South Dakota
October 7 2026
The Mount Rushmore State is home to tremendous air and space power leaders, Ellsworth Air Force Base, as well as NASA Astronauts Charles Gemar and Michael Fossum.
Listen NowWar at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications
October 1 2026
Join the Mitchell Institute's Explorer Chair Gen. Kevin P. Chilton, USAF (Ret.), General Atomics’ Brent Marquand, and Mitchell Institute's Senior Resident Fellow Jennifer Reeves for a discussion on the technologies, architectures, and decisions shaping the future of military space communications.
Watch & ListenBrig. Gen. Mark Massaro
October 6 2026
Join us for a conversation you won’t want to miss regarding one of the Air Force’s most important mission areas.
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Lt. Gen. Linda S. Hurry
October 21 2026
Join us for a conversation you won’t want to miss regarding how AFMC is executing major sustainment and modernization efforts across the force.
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Brig. Gen. Todd Benson
October 19 2026
Brig. Gen. Benson is responsible for developing plans and conducting space operations across 21 nations covering Central and Southwest Asia.
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Podcast
Montana
October 14 2026
This week we visit North Dakota! During the Cold War, the Roughrider State was a key element facet of America's deterrence architecture.
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In the News & Commentary
Orbital Space Weapons – Meh, Pivotal, or Both?
October 8 2026
The Downlink Podcast | September 20, 2026
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In the News & Commentary
How The Groundwork For F-47 Flight Testing Is Being Laid
October 8 2026
TWZ | October 7, 2026
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In the News & Commentary
B-21 Testing, Manufacturing Ramp Up: ‘We’re Moving Fast’
October 8 2026
Air & Space Forces Magazine | October 7, 2026
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AI Maturity for Fighter Missions Looms As Big Challenge for CCA
Defense Daily | October 6, 2026
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America’s F-47 Takes Aim at China’s J-36 and J-50: The Sixth-Gen Fighter Race Accelerates
Bharat Shakti | October 2, 2026
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US say F-47 will be first sixth-gen jet. China’s J-36 and J-50 are already flying
South China Morning Post | October 1, 2026
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How The U.S. Air Force Finally Met its Pilot Training Goal
Aviation Week | October 1, 2026
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Drowning in Data: New report Says Space Force Needs Laser Communicaitons to Beat the Bottleneck
Air & Space Forces Magazine | September 30, 2026
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Recent Mitchell Institute Publications
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence in Military Operations: The Imperative of Human Judgment
Arlington, VA | October 7, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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War at the Speed of Information: Data Transport, Decision Advantage, & the Future of Military Space Communications
Arlington, VA | October 1, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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Commercial Space Is Not an Endless Field of Innovation: An Assessment of the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
Arlington, VA | September 16, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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Launch Is an Event, Sustainment Is the Campaign: Building an On-Orbit Sustainment Ecosystem
Arlington, VA | August 20, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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From Platform Costs to Campaign Effects: Embedding Cost-Per-Effect in Force Design
Arlington, VA | August 3, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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Defeating the Drones: The Airman’s Imperative to Defend from Small Uninhabited Aerial Vehicles
Arlington, VA | July 30, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry...
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Winning at Sea by Controlling the Air: The Strategic Centrality of Airbase Defense
Arlington, VA | July 28, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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Shared Understanding, Distributed Judgment: USAF Command and Control in Complex Operations
Arlington, VA | July 21, 2026 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies announces a new entry in its Forum...
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