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To ensure JADC2, and to win in future conflicts, look to the transport layer in space
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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.

Space
National security space activities are essential facets of any military operation, while also creating conditions essential for the civilian economy.

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.

Strategy
Meeting nationals security requirements today and tomorrow requires insightful, creative approaches that prioritize America’s strengths, while not projecting undue vulnerability.

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.
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All NewsMitchell Institute’s 2022 Year in Review
To ensure JADC2, and to win in future conflicts, look to the transport layer in space
B-21 Raider: Resetting America’s Power Projection Edge
Want Air Power? Then You Need to Buy Aircraft
Press Release – PenFed Credit Union Underwrites Mitchell Institute Dean as Chair for Aerospace Studies
Making Joint All Demand Command and Control a Reality
What Could Be Part of the B-21 ‘Family of Systems’? New Report Offers Some Insight
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All PublicationsC2 Series: Clearing the Fog and Friction of Command and Control
The Next Frontier: UAVs for Great Power Conflict | Part 1: Penetrating Strike
Hardened Shelters and UCAVs: Understanding The Chinese Threat Facing Taiwan
The Indispensable Domain: The Critical Role of Space in JADC2
Five Imperatives for Developing Collaborative Combat Aircraft for Teaming Operations
Decades of Air Force Underfunding Threaten America’s Ability to Win
The Nuances of Air Control in Great Power Competition: What the No-Fly Zone Debate is Missing
Orbital Vigilance: The Need for Enhanced Space-Based Missile Warning and Tracking
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Flying & Fighting
in the Modern Age
Employing successful modern combat aerospace power today and in the future demands questioning long-standing assumptions and seeking smarter ways of achieving desired mission goals.

Future Trends
Individuals engaging in tomorrow’s aerospace domain, whether at the tactical, operational, or strategic levels, will face a future far different than what they experienced in the past. The last century saw aerospace power ascend in the industrial age, when the state of the art was governed by mechanical prowess.

Dollars & Sense
The US Air Force is embarking upon a crucial modernization cycle. Presently, airmen are flying combat missions in aircraft that average over a quarter of a century in age. Said another way, many pilots are younger than the aircraft in which they are taking into the sky.

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