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Logistics While Under Attack: Key to a CCA Force Design
Fighting and winning tomorrow will require new operational concepts and technologies that’ll give airmen an edge. That’s where CCA come into the mix. They’re designed to bring new capabilities, more capacity, and empower new ways of fighting. But just like the rest of the Air Force aircraft inventory, just buying CCA won’t be enough. Credible, sustainable combat air forces require logistics—personnel, fuel, munitions, ground handling equipment, and other materiel—to generate sorties at scale.
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Want Next Gen Electronic Attack? Better Invest in Operational Analysis
Fighting and winning in the twenty first century requires next gen electronic attack capabilities. Designing that technology and developing effective concepts of operation demands operational analysis. Heather Penney discusses this reality with Lt Gen David “Kooler” Krumm, USAF (Ret) of BAE. It comes down to empowering strategists, operational leaders, and technology experts better understand how these functions can best empower overarching tactics, techniques, procedures, and investment decisions.
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Dr. Kelly Hammett
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In the News and Commentary
AFA Hosts ‘Space Force 101’ Briefing for Foreign Attachés
Air & Space Forces Association | May 20, 2025
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The Biggest News from India-Pakistan Air Battle: the Kill Chain
Air & Space Forces Magazine | May 19, 2025
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The Air Force has a simple need all: new planes and lots more pilots
Federal News Network | May 1, 2025
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Changes in FCC rules to support GPS alternatives could impact DoD
Breaking Defense | April 30, 2025
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Issues
Acquisition
Empowering actors at all levels with a smart set of options at the right time and place demands procuring the most effective, efficient, and resilient set of tools.
Airpower
No matter the mission, from air superiority and long range strike to air mobility and command and control, a broad range of missions executed in the air provide vital options at the strategic, operational, and tactical realms.
Budgeting
Resource investment must prioritize investments that will yield best value for the Air Force, Space Force, and national security establishment as a whole.
Nuclear
Strategic deterrence is the bedrock of the national security enterprise thanks to the virtues and value of the triad.
Space
National security space activities are essential facets of any military operation, while also creating conditions essential for the civilian economy.
Strategy
Meeting national security requirements today and tomorrow requires insightful, creative approaches that prioritize America’s strengths, while not projecting undue vulnerability.
Publications
On U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Rollout
Arlington, VA | March 31, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies hosted a rollout discussion on its Policy...
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Defending the Record on U.S. Nuclear Deterrence Rollout
Arlington, VA | March 31, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies hosted a rollout discussion on its Policy...
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Logistics While Under Attack: Key to a CCA Force Design
Arlington, VA | March 25, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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Air Force and Space Force Vectors for the Incoming Trump Defense Team
The priorities of DOD leadership and Congress during the Trump administration must be to rebuild and restore the Air Force to global preeminence. The same resolve will be required to fully resource the Space Force to achieve space superiority—to grow and catch up with the myriad requirements and expectations on America’s newest military service to ensure overall U.S. military success.
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Ensuring a Spacepower Advantage in Prolonged Competition: Findings and Recommendations from the Space Endurance Workshop
Arlington, VA | February 19, 2025 — Over the course of a two-day, unclassified workshop, the Mitchell Institute brought together 55 space subject matter experts with diverse backgrounds to examine how the United States, its allies, and partners can maintain an enduring spacepower advantage.
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Want Combat Airpower? Then Fix the Air Force Pilot Crisis
Arlington, VA | January 23, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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A Call for a New NSC-68 and Goldwater Nichols Reform
Arlington, VA | January 21, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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Launch: The Fundamental Prerequisite for Space Superiority
Arlington, VA | October 10, 2024 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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