Command in air war : centralized versus decentralized control of combat airpower / Michael W. Kometer.

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Acknowledgments.

1.Introduction: Notes

2.Historical foundations of airpower control issues: The Levels of War // Technology´s Role // Conclusions // Notes.

3.The combat air operations system: Combat Air Operations // Effects-Based Operations // Command and Control // Command Relationships // Leveraging and Depth of Command Relationships // Constraints on Specific Actions and Time-Sensitive Targets // The CAOS as a System // Conclusions // Notes

4.The strategic level and control in the information age: From Vietnam to Desert Storm // Lessons from Desert Storm // Integrating with the Clinton Administration // Intervention whith Caution-Somalia and Bosnia // Institutionalizing Command and Control Kosovo // Ascendance of the AOC // A New Administration and the War on Terror // Conclusions // Notes

5.Command Relationships in the caos: Organizations and Command Relationships // Desert Storm // Allied Force // Enduring Freedom // Iraqi Freedom // Conclusions // Notes

6.The center of the caos: Desert Storm // Allied Force // Enduring Freedom // Iraqi Freedom // Conclusions // Notes

7.Decision making inside the loop: Desert Storm // Allied Force // Enduring Freedom // Iraqi Freedom // Conclusions // Notes

8.Distributed cognition in the caos: Desert Storm // Allied Force // Enduring Freedom // Iraqi Freedom // Conclusions // Notes

9.System accidents in the caos: Notes.

10.Conclusions and implications: How has the information age affected C2 of combat airpower? // Have technological changes impacted the military´s adherence to the doctrinal tenet of centralized control and decentralized execution? // Is there a general formula that better characterizes the system´s C2? // Where are these changes heading? // Notes

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Ilustrations: 1.Typical subordinate commanders under the JFC // 2.The aeropace assessment, planning, and execution process-non-CLIOS representation // 3.CLIOS diagram of subsystems in policy sphere // 4.Symbology for subsystem CLIOS diagrams // 5.Strategic subsystem // 6.Plans subsystem // 7.Adjustment subsystem // 8.Force-application subsystem // 9.ADOCS join TST manager coordination view // 10.Overall command and control feedback pattern in the CAOS.

Esta obra desarrolla una imagen más completa de las diversas formas en que se controla el Poder aéreo en combate y sus consecuencias.