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Vendor: R. Brown
Learning to Leave: The Preeminence of Disengagement in US Military Strategy
This study proposes the preeminence of disengagement in US national military strategy. The author first assesses the place disengagement holds in the realm of strategy, concluding that the term is misunderstood and underappreciated. Next, the author examines why this negative connotation of disengagement exists....- $17.95
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Seizing the Lernkurve! The American Airborne Odyssey, as Told by Merkur, Husky, and Varsity
This study provides a narrative of the United States Army's airborne development that began in the waning years of World War I. Largely uninspired to fully explore this capability during the interwar years, America entered World War II with a fledgling airborne force, incapable...- $17.95
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Vendor: Sam Allotey
Planning and Execution of Conflict Termination
The expression "War Termination" has been received with an admixture of reactions ranging from idealism and acceptance, to skepticism and cynicism, to outright opposition. This is largely due to a lack of clear definition of terms. Conflict termination is a process that addresses and...- $17.95
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Vendor: David J. Thompson
China in Space: Civilian and Military Developments
On 8 October 1956, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, presided over by Mao Tse-tung, established the Fifth Research Academy of the Ministry of National Defense to develop a space effort. This was the official beginning of the People's Republic of...- $57.95
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Vendor: Bradley E. Anderson
Integration of the Distribution and Repair in Variable Environments Model Into Micap Policy
The United States Air Force has implemented the Distribution and Repair In Variable Environments (DRIVE) Model to a limited degree for a limited range of items, and policy makers seem unsure as to the proper level of DRIVE utilization. New asset release sequences and...- $17.95
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Vendor: Sean W. Hudson
An Analysis of Botnet Vulnerabilities
Botnets are a significant threat to computer networks and data stored on networked computers. The ability to inhibit communication between servers controlling the botnet and individual hosts would be an effective countermeasure. The objective of this research was to find vulnerabilities in Unreal IRCd...- $57.95
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Vendor: Daniel T. Schmitt
Automated Knowledge Generation With Persistent Video Surveillance
The Air Force has increasingly invested in persistent surveillance platforms gathering a large amount of surveillance video. Ordinarily, intelligence analysts watch the video to determine if suspicious activities are occurring which is a time and manpower intensive process. Instead, this thesis proposes using tracks...- $18.95
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Vendor: Steven M. Massey
Stimulated Brillouin Scattering Phase Conjugation in Fiber Optic Waveguides
The objective of this research effort was to demonstrate the path to continuous wave, coherent beam combination through stimulated Brillouin scattering phase conjugation in optical fiber. This work experimentally determined the fiber parameters necessary for phase conjugation in step-index optical fiber. Continuous wave phase...- $18.95
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Vendor: Christopher J. Bence
Bedding Down With C-O-T-S: Leveraging Commercial Industry to Solve the Strategic Airlift Shortfall
The United States has emerged as the sole superpower. Recognizing the dramatic change in the international environment, the U.S. has adopted a national security strategy of engagement. As such, the U.S. relies on the civilian and military strategic airlift assets of the National Airlift...- $15.95
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Vendor: Philip A. Mead
Senior Army Logistician Preparedness for Expeditionary Theater Opening and Theater Distribution Operations
The most critical component to theater opening and distribution is the strategic-to-operational seam. Covering this seam are four U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) deployment and distribution capabilities. These capabilities include the Joint Task Force Port Opening (JTF-PO), the Joint Deployment and Distribution Operation Center (JDDOC),...- $57.95
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Vendor: Kenneth C. Bradley
Midwave Infrared Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometry of Combustion Plumes
A midwave infrared (MWIR) imaging Fourier transform spectrometer (IFTS) collected hyperspectral imagery (HSI) of combustion plumes. Exhaust data from a small turbojet engine burning diesel at 300 cc/min was collected at 1/cm. A deployment to Dugway Proving Grounds, UT to collect HSI of chem/bio...- $18.95
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Vendor: Karl R. Schrader
An FPGA-Based System for Tracking Digital Information Transmitted via Peer-to-Peer Protocols
This research addresses the problem of tracking digital information that is shared using peer-to-peer file transfer and VoIP protocols for the purposes of illicitly disseminating sensitive government information and for covert communication by terrorist cells or criminal organizations. A digital forensic tool is created...- $57.95
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Vendor: Jeremy J. Selstrom
Thrust and Performance Study of Micro Pulsed Plasma Thrusters
This research is focused on several areas of the μPPT performance. An important idea studied is the effect of lifetime use on the performance. The thruster is fired for a simulated lifetime of use to see if there is an impact on the thrust...- $57.95
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Vendor: Russell G. Ochs
The Evolution of USAF Search and Rescue in Southeast Asia, 1961 - 1968
On 23 March, 1961, an American SC-47 departed Vientiane, Laos, on a flight that was destined for Saigon, South Vietnam. While enroute, the pilot flew the intelligence gathering aircraft near a Pathet Lao encampment in an attempt to obtain information about the radio frequencies...- $57.95
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Vendor: Joshua N. Hall
Optimized Dual Expander Aerospike Rocket
Research at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) focused on designing a cryogenic dual-expander aerospike nozzle (DEAN) upper stage rocket engine to produce 50,000 pounds-force (222.4 kilo-Newtons) vacuum thrust, 464 seconds of vacuum specific impulse and a thrust-to-weight ratio of 106.5. The use...- $57.95
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Vendor: Reid F. Rasmussen
American Overstretch and the End of Hegemony
This study is an analysis of U.S. hegemonic power and its components. The author seeks to determine if current U.S. hegemony is being compromised by strategic overstretch. Simply put, is the U.S. taking on too much militarily and economically? To answer this question, the...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jeffrey Phillips
Engendering Cyber-mindedness in the USAF Cyber Officer Corps
The mission of the United States Air Force is to fly, fight and win...in air, space and cyberspace. The Air Force is the first military service in the Department of Defense to include the cyberspace operating domain as part of its mission. The Air...- $57.95
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Vendor: Michael R. Shanahan
C-17a: Operation Enduring Freedom Employment/Deployment, Lessons Observed
This paper explores the first time deployment of a C-17 squadron to a forward operating base (FOB) during a major contingency, in this case, Operation ENDURING FREEDOM (OEF). It relates the unique challenges faced by the commanders and operators alike in devising and implementing...- $13.95
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Vendor: Colin R. Miller
Electromagnetic Pulse Threats to U.S. Expeditionary Operations in 2010
US military forces depend on electronic systems and information dominance to produce overwhelming combat power. Indeed, defense leaders are calling for development of a network-centric force to rapidly deploy and conduct decisive operations in the future security environment. Unfortunately, the information revolution embraced by...- $57.95
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Vendor: John R. Watkins
Utilizing Near-Field Measurements to Characterize Far-Field Radar Signatures
The increased need for stealth aircraft requires an on-site Far-Field (FF) Radar Cross-Section (RCS) measurement process. Conducting these measurements in on-site Near-Field (NF) monostatic facilities results in significantsavings for manufacturers and acquisition programs.How-ever, NF measurements are not directly extended to a FF RCS. Therefore,...- $57.95
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Vendor: Steven M. Cox
Hybrid Stochastic Models for Remaining Lifetime Prognosis Dissertation
This dissertation is concerned with the development of implementable analytical models for the estimation of the remaining lifetime probability distribution of a component subject to a randomly evolving environment. The models incorporate estimated parameters via environmental or degradation measures obtained from component sensors. We...- $18.95
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Vendor: John W. Wagner
Increasing the Solvency of Spacepower
A new approach to spacepower acquisition is essential to ensure America's continuing advantage in space. The United States must create better options to guarantee that its political leaders and military commanders can continue to depend on military spacepower, and that it remains a continuing...- $17.95
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Vendor: Mathews C. Scharch
Application and Validation of Concept Maturity Assessment Framework
Far too often decision makers select concepts based on insufficient data, resulting in projects that are over-budget, over-schedule, and not what the customer wants. Research efforts have proposed a stage-gated concept maturity framework as a tool to assess and increase the maturity of concepts....- $18.95
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Vendor: Thomas P. Ehrhard
Making the Connection: An Air Strategy Analysis Framework
This study analyzes and builds on Dr. Robert Pape's framework for analyzing airpower strategies. The analysis shows the underlying value of his Targets and Timing, Mechanism, Outcomes construct as well as the considerable clarification and expansion it requires in order to perform comprehensive air...- $15.95
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Vendor: Thomas D. Torkelson
Ideas in Arms: The Relationship of Kinetic and Ideological Means in America's Global War on Terror
The inability of the US to achieve its stated political objectives in its Global War on Terror (GWOT) suggests its kinetic-centric military strategy is flawed. This study erects a framework of effectiveness utilizing Clausewitzian principles to judge military strategy. By determining the expressed political...- $18.95
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Vendor: Philip M. Decker
Assessing Commercial Air Services for the US Navy
The current state of the military is a force that is reduced in size but still maintains a high and expanding operational tempo. Doing "more with less" is a common phrase heard throughout the military ranks. Many times that means fewer people working longer...- $57.95
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Vendor: David W. Marttala
The In-Lieu-Of Myth: Airmen in Joint Ground Operations
This paper finds that because the ILO program inflicts significant critical effects on the long-term health of the supporting -- and hence supported -- forces, continuing the ILO program as presently administered is not a viable long-term option. In fact, the crux of the...- $17.95
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Vendor: John R. Carter
Airpower and the Cult of the Offensive
The belief that airpower is inherently offensive is a recurrent theme throughout airpower theory and doctrine. Before World War I, dogmatic belief in the dominance of the offense in land warfare affected the military decisions which resulted in the disaster of the trenches. Termed...- $17.95
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Vendor: Jennifer J. Samler
Statistical Approach to Background Subtraction for Production of High-Quality Silhouettes for Human Gait Recognition
This thesis uses a background subtraction to produce high-quality silhouettes for use in human identification by human gait recognition, an identification method which does not require contact with an individual and which can be done from a distance. A statistical method which reduces the...- $57.95
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Vendor: Lee H. Marsh
Permanence of Temporary Security Barriers?
Monograph examines the use of security barriers and delves into circumstances leading to the removal of security barriers. The purpose was to explore whether there existed specific conditions or criteria for removal of security barriers. Specific situations in the use of security barriers in...- $17.95
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Vendor: Secdef Corp-Fellows
Lessons for the Department of Defense: Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellow Observations
This paper consolidates the observations of four of the United States Air Force officers assigned to the 2010-2011 Secretary of Defense Corporate Fellowship Program (SDCFP). In lieu of a year spent attending a traditional Senior Developmental Education program, they spent their academic year working...- $17.95
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Vendor: Tedd A. Wheeler
Operational Art: Leveraging Information Technology
The challenge is in deciding what to automate (effective use of technology) and what remains a human function. The 1999 US National Security Strategy emphasizes the importance of information technology. However, the decisive point of all future military operations will continue to be the...- $15.95
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Vendor: Daniel J. Williams
An Analysis of the Factors Affecting Training Transfer Within the Work Environment
A meta-analysis of 34 studies was performed to explore the magnitude in which work environment manipulates training transfer. The independent variables for this study included supervisor support, subordinate support, peer support, transfer climate, relapse prevention, goal setting, continuous learning culture, task constraints, and frequency...- $57.95
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Vendor: Matthew E. Jussaume
Electromagnetic Modeling and Measurement of Adaptive Metamaterial Structural Elements
This document addresses two major obstacles facing metamaterial development: uncertainty in the characterization of electromagnetic field behavior in metamaterial structures and the relatively small operational bandwidth of metamaterial structures. To address the first obstacle, a method of prediction aided measurement is developed and exploited...- $20.95
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Vendor: Paul D. Emslie
Multi-Objective Evaluation of Target Sets for Logistics Networks
This thesis addresses the selection of target sets to disrupt an adversary's logistics network. In the presence of many objectives-such as reducing maximum flow, lengthening routes, avoiding collateral damage, all at minimal risk to our pilots-the problem of determining the best target set is...- $57.95
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Vendor: Derek R. Dwyer
Efficient Electromagnetic Material Characterization via 2-D Rectangular Waveguide Reduction
A new, low-frequency, rectangular waveguide-based electromagnetic material characterization technique is developed that will reduce the test sample size in two dimensions realizing up to 50 percent reduction in sample cross-sectional area. To achieve this, custom made, reduced aperture, sample holder flanges were used that...- $57.95
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Vendor: Donn Yates
Rewiring Warfighters for Joint Mindedness: Solutions for Joint Education in the 21st Century
Despite the efforts of the Goldwaters Nichols Act of 1986, jointness continues to be a problem in the Department of Defense. Scholars point to both organizational and cultural problems as the root of the problem, but these explanations are incomplete. People comprise organization and...- $17.95
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Vendor: Mel Korsmo
The Art of Ore: Chinese Strategy in Africa
A powerful theme undergirding US national security strategy is guaranteeing assured access to resources. Shortly after 9/11, increasing Chinese acquisition of minerals and mineral fuels in Africa and worldwide highlighted possible future competition over scarce resources. Many analysts decried Chinese actions, for the Chinese...- $17.95
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Vendor: Joseph W. Locke
Air Superiority at Red Flag: Mass, Technology, and Winning the Next War
The purpose of this study is to propose a model for understanding the relationship between technology, mass, and attrition in aerial warfare that is useful for shaping operational and strategic force decision processes. The F-15C's OCA-Sweep mission within Red Flag highlights one potentially useful...- $20.95
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Vendor: Elizabeth E. Dreiling
National Guard: A Future Homeland Security Paradigm?
This monograph answers the question, Is the National Guard (NG) Counterdrug (CD) Support Program a suitable model to design an NG Homeland Security (HLS) force also capable of fulfilling the National Guard's role as a first military responder and maintaining a warfighting capability as...- $17.95
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Vendor: John D. Mack
An Investigation of Starting Techniques for Inward Turning Inlets at Flight Speeds Below the On-Design Mach Number
The purpose of this study was to create and investigate starting techniques aimed at allowing complex, three dimensional inward turning inlets to start by swallowing the shock wave associated with un-started inlets. The designed techniques were rooted in supersonic diffuser theory and the Kantrowitz...- $57.95
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Vendor: Dean G. Boerrigter
Parameter Estimation of the Mixed Generalized Gamma Distribution Using Maximum Likelihood Estimation and Minimum Distance Estimation
This research studied parameter estimation of the special cases of the Mixed Generalized Gamma Distribution and built upon them until the full nine-parameter distribution was being estimated. First, special cases of a single Generalized Gamma Distribution were estimated. Next, mixtures of Exponential distributions with...- $57.95
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Vendor: Nathanael J. Sladek
Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicle Wing Manufacture and Force Testing
Numerous wing manufacturing techniques have been developed by various universities for research on Flapping Wing Micro Air Vehicles. Minimal attention though is given to repeatability of wing aerodynamics and dynamic response, which is crucial to avoid asymmetric flapping. Thus the focus of this research...- $57.95
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Vendor: Damelsa D. White
Headquarters Air Force Material Command Customer Relationship Management Study
Because of the lack of product and price differentiation, many organizations consider Customer Relationship Management (CRM) their primary focus. CRM uses information about each customer to make each customer more valuable to the organization, and the organization more valuable to the customer, while decreasing...- $18.95
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Optical Properties of Si, Ge, GaAs, GaSb, InAs, and InP at Elevated Temperatures
Investigation of the optical and electrical behavior of some semiconductors at very high temperatures has not been an area of much study, at least not experimentally. The importance of such research becomes obvious due to the effects of high temperatures on semiconductor devices such...- $57.95
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Vendor: Quentin D. MacManus
Blind Deconvolution Method of Image Deblurring Using Convergence of Variance
Images are used for both aerial and space imagery applications, including target detection and tracking. The current problem concerning objects in geosynchronous orbit is that they are dim and hard to resolve because of their distance. This work will further the combined effort of...- $57.95
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Vendor: John V. Bielecki
Estimating Engineering and Manufacturing Development Cost Risk Using Logistic and Multiple Regression
Cost Growth in Department of Defense (DoD) major weapon systems has been an on-going problem for more than 30 years. Previous research has demonstrated the use of a two-step logistic and multiple regression methodology to predicting cost growth produces desirable results versus traditional single-step...- $57.95
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Vendor: Joseph B. Skipper
An Optimization of the Hub-and-Spoke Distribution Network in United States European Command
The current hub-and-spoke network in the European Theater is made up of locations built and organized around a Cold War threat. The threat of large-scale attrition warfare seems to have passed, and the threat of multiple, smaller scale contingencies has placed greater demands on...- $57.95
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Vendor: Christopher J. Luck
The Smuts Report: Interpreting and Misinterpreting the Promise of Airpower
This study analyzes the extent to which the Smuts Report accurately assessed the capabilities, limitations, and emerging potential of British airpower in 1917. The primary sources for this thesis include the Smuts Report itself, memoirs of principal actors, and newspaper articles from The Times...- $57.95
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Coalition Warfare: Consideration for the Air Component Commander
Political circumstances often dictate that we employ military force as part of a coalition. The youngest military instrument, airpower, has been integrated into coalition forces during several major conflicts of the twentieth century. No historical evidence or current strategies indicate that the likelihood of...- $17.95
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