DETERMINE TECHNICAL STRUCTURE OF AN AIR FORCE CONVENTIONAL WARFARE ANALYSIS CENTER

THE EXTRAORDINARY POLITICAL CHANGES SINCE 1989 HAVE LED TO ABRUPT AND FUNDAMENTAL CHANGES IN THE NATIONAL MILITARY STRATEGY OF THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IN TURN HAVE TOTALLY ALTERED THE FOCUS AND SUBSTANCE OF FORCE PLANNING TOWARD REGIONAL CONFLICT. IN ADDITION, THE CHANGED ACQUISITION PROCESS GREATER, UNDERSTANDING OF THE DYNAMIC INTERACTIONS AMONG FORCE ELEMENTS PARTICIPATING IN REGIONAL CONFLICTS (NO NON-MATERIAL SOLUTION PROVISIONS OF DODI 5000.2). THE BROAD OUTLINE OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF MISSION AREA PLANNING ORGANIZATIONAL CAPABILITIES, TOOLS, AND SYSTEMS IS RECOGNIZED, AND MOST OF THE CRITICAL TOOLS AND SYSTEMS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED AT LEAST TO THE DEGREE NECESSARY TO HAVE AN INITIAL CAPABILITY TO MEET THE SPECIFICATIONS OF THE NEW ACQUISITION DIRECTIVES. WHAT REMAINS IS THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF A PROPER PLANNING SYSTEM WITHIN TH AIR FORCE. THIS DEMANDS A GREAT DEAL OF CONCEPTUAL EFFORT WHICH IS THE OBJECT OF THIS PROPOSAL. THIS RESEARCH WILL EXAMINE THE PRACTICAL INTERFACE REQUIREMENTS BETWEEN THE NECESSARY MODELS AND TOOLS, ALONG WITH THE PRACTICAL ORGANIZATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND RELATIONSHIPS NECESSARY TO IMPLEMENT "STRATEGY TO TASK" COMPREHENSIVELY WITHIN THE AIR FORCE, USING THE CONCEPT OF A "CONVENTIONAL WARFARE ANALYSIS CENTER" AS A STARTING POINT. THE ONLY EXISTING COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE THEATER LEVEL MODEL WHICH MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF "STRATEGY TO TASK" AND DODI 5000.2, (OME-III/IV) WILL BE USED TO EVALUATE AND DESIGN PRACTICAL INTERFACES TO THE EXISTING LOWER LEVEL AIR FORCE MODELS.