Date of Award

3-1-1993

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science

Department

Department of Operational Sciences

First Advisor

Joseph P. Cain, PhD

Second Advisor

Michael W. Garrambone, PhD

Third Advisor

Edward P. Negrelli, PhD

Abstract

It has been the contention of some that current commercial wargames could possibly fulfill the education requirements addressed by the Air Force Wargaming Center. The Wargaming Center, lacking the opportunity to conduct a thorough, in-house analysis of these commercial wargames, requested an independent evaluation be performed. This thesis identifies potential commercial wargames and provides an analysis of those wargames to determine their ability to educate senior military officers in the application of aerospace power. In addition, this thesis establishes a set of Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) against which future wargames can be easily evaluated. The MOEs were developed from the roles and missions of aerospace power as defined in Air Force Manual 1- 1, Volume II. Hundreds of commercial wargames address airpower in some form. Nearly all were easily eliminated due to the abstracted manner in which airpower was addressed, or the scope of the individual wargame. Four wargames survived the screening process and reached the evaluation stage. None were found suitable for use at the Air Force Wargaming Center.

AFIT Designator

AFIT-GST-ENS-93M-04

DTIC Accession Number

ADA262488

Comments

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