The study was conducted within the International Security and Defense Policy Center of the RAND National Defense Research Institute. Central Command Air Forces (CENTAF) assessed the planning and initial execution of the war, from October 2001 through March 2002. How did we do? A RAND Corporation study for U.S. In less than a month and from a standing start, the United States commenced combat operations in a landlocked country half the world away. Central Command (CENTCOM) against al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan and against the Taliban theocracy that provided them safe haven. The first round of this war was Operation Enduring Freedom, an air-dominated offensive conducted by U.S. The attacks of September 11, 2001, thrust the United States into a no-notice war against Osama bin Laden, his al Qaeda terrorist network, and transnational terrorism across the board. Such networked operations are now the cutting edge of an ongoing shift in American combat style. Global communications connectivity and the common operating picture that was made possible by linking the inputs of unmanned aerial vehicles and other sensors enabled a close partnership between airmen and U.S.
Yet, al Qaeda’s infrastructure and the supporting Taliban regime in Afghanistan were destroyed. The United States conducted Operation Enduring Freedom from land bases and aircraft carriers positioned far away from the landlocked combat zone.
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