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Published by: SMI Publishing, Ltd
Published: Dec. 1, 2006
Table of Contents
- DAY 1
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Wing Commander (Ret'd) Andrew Brookes, Aerospace Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- 9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- International air mobility requirements
- International synergy
- Challenges of interoperability
- Opportunities for success
- International partnerships
- Air mobility command visions
- Major General Thomas Kane, Director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs , Air Mobility Command (AMC), US Air Force .
- 9.50 SPECIAL ADDRESS
- Multinational operations & ‘cultural’ interoperability
- Trends towards multinational rapid reaction operations
- Military cultures
- National approaches of multinational operations
- Speaking the same language
- The need for a multidimensional approach
- Major General (Ret'd) Kees Homan, Senior Researcher, Netherlands Institute of International Affairs 'Clingendael'.
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 THE AIRLIFT GAP
- Bridge to the future
- C-17 phasing down
- A400M not yet fielded
- AMC-X technology still in development
- An airlift gap appears to exist for most nations
- What's the path forward for US and international airlift forces?
- Willie Schepens, Director, Global Mobility Systems Business Development , Boeing Global Mobility Systems.
- 11.40 MILITARY AIRLIFT FOR MEDICAL EVACUATIONS
- Airbus 310 for Medical Transport
- Overview
- Role of the special air mission wing
- Experiences from Asia and Africa
- Requirements identified
- Command Surgeon Dr Franz Grell , Colonel, German Air Force Transport Command, German Air Force .
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 CANADIAN FORCES AIRLIFT REQUIREMENTS
- Airlift Capability Project (ACP)
- Introduction to the Canadian airlift capability
- Legacy airlift issues
- ACP-strategic
- ACP-tactical
- Major Troy W Paisley, Director, Air Requirements 2-3, CAS, Canadian Forces.
- 2.30 NATO’S STATEGIC LIFT DEVELOPMENTS
- Airlift & Sealift: concept and practice
- Introduction to NATO's strategic lift requirements
- Multinational efforts to meet those requirements
- Addressing the capability shortfall
- Mike Connor, Logistics Officer, Movements, Transportation & Pretoleum, NATO.
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.30 MAINTAINING RAF AIR MOBILITY
- Challenges and possible solutions
- Overview of RAF air mobility capability
- Challenges of maintaining airworthiness with a 3rd party owned aircrafts
- Logistical challenges in maintaining the RAF Air Transport & Air to Air Refuelling fleet
- A look into the future (e.g. A400M and FSTA)
- Squadron Leader David Annas, Release to Service Authority, Fixed Wing 5, ACAS, Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), Ministry of Defence, UK.
- Squadron Leader Rob Farrant, Release to Service Authority, Fixed Wing 6, ACAS, Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), Ministry of Defence, UK.
- 4.20 US RAPID REACTION OPERATIONS
- Case Study: Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Objectives of missions
- The role of airlift in mission support
- Obstacles identifies
- Future requirements
- Colonel Glen G Joerger, Commander, 437th Airlift Wing Commander, US Air Force .
- 5.00 EMERGENCY NATIONAL EVACUATION IN LEBANON
- A UK Ministry of Defence case study
- Mission overview
- Challenges and obstacles encountered
- Consideration of cultural factors
- Difficulties encountered
- Lessons learnt for future operations
- Wing Commander David Laws, S01 J4 Movements, Permanent Joint Headquarters (PJHQ), Ministry of Defence, UK.
- 5.40 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
- DAY 2
- 8.30 Registration & Coffee
- 9.00 Chairman's Opening Remarks
- Wing Commander (Ret'd) Andrew Brookes, Aerospace Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies.
- 9.10 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
- You Can Never Have Too Much Tactical Airlift
- Air Mobility two recent Hot Buttons: Intra-theater lift and Velocity
- These Hot Buttons really equal Airlift in Rapid Reaction Ops
- Nations need focus on proper "fit, form, and function" in such operations
- New Mantra: expedited end-game distribution in transparent coalition ops
- Key: "A Multi-mission, airlift-centric, reliable aircraft that is "network-connected”
- General (ret'd) Walter Kross, Former Commander in Chief, United States Air Force Transportation Command, Commander Air Mobility Command, United States Air Force.
- 9.50 SPECIAL ADDRESS
- IMPROVING EFFECTIVENESS OF EUROPEAN AIRLIFT
- EAC: concept & practice
- EAC's involvement in the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS)
- Lessons learnt: identifying areas for improvement
- Benefits for member states & NATO
- Future trends to enhance interoperability & co-operation
- Colonel Wolfgang Lange , Director, European Airlift Centre (EAC).
- 10.30 Morning Coffee
- 11.00 STRATEGIC AIRLIFT INTERIM SOLUTION (SALIS) UPDATE
- A French perspective
- Introduction to the SALIS programme
- How SALIS compliments current French airlift capabilities
- Addressing Europe’s airlift shortfall
- Increasing multinational interoperability
- Evaluation of recent experiences
- Colonel Philippe Rutz, Chief, Multinational Organisations, Operations Division and Co-ordinator SALIS Programme,, Ministry of Defence.
- 11.40 AN124- THE RUSSIAN SOLUTION TO THE AIRLIFT SHORTFALL
- Firm/assured airlift (AN124) availability supply for strategic airlift
- Fixed term approach for assured availability access
- Pro and cons of the fixed term approach
- Alternative solutions for assured availability
- New capacity on the market - quite IL76TD-90VD
- Dennis Gliznoutsa, Vice President, Sales, Ruslan International and Commercial Director , Volga-Dnepr Group.
- 12.20 Networking Lunch
- 1.50 MEETING FUTURE REQUIREMENTS
- The A400M
- Operational performance overview: a step-change in airlift capability
- Programme overview: turning a paper aeroplane into fact
- Challenges ahead and how they are being met
- "The Versatile Airlifter" DVD
- Peter Scoffham, Head, Customer Marketing & Defence Liaison , Airbus Military.
- Michel Folscheid, Director Customer Marketing, Airbus Military S L.
- Bruno Charveron, Director, Customer Marketing, Airbus Military S L.
- 2.30 RAPID DEPLOYMENT AND LONG-TERM EMPLOYMENT
- Designed compromise
- Introduction to the Deployable ACCS Component
- Capabilities & requirements
- Rapid deployment attributes
- Long term employment features
- Barry Pritchard, Senior Systems Engineer, Deployable Systems, NATO Air Command & Control System Management Agency (NACMA).
- 3.10 Afternoon Tea
- 3.30 STRATEGIC SEALIFT FOR RAPID REACTION OPERATIONS
- A US Navy perspective
- Overview of current US sealift capabilities
- Operational lessons learned from Operation Iraqi Freedom
- Outline of measures to improve support in rapid reaction operations
- Planning for future missions
- Captain Nicholas H Holman IV, Commander, Sealift Logistics Command, Europe and Commander, Task Force SIX THREE, US Navy.
- 4.10 SEALIFT COORDINATION FOR RAPID DEPLOYABLE FORCES
- Overview of today’s environment
- Support for NATO operations
- Increasing EU lift capabilities
- The move towards multimodal co-ordination
- Captain Gunnar Borch, Director, Sealift Co-ordinaton Centre, Sealift Co-ordinaton Centre.
- 5.00 Chairman’s Closing Remarks and Close of Day One
AbstractThe inherent rapid mobility of aerospace forces has acquired an increasingly important role on both strategic and tactical levels. 2006 Military Airlift and Rapid Reaction Operations will provide a forum for military officials to outline their efforts for interoperability within coalition rapid responses, update on key technologies and evaluate country specific requirements for strategic airlift. Furthermore it will discuss the latest trends in transforming air mobility to meet the challenges of the future environment.
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES BY:
- Major General Thomas P Kane, Director, Strategic Plans, Requirements and Programs, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, US Air Force
- General (ret'd) Walter Kross, Former Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command, Commander, Air Mobility Command, United States Air Force
THE INTERNATIONAL SPEAK-LINEUP INCLUDES:
- Major General (Ret’d) Kees Homan, Senior Researcher, Netherlands Institute of International Relations 'Clingendael'
- Colonel (Ret’d) Ian A Nicholls, Chairman, Multinational Sealift Steering Committee (MSSC), Canadian National Defence
- Colonel Phillipe Rutz, Chief, Multinational Organisations, Operations Division and Co-ordinator SALIS Programme, Ministry of Defence, France
- Colonel Glen G Joerger, Commander, 497th Airlift Wing, US Air Force
- Colonel Wolfgang Lange, Director, European Airlift Centre
- Captain Nicholas H Holman, Commander, Sealift Logistics Command, Europe and Commander, Task Force SIX THREE, US Navy
- Captain Gunnar Borch, Position, Director, Sealift Co-ordination Centre
- Wing Commander David Laws, S01 J4 Movements, Joint Permanent Headquarters, Ministry of Defence, UK
- Major Troy W Paisley, Director, Air Requirements, Transport Aircrafts, Canadian Forces
- Squadron Leader David Annas, Release to Service Authority, Fixed Wing 5, ACAS, Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), Ministry of Defence, UK
- Squadron Leader Rob Farrant, Release to Service Authority, Fixed Wing 6, ACAS, Defence Logistics Organisation (DLO), Ministry of Defence, UK
- Barry J Pritchard, Senior Systems Engineer, Deployable Systems, NATO Air Command & Control System Management Agency (NACMA)
Chaired by: Wing Commander (Ret’d), Andrew Brookes Aerospace Analyst, International Institute for Strategic Studies
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