Alan Vick is a senior political scientist at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He has co-authored RAND reports on air base resiliency, a framework for USAF global presence, air-naval concepts for maritime interdiction, ground threats to air bases, air operations in urban operations, options to improve air operations against light infantry and elusive targets, air and sea options for deploying the Army Stryker Brigade, new concepts for joint air-ground operations, and air power's role in countering insurgencies. Vick was associate director of RAND Project AIR FORCE (2002-2004), acting director of the Strategy and Doctrine Program, a RAND Project AIR FORCE program, (2003-2004), associate director of RAND's Strategy and Doctrine Program, (1998-2001), and Project AIR FORCE liaison to the Air Staff (1989-1994). He served as an infantryman in the 82nd Airborne Division (1973-1976). Vick holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Irvine.
Selected Publications
Alan J. Vick, Sean M. Zeigler, Julia Brackup, John Speed Meyers, Air Base Defense: Rethinking Army and Air Force Roles and Functions, RAND (RR-4368-AF), 2020
Alan J. Vick, Paul Dreyer, John Speed Meyers, Is the USAF Flying Force Large Enough? Assessing Capacity Demands in Four Alternative Futures, RAND Corporation (RR-2500-AF), 2018
Alan J. Vick, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Meagan L. Smith, Sean M. Zeigler, Daniel Tremblay, Phillip Johnson, Continuity and Contingency in USAF Posture Planning, RAND (RR-1471-AF), 2016
Alan Vick, Air Base Attacks and Defensive Counters: Historical Lessons, Future Challenges, RAND Corporation (RR-968), 2015
Alan Vick, Proclaiming Airpower: Air Force Narratives and American Public Opinion from 1917 to 2014, RAND Corporation (RR-1044-AF), 2015
Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick, The Posture Triangle: A New Framework for U.S. Air Force Global Presence, RAND (RR-402-AF), 2013
Frank Camm, Lauren Caston, Alexander Hou, Forrest Morgan, Alan Vick, Managing Risk in USAF Force Planning, RAND Corporation (MG-827), 2009
Alan Vick, Adam Grissom, William Rosenau, Beth Grill, Karl Mueller, Air Power in the New Counterinsurgency Era: The Strategic Importance of USAF Advisory and Assistance Missions, RAND Corporation (MG-509), 2006