General Sources

• See Foreign Clearance Guide, Foreign Entry Requirements, Embassies, Per Diem Pay Rates, and Space Available travel links

• Amtrak®, National Railroad Passenger Corporation
• Association of American Railroads (AAR)

• LogLink, Logistics Links, Transportation and Logistics

• National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA), "an educational, non-profit, world-wide organization, equipped to combine the transportation industry's manpower and skills with the expertise of those in government and military to achieve the mutual objective of a strong and responsive transportation capability" -- includes committees on military airlift, sealift, and surface transportation

• World Wide Web Virtual Library - Transportation

U.S. Government Resources

• U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)
  • Federal Highway Administration, DOT
  • Federal Railroad Administration, DOT
  • Federal Transit Administration (FTA), DOT
  • U.S. Maritime Administration, DOT
  • Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, DOT
  • Surface Transportation Board, DOT
  • Transportation Security Administration, DOT
  • Bureau of Transportation Statistics, DOT
  • National Transportation Library
  • U.S. Coast Guard, DOT

• Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT
  • Airway Facilities homepage, FAA
  • FAA Office of System Capacity

• National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), "an independent Federal agency that investigates every civil aviation accident in the United States and significant accidents in the other modes of transportation, conducts special investigations and safety studies, and issues safety recommendations to prevent future accidents"

• Center for Transportation Analysis (CTA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  • AMC Deployment Analysis System (ADANS), "integrated airlift planning and scheduling system" by Oak Ridge and AMC
  • Mobilization Control System (MOBCON), convoy routing and de-confliction program, by Oak Ridge and the Army National Guard Bureau
  • DLA Improved Cargo Methods, Oak Ridge analysis of the Defense Distribution Center (DDC) supply chain -- for peacetime and wartime

• Oak Ridge Transportation Technology Center (ORTRAN)

DoD - Joint Resources

• DoD Transportation Policy, Office of the Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics & Materiel Readiness
  • Defense Transportation Library, including key DoD Directives, Instructions, and Regulations
  • Related Links
  • Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) Links
  • Voluntary Intermodal Sealift Agreement (VISA), "permits DoD to reserve space for defense cargo on board privately owned and operated ships in the event of war or contingency"
  • Military Airlift Qualifier page, to determine if you are eligible for passenger or cargo transport by military airlift

• Joint Deployment Training Center (JDTC)

• Defense Courier Service, "provides for the secure, worldwide movement of national security material requiring courier escort"

• Defense Travel System, "the new paperless travel system that allows you, the traveler, to coordinate and arrange temporary duty (business) travel quicker and easier"

• Joint Publications, below are some selected ones
  • General
  • JP 3-35, Joint Deployment and Redeployment Operations, 7 September 1999, Size = 2.09M
  • JP 4-0, Doctrine for Logistic Support of Joint Operations, 06 April 2000, Size = 604K
  • JP 4-01, Joint Doctrine for the Defense Transportation System, 17 June 1997, Size = 647K
  • JP 4-01.3, JTTP for Movement Control, 21 June 1996, Size = 550K
  • JP 4-05, Joint Doctrine for Mobilization Planning, 22 June 1995, Size = 722K

  • NEO
  • JP 3-07.5, Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Noncombatant Evacuation Operations, 30 September 1997, Size = 592K

  • Sealift
  • JP 4-01.2, JTTP for Sealift Support to Joint Operations, 9 October 1996, Size = 731K
  • JP 4-01.5, Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Water Terminal Operations, 21 June 1996, Size = 773K
  • JP 4-01.6, Joint Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures for Joint Logistics Over the Shore, 12 November 1998, Size = 1.58M

  • Amphibious
  • JP 3-02, Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations, 8 October 1992, Size = 866K
  • JP 3-02.1 T, Joint Doctrine for Landing Force Operations, 1 November 1989, Size = 2M
  • JP 3-02.2, Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Embarkation, 16 April 1993, Size = 951K

  • Airlift
  • JP 3-17, JTTP for Theater Airlift Operations, 18 July 1995, Size = 960K
  • JP 4-01.1, JTTP for Airlift Support to Joint Operations, 20 July 1996, Size = 474K

• US Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), Scott AFB, public site
  • Current News
  • Joint Deployment Training Center (JDTC)
  • USTRANSCOM Handbook 24-2, Understanding the Defense Transportation System
  • Component Commands
    • Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
    • Military Sealift Command (MSC)
    • Air Mobility Command (AMC), Scott AFB, military site and public site
  • Joint Traffic Management Office (JTMO), "an element of the Military Traffic Management Command"
• USTRANSCOM Photo Archive, planes and ships

• Defense Transportation Regulations (DTR), including sections on passenger movement, cargo movement, and mobility

• Transportation Coordinators Automated Information Management System II "TC-AIMS II must provide an integrated information transportation system capability for routine deployment, sustainment, and redeployment/retrograde operations by employing the same DoD and Service shipment policies and procedures in peace and war and in both the active and reserve forces."

Army Resources

• Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command (SDDC)
  • Joint Traffic Management Office (JTMO), "an element of the Military Traffic Management Command"

• Department of the Army Movement Management System (DAMMS), for control of "land transportation in a theater of operations (TOPNS)"

• U.S. Army Transportation Center

• Commander's Guide to Strategic Deployment, Reference 99-1, US Army Transportation School, Fort Eustis, VA

• 143d TRANSCOM, Army Reserve, "mobilizes and deploys to establish the theater level transportation system. Establish aerial and sea ports of debarkation and inland motor and rail operations."

Navy Resources

• Navy Transportation Portal

• Military Sealift Command (MSC)

Marine Resources

• II Marine Expeditionary Force,G-4 Divsion

• III Marine Expeditionary Force, G-4 Division

Air Force Resources

• AFDD 2-6, Air Mobility Operations
• AFDD 2-6.1, Airlift Operations
• AFDD 2-6.2, Air Refueling
• AFDD 2-6.3, Air Mobility Support

• Air Mobility Command's AEF page
• See also AEF-EAF links

• Air Mobility Command (AMC), Scott AFB, military site and public site
  • Air Mobility Command (AMC) sites, listed off AirForceLink
  • AMC Photo Gallery
  • AMC Fact Sheets
    • Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), AMC fact sheet

• AMC's Air Mobility Warfare Center (AMWC), Fort Dix, military site and public site
  • includes Phoenix Readiness course

• Air Force Reserce Command (AFRC) sites, listed off AirForceLink, includes many airlift units

• AFIT Guide to Air Mobility Resources, in support of AFIT's Air Mobility master's degree program

• Phoenix Raven, antiterrorism programs earn DoD awards, "Ravens" are two- to four-person teams specially trained in antiterrorism, protocol and negotiation measures. They provide security for AMC aircraft and people when traveling to "hot spots" around the world.

International Resources

• NATO Logistics Handbook

Other Organizations and Resources

• Airlift/Tanker Association

Tanker Stuff

• Airlift/Tanker Association
  • Airlift/Tanker Quarterly

• Air Force Aircraft: Preliminary Information on Air Force Tanker Leasing, GAO report
• Civilian Contract Air Refueling: Innovative or Insane? research paper by Camerer

• The Vital Link: the Tanker's Role in Winning America's Wars, research paper by Cohen
• Running on Empty: The Development of Helicopter Aerial Refueling and Implications for Future USAF Combat Rescue Capabilities, research paper by Colburn

Mobility History

• A History of the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF), by Crackel, pub by AF History Support Office (AFHSO)
• Military Airlift and Aircraft Procurement, the Case of the C-5A, by Knaack, pub by AF History Support Office (AFHSO)
• Airlift and Airborne Operations in World War II, by Bilstein, pub by AF History Support Office (AFHSO)

• Stalingrad: An Examination of Hitler's Decision to Airlift, by Hayward, in Air Power Journal, Spring 1997
• Genesis of Air Mobility: The "Hump" and the Berlin Airlift, AWC paper, 1995

• Early Logistics and Transport and Strategic and Tactical Mobility, from A Short History of War, by Gabriel and Metz

Publications & Research

• Airlift 2025: The First with the Most, part of AF2025 report
• Spacelift 2025: The Supporting Pillar for Space Superiority, part of AF2025 report

• Rapidly Deploying Aerospace Power: Lessons from Allied Force, by Gen Jumper, in Aerospace Power Journal, Winter 1999
• Kosovo and Theater Air Mobility, by LtGen Begert, in Aerospace Power Journal, Winter 1999

• Bridging the Gulf Between Theater and Strategic Air Mobility (incl chapters on problems)

• The Airlift System: A Primer, by Owen, in Airpower Journal, Fall 1995 (896 Kb PDF file)
• Towards a Seamless Mobility System: The C-130 and Air Force Reorganization, by Krisinger, in Airpower Journal, Fall 1995 (1.07 Mb PDF file)

• The Impact of FASTSHIP and High Speed Sealift on Strategic Sealift
• Forming the Air Mobility Team--A Midcourse Adjustment, ACSC paper, 1998
• The Director of Mobility Forces and Command and Control of Airlift, AFIT/LA paper, 1996
• Air Mobility--Pivotal Non-Lethal Capability: Where Are We Going With Peacekeeping?, AWC paper, 1995
• Non-Lethal Air Power--Air Mobility's Other Mission, AWC paper, 1995

Miscellaneous

• AirSafe.com, "useful information for the traveling public" such as sections on traveling with children, combating the fear of flying, and analysis of flying safety and hazards

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