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Defending air bases in an age of insurgency / edited by Shannon W. Caudill.

Author/creator Caudill, Shannon W. author, editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2014.
Publication Info Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, 2019.
Publication Info Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, 2021.
Description3 volumes : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 23 cm
Subject(s)
Other author/creatorTullos, Andrea D., author, editor.
Other author/creatorRundquist, Erik K., author, editor.
Other author/creatorAir University (U.S.). Press, publisher.
Other author/creatorAir University (U.S.). Air Force Research Institute, issuing body.
Other author/creatorCurtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, issuing body.
Partial contents [volume 1]. [Without special title] -- volume 2. [Without special title] -- volume 3. Integrated base defense principles for commanders / Shannon W. Caudill, editor ; Andrea D. Tullos, Erik K. Rundquist.
Contents [Volume 1]: Introduction / Shannon W. Caudill -- Part 1. Historical and international perspectives -- A short history of air base defense: from World War I to Iraq / Erik K. Rundquist -- A Canadian perspective on air base ground defense: ad hoc is not good enough / Paul M. Thobo-Carlsen -- Air support for base defense: lessons for the noncontiguous battlefield / Robert D. Sagraves -- Part 2. Case study -- Balad Air Base, Iraq -- Defending the joint force: lessons learned from Joint Base Balad / Shannon W. Caudill, Anthony M. Packard, and Raymund M. Tembreull -- The defense of Joint Base Balad: an analysis / Joseph A. Milner -- Part 3. There is no "rear area": changes to air base defense in a counterinsurgency environment -- The Air Force's new ground war : ensuring projection of air and space power through expeditionary security operations / Robert H. "Bob" Holmes, Bradley D. Spacy, John M. Busch, and Gregory J. Reese -- Sharpening the eagle's talons : assessing advances in air base defense doctrine / David P. Briar -- Setting the right glide slope: preparing the Air Force for the next counterinsurgency campaign / Paul J. Kasuda -- Part 4. Organizing for the future -- Nowhere to hide: the growing threat to air bases / Shannon W. Caudill and Benjamin Jacobson -- Law enforcement and base defense: improving interoperability to benefit the war fighter / Shannon W. Caudill and Bryan A. Keeling -- Conclusion: Ten propositions on the defense of air bases / Shannon W. Caudill and Christopher L. Corley -- Afterword / William T. Dean III.
Contents Volume 2. Foreword / Thomas H. Deale -- Introduction / Shannon W. Caudill -- Part 1. Getting in... and getting out: securing air bases at the beginning and end of conflicts -- First in!: expeditionary air base seizure and operations: power projection through mobility warriors / J. William DeMarco -- Getting out: securing air bases during a withdrawal / Michael M. Wellock -- Part 2. Iraq and Afghanistan case studies: the Base Defense Task Force and Air Force Historical Research Agency research results -- An airman reports: Task Force 455 and the defense of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan / Erik K. Rundquist and Raymond J. Fortner -- Outside the wire: recollections of Operation Desert Safeside and TF 1041 / Walter E. Buchanan III, Bradley D. Spacy, Chris Bargery, Glen E. Christensen, and Armand "Beaux" Lyons -- Three enemies: lessons from enemy air base attacks in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan / Shannon W. Caudill -- Part 3. Air base defense enablers: air-mindedness and counterintelligence -- Enabling a three-dimensional integrated defense / Colby B. Edwards -- Dissipating the fog of war: improving intelligence support to air base defense / Jason F. Baggett -- Part 4. The pivot to the Pacific: air base defense and airsea battle -- Airpower projection in the anitaccess/area-denial environment: dispersed operations and base defense / Russell S. Badowski -- Airsea battle and the air base defense shortfall / Shannon W. Caudill, Troy A. Roberts, and Thomas G. Miner -- Part 5. Organizing for the future -- Target--Air base: the strategic effects of ground attacks on airpower / Scott P. Black -- You own it: the commander's responsibility for air base defense / Loren M. Coulter -- US Air Force expeditionary security operations 2040: a technology vision for deployed air base defense capabilities / Christopher W. Allen -- Afterword / Bradley D. Spacy.
Contents Foreword / James M. Holmes -- About the Authors - Acknowledgments - Introduction -- Ten Base Defense Principles for Commanders -- 1. You Own It! -- 2. Get Left of the Boom : Deter, Disrupt, Deceive -- 3. Influence the Base Security Zone . . . or Someone Else Will -- 4. Unity of Effort : Synchronize the Fight -- 5. Everyone Must Have a Role in Base Defense . . . and Play It! -- 6. Intelligence Drives Maneuver : A Joint-Interagency Approach Is Critical -- 7. Air-mindedness Includes Using Air Assets for Base Defense -- 8. Law Enforcement Skills Are Critical to Base Defense and Irregular Warfare -- 9. Manage the Risk : Commit Intellectual Capital to the Fight -- 10. Nowhere to Hide : Anticipate Future Threats and Develop Countermeasures -- Conclusion -- Afterword / John T. Wilcox II -- Appendix A. Base Defense Terminology -- Appendix B. Recommended Reading List for Air Base Defense and Counterinsurgency -- Appendix C. Notable Airfield Attacks -- Appendix D. Relevant Quotations about Air Base Defense.
General noteShipping list no.: 2021-0244-P ([volume 1]-volume 2).
General noteCol. Shannon W. Caudill, Col. Erik K. Rundquist, and Maj. Gen. Andrea D. Tullos identified as authors in volume 3 "About the authors", pages xiii-xiv.
General noteShipping list no.: 2021-0152-P (volume 3).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
Issued in other formOnline version: Caudill, Shannon W. Defending air bases in an age of insurgency. Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama : Air University Press, Air Force Research Institute, 2014
Genre/formCase studies.
Genre/formHistory.
Other titleIntegrated base defense principles for commanders
LCCN 2014012026
ISBN9781585662418 (paperback)
ISBN1585662410 (paperback)
GPO item number0422-K (V.1-3)
Govt. docs number D 301.26/6:IN 7/

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