force projection mechanism for the expeditionary air and space force and the reliance on ACS as the primary enabler to identify specific areas here the absence of integrated logistics training impacts or potentially degrades mission success....

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Fifth Air Force light and medium bomber operations during 1942 and 1943 are textbook examples of doctrinal flexibility and extraordinary innovation. The unprecedented success of both the Battle of the Bismarck Sea and the Wewak Raid illustrate how airpower became the dominant force in the Southwest Pacific....