FIGURES
S.1. USAF Overseas MOBs and Regional Instability,
1999 .....................................
S.2. Notional Flexbasing Concept...................
S.3. Precision-Guided Munitions Delivered ...........
1.1. Programmed Overseas SAC Base Structure in 1952 ...
1.2. CASF Deployment Site, Incirlik AB, Turkey, 1958 ....
1.3. Global Air Force Operations in the 1990s ..........
1.4. Crises and Contingencies Drive Air Force Operatons
Tempo ...................................
1.5. PHOENIX SCORPION Deployment Requirements ...
1.6. Proportion of USAF Personnel Deployed Overseas on
Temporary Duty at Any One time ...............
1.7. Example Aerospace Expeditionary Force
Composition...............................
2.1. USAF Overseas MOBs and Regional Instability,
1999 .....................................
2.2. Elements of Flexbasing .......................
2.3. Notional Flexbasing Concept...................
2.4. Flexbase Functions ..........................
2.5. Measurable Benefits from Shaping ..............
3.1. Breakdown of Support for 4th AEW ..............
3.2. Deployment Timelines .......................
3.3. Strategic Deployment Decisions ................
3.4. Employment-Driven Analytic Framework .........
3.5. Tradeoff Between Cost and Spin-Up Time .........
3.6. Integrating Model Characteristics ...............
3.7. Least-Cost Resource Positioning to Meet Timeline
Criteria ...................................
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3.8. AEF Deployment Metrics......................
3.9. Supply Times and Support Breakpoint Solutions ....
3.10. BCAT Shows Support Capability Versus Operational
Requirements ..............................
4.1. M28 Deployable COLPRO Shelter ...............
5.1. Agile Logistics, Force Protection, and Basing .......
5.2. Force Protection/Logistics Matrix ...............
5.3. Employment Concepts With and Without an FSL ....
5.4. Precision-Guided Munitions Delivered ...........
5.5. JDAMs Dropped Over 14-Day Period .............
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