2008_RAND_Pacific_View_Air_Combat_Briefing

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Unclassified/FOUO/SensitiveAirbases are Interdependent Systems• Sortie generation requires:– Aircraft– Operating surfaces– Fuel– Maintenance vehicles and equipment– Command and control facilities– People to run and maintain all this stuff– And much morehttp://op-for.com/2006/10/• Cold War hardening program began with aircraft and spread to otherairbase systems because– Aircraft are the most expensive component– Aircraft are easily damaged ‘soft’ targets• Repair and recovery difficult or impossible– Aircraft are absolutely necessary (but not sufficient) for sortiegenerationAir Combat PPF 66
Unclassified/FOUO/SensitiveVery Few Airfields in the Western PacificDistance to Strait vs Distnace to China200018001600Distance to China140012001000800600FartherthanGuam4002000Too Close to China0 500 1000 1500 2000Distance to StraitBrunei Indonesia Japan Malaysia Philippines South Korea USAAir Combat PPF 67
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Air Combat Past, Present and Future
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Legacy of Desert StormUnclassified/
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USAF has only one basewithin 500 nm
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Page 19 and 20: “Will the BVR missiles work?”Un
Page 21 and 22: The History of BVR EmploymentUnclas
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Page 27 and 28: Unclassified/FOUO/SensitiveThe Meas
Page 29 and 30: The Numbers GameUnclassified/FOUO/S
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Page 41 and 42: 2020 Employment ExampleUnclassified
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Page 63 and 64: Legacy PlatformsLethal Radius ofAdv
Page 65: Unclassified/FOUO/SensitiveAll Figh
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Page 71 and 72: Aircraft at Kadena and Andersen•
Page 73 and 74: Unclassified/FOUO/SensitiveAircraft
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Page 86 and 87: F-86 Armament a Key FactorUnclassif
Page 88 and 89: Fuel consumption to support F-22s 2
Page 90: Attacking PLAAF Bases Circa 2020SA-
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