Distributed Operations in a Contested Environment: Implications for USAF Force Presentation

by Miranda Priebe, Meagan L Smith, Alan J Vick, et al.

Due to increasing air and missile threats to air bases, the Air Force is developing concepts to operate from several small operating locations in a conflict with a near-peer competitor. The authors identify capabilities the Air Force needs to carry out distributed operations in a contested environment. They then assess whether the current force presentation model can provide these capabilities and compare it with alternative models.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1977402321
• ISBN13: 9781977402325
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: RAND Corporation
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"