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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.
In the News and Commentary
All NewsIs America’s military headed down the same path as Russia’s?
The Air Force we need now can’t be sacrificed for the force we need in the future
Chris Stone on DOD OIG Release of Space Command
Caitlin Lee on “What exactly is Putin’s ‘doomsday plane’?”
Russia struggles in eastern Ukraine
Press Release – AFA’s Mitchell Institute Launches Center for UAV and Autonomy Studies
The anti-satellite test ban must not undermine deterrence
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All PublicationsBuilding Alliances and Competing with China: The Imperative for UAV Export Reforms
The Arctic Intersection: Site of the Next Collision with Russia?
Air War Over Korea: Lessons for Today’s Airmen
Beyond Pixie Dust: A Framework for Understanding and Developing Autonomy in Unmanned Aircraft
Drip Feeding Improvements in EMSO Will Not Work
Maneuver Warfare in Space: The Strategic Mandate for Nuclear Propulsion
The Backbone of JADC2: Satellite Communications for Information Age Warfare
Affordable Mass: The Need for a Cost-Effective PGM Mix for Great Power Conflict
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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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