Striking Afghan heroin labs will not defeat Taliban

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Drug Smuggling ◽  
Opium Trade ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us ◽  
Opium Production

Subject The Taliban and the opium trade. Significance In what the UN says has been a record year for opium production, the US Air Force says it destroyed 25 opium-processing laboratories in Helmand province in the first three weeks of air strikes beginning on November 19. US officials argue that the Taliban operate these labs and draw most of their funding from producing and exporting heroin, but conflating the insurgency and the drugs trade is an over-simplification. Impacts The coming months will show whether the war on drug labs is sustained or part of efforts to bolster morale. Air strikes will complement a strategy of recapturing poppy-growing areas from Taliban control but this will take time. Drug smuggling networks may increase funding for the Taliban, seek accommodations with Kabul or both.

Development of a balanced scorecard for flight line maintenance activities

2015 ◽  
Vol 21 (4) ◽  
pp. 436-455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heather Nachtmann ◽  
Terry Collins ◽  
Justin R. Chimka ◽  
Jingjing Tong
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Balanced Scorecard ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Improve Performance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us ◽  
Three Stages

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to describe the development of a balanced scorecard (BSC) for flight line maintenance (MX) activities in the US Air Force. Design/methodology/approach – The BSC development process consists of three stages: groundwork, design beginning with structuring of organizational strategic elements through performance measure identification and construction of the BSC framework, and finalization for continuous improvement. Findings – Based on logistics expert responses the authors validated a case BSC for flight line MX activities within an aircraft maintenance unit. Validation was done with respect to perspective measures including mission, influencing factors, management, and information enhancement. Originality/value – BSC development through identification of mission critical performance measures should improve performance of aircraft scheduling and achievement of mission objectives. Guidelines were used to develop a case validated by Air Force logistics personnel.

scholarly journals Prevalence and Impact of Anemia on Basic Trainees in the US Air Force

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn E. Myhre ◽  
Bryant J. Webber ◽  
Thomas L. Cropper ◽  
Juste N. Tchandja ◽  
Dale M. Ahrendt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us

scholarly journals Efficacy of a group-based brief tobacco intervention among young adults aged 18–20 years in the US Air Force

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (December) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Melissa Little ◽  
Xin-Qun Wang ◽  
Margaret Fahey ◽  
Kara Wiseman ◽  
Kinsey Pebley ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us ◽  
Tobacco Intervention

Moving the Ball Down the Field

2014 ◽  
pp. 172-187
Author(s):  
Mark Reid ◽  
Dan Ashcraft
Keyword(s):  
Air Force ◽  
Common Sense ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Assessment Framework ◽  
Standard Assessment ◽  
Corporate Memory ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us ◽  
Positive Experiences

The US Air Force's (USAF) Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) has an effective approach to turning observations of problems into accomplished actions and mission improvements. This common-sense approach relies on 1) motivated buy-in and participation from the Chief Stakeholder (i.e., CEO, Commander, the Boss); 2) a standard assessment framework; 3) experienced, enduring, corporate memory-equipped assessors; 4) Chief Stakeholder's confidence in his assessors; 5) mid-managers empowered to fix their own problems; 6) access for the assessors to the Chief Stakeholder; and 7) an empowered ramrod to enforce the process and ensure follow-through. This chapter relates the steps of PACAF's process, which Headquarters (HQ) US Air Force called in 2012 “the Air Force's Best Practice at turning observations into progress” and illustrates these steps with PACAF's very positive experiences.

Interests Aligned but Not Integrated

2020 ◽  
pp. 134-150
Author(s):  
Howard G. Coombs
Keyword(s):  
Cold War ◽  
Professional Learning ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Graduate School ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Air Force Academy ◽  
Us Air Force ◽  
The Us ◽  
Cold War Era ◽  
The Cold War

This chapter explores the inception of the USAF's two educational institutions: the Air University (AU), and the US Air Force Academy (USAFA). The chapter shows that the AU, building on the interwar experience of the ACTS (Air Corps Tactical School), was able as a graduate school to go beyond expectations by becoming a fertile hub for professional learning. Conversely USAFA by mirroring Army and Navy institutions, established an undergraduate school with a solid curriculum, if not innovative in its approach. Tied to the rise of an independent air force service, the establishment of AU and USAFA sponsored by important military figures such as Billy Mitchell and Dwight Eisenhower heralded the rise of airpower theory in the Cold War era.

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