Zabezpieczenie logistyczne pododdziałów wojsk lotniczych i obrony powietrznej wydzielonych do sił reagowania NATO w działaniach poza granicami kraju

Fulfilling the duty some countries to provide logistic resources for national air force contingents the create the reaction forces air component, especially outside the territory of their country is a complex and difficult task. It requires conducting changes, adapting existing principles of exclusively national support, finding alternative sources of resources and the ways to gain them and rational ways of actions. The choice of carrying out these tasks should be conditioned by the possibilities of the organiser due to the system security (its resistance to possible disturbances caused by situation changes) and economic factors. Also the potential of national contingent logistic bodies which directly carry out support tasks is of vital importance as it ensures required provision sufficiency and enables (in conditions of staying away from national logistic supplies) to conduct individual operations from bases located outside their country. Taking this into account, the authors of the article present the sources of resources and ways to provide logistic support for Air Force and Air Defence sub-units, selected for NATO Reaction Forces in operations outside the territory of their country.