DTIC ADA201504: An Historical Analysis of the pdf

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This analysis of Air Force Civil Engineering (AFCE) in the United Kingdom (UK) covers the development of AFCE during three periods: 1942 to 1946; 1948 to 1962; and 1962 to the present. Interwoven with the study of AFCE organizational changes are political trends and commanders’ comments on AFCE operations in the UK. A questionnaire for AFCE officers assigned to 3AF bases in 1988 was used to validate the findings derived from this research. This research indicates that the primary objective of the AFCE organizational changes in the UK was to reduce costs. The consequent reductions in AFCE manning means that UK civilians are responsible for maintaining essential facilities and services to sustain air operations during peacetime and wartime or emergency situations. The limited AFCE manning levels, therefore, place USAF contingency operations at risks in the UK. Four actions may reduce this risk: (1) integrate UK civilian and USAF military civil engineering (CE) managers; (2) increase UK civilian participation and training in AFCE wartime operations; (3) assign additional military AFCE craftsmen to the UK; and (4) integrate UK civilian and USAF military CE workcenters.

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• Creator/s: Defense Technical Information Center
• Date: 9/1/1988
• Year: 1988
• Book Topics/Themes: DTIC Archive, Puscher, Manfred W, AIR FORCE INST OF TECH WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH SCHOOL OF SYSTEMS AND LOGISTICS, *MANPOWER, *CIVIL ENGINEERING, THESES, UNITED KINGDOM, LEVEL(QUANTITY), AIR FORCE OPERATIONS, PEACETIME, WARFARE, HISTORY

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