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Air Force Association

The US Air Force Association (AFA) is an independent, nonprofit, civilian education organisation promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the pivotal role it plays in the security of the US. Their web site describes the work of the association and is organised according to three key ideas - educate, advocate and support. The most recent issues of the digital version of Air Force Magazine, the monthly journal of the AFA are available in PDF format. Older issues are indexed back to 1955, with selected articles available in full. A daily report is also available. This focuses on information about the US Air Force, airpower, and national defence. It is produced by the staff of Air Force Magazine and is posted online from Monday to Friday.


Air Force Research Laboratory

The United States Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is situated at Wright- Patterson Air Force Base. This website provides information concerning the AFRL headquarters, including details of its reading room, corporate strategy, organisation, symposiums, seminars and conferences. There are also links to the AFRL's various directorates: air vehicles, directed energy, human effectiveness, information, materials & manufacturing, munitions, propulsion, sensors and space vehicles.


Air Power Development Centre : 2000 Air Power Conference : Air Power and Joint Forces

The 2000 Air Power Conference was organised by the Royal Australian Air Force and was held in Canberra over the period 8-9 May 2000. The theme was air power and joint forces and the challenges this brings - command, organisation, cooperation, planning, force balance and threat prosecution. The objective of the conference was to discuss and analyse those kinds of challenges. Topics addressed include globalisation, the evolution of the joint force, air power and asymmetric threats, the military use of space, air exclusion zones, the role of the media, command and leadership, and ethics and the profession of arms.


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Annual Report to the President and the Congress 1998

Report by the Secretary of State of Defense, W.S. Cohen, on future US defense strategy, readiness, conventional and nuclear forces, information superiority, total force integration, the revolution in military affairs, acquisition reform and defense infrastructure.


Annual Reports to the President and Congress

Also known as the Annual Defense Report, this is the report by Secretary of Defense which details the Department's capabilities, and present and future US defence strategy. Full text annual reports are available from 1995 to the present year online. There are also details on how to order hard copies of the reports.


Armies, Stealth Fighters, and Homeland Defence

Written in 2002 by Alan Stephens, this an Australian Air Power Development Centre working paper, number 5. The author believes that modern day defence forces must adapt to the new defence environment created by terrorist attacks such as the 11th September 2001 attacks, arguing that asymmetric aerospace power has been the key to victory in a succession of campaigns, have been quick, decisive, and low casualty.


Contrails

This is a web page devoted to useful information for Air Force Personnel, produced by the Aerospace Power Journal. It contains detailed information about weather, news (Air Force and military, and United Nations). There are links to sites useful for professional development, papers from the Airpower Research Institute and professional electronic journals. There is information about doctrine and links to doctrine centres and training centres. U.S. government web sites are listed and linked and there are details of forthcoming conferences and symposia.


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Department of Defense Web Site Registration System

This site provides links to information sources available from the US Department of Defense offices and agencies. It is the central registration point for official US DoD web sites. It covers the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force as well as other DoD web sites and information sources. There is also a Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA) electronic reading room which contains links to documents and information on sources for further reading. The listings can be browsed or searched.


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NORAD : North American Aerospace Defence Command

Formed in 1958, NORAD is a partnership between Canada and the United States to protect the American and Canadian airspace. The web site contains information on NORAD and a brief history, news articles, fact sheets on NORAD interceptor flares and fighter aircraft. There is also a multimedia section which contains images, sound files and film clips about NORAD missions.


Photovault Military Images

This site provides a selection of military images relating to vehicles (air force, naval aviation, submarines, aircraft carriers, hovercraft), people (Army, Navy, Marines, Coastguard) and the environment (the results of nuclear explosions and military damage).


Review of the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Infrastructure and Aerospace Engineering Disciplines to Meet the Needs of the Air Force and the Department of Defense

This book was published in 2001 by the Committee on the Future of the U.S. Aerospace Infrastructure and Aerospace Engineering Disciplines to Meet the Needs of the Air Force and the Department of Defense, Air Force Science and Technology Board, National Research Council. The report presents the results of a study into the prospects of the Air Force maintaining its leadership in the U.S. aerospace industry. It is available in HTML format.


Rome Research Site

The Rome Research Site is part of the US Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). It houses the AFRL Information (IF) Directorate and a portion of the AFRL Sensors (SN) Directorate. This page provides a tour of the site, plus details of its history, technical library and shipping office. There is also a link to the Information Institute - a virtual IS research environment. Information can also be reached concerning the AFRL mission, headquarters and directorate.


Sharing Success - Owning Failure : Preparing to Command in the Twenty-First Century

A discussion about themes central to successful squadron command in the air force. The publication looks at military leadership and command of troops and the challenges they pose. It aims to provide an overview of the requirements of squadron command in the United States Air Force.


The Air Force Pilot Shortage : A Crisis for Operational Units?

This is the full text of a report (number MR-1204-AF) from the RAND think tank. It is available in PDF format and was published in 2000 and is written by William W. Taylor, S. Craig Moore and C. Robert Roll. The report discusses the shortage of experienced pilots that the US Air Force is facing, concentrating on operational fighter units. It quantifies the problems and examines options that can alleviate them.


Towards Managing Uncertainty : Coupling Experimentation with Rapid Prototyping

Written by Peter Layton in 2003, this is working paper number 7 from the Australian Air Power Development Centre. The paper proposes a system of aerospace force experimentation tightly coupled with rapid prototyping as a coping strategy to manage uncertainty by developing flexibility as a major attribute.


U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Image Archive

Includes images of projects, satellites, and logos and patches of the AFRL. Site links to the AFRL Headquarters and further information about AFRL organisations and technology transfer.


U.S. Air Force Sites (AirForceLink)

Air Force Sites is part of the Air Force Link site, the official website for the U.S. Air Force. This page provides an alphabetical listing of more than 600 official public Air Force sites. These include; the Headquarters of the United States Air force, Air Combat Command (ACC), Air Education and Training Command (AETC), Air Force bands, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC), Air Force Space Command (AFSPC), Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), Air Mobility Command (AMC), Air National Guard (ANG), Direct Reporting Units (DRUs), Field Operating Agencies (FOAs), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), United States Air Forces in Europe (USAFE).


U.S. Air Force

Air Force Link is the official website of the U.S. Air Force. It provides the latest news, as well as information about careers, a library (of public websites) and an image gallery. It is also possible to reach information about the Department of the Air Force, the Pentagon, the Unified Combatant Commands, the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard. There are links to other related sites including the full text of the report Air Force Vision 2020, and the electronic journal Airman Magazine.


United States Air Force Academy

The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) develops aerospace officers. This site provides academic information concerning military education, the library, and programmes. Details are also given about the USAFA and its history, news and USAFA organisations. The 10th Air Base Wing is also covered on this site. Other areas include admissions, alumini, cadet life, current events and information resources.


United States Air Force Air War College

The U.S. Air Force Air War college educates senior air force officers at a strategic level, in the use of aerospace forces, including joint operations, in support of national security. This site provides information about the college's values and strategy, and its resident programme. The college also includes the Center for Strategy and Technology and the United States Air Force Counterproliferation Center. There is information about the Air War College nonresident studies, research sites, USAF issues and health issues. Details are also available concerning the alumini association and spouses of Air War college students. There is a link to a gateway of internet resources.


US Air Force Handbook

This site provides the full text of current United States Air Force handbook in PDF format. The 153 page document enlarges the organisation's mission and vision statements, air force employee statistics and demographics, readiness, modernisation, and summary details of all in-service aircraft types and key programmes.


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US Air Force Publishing

This site is the official source for US Air Force administative publications and forms. It is necessary to open an account in order to order and view publications. These can be found by using either the Master Catalog or by using a quick search option. Copies of forms are available for downloading, in addition to doctrine documents, mission directives, recurring periodicals, and indexes.


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