Report
Air Force Management of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund: Opportunities for Improvement
Using insights from interviews, legislation, and policy, this report develops a decision framework that will help the U.S. Air Force's Director of Acquisition Career Management improve management of the Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Fund.
Aug 23, 2016
Report
Can the Air Force and Airlines Collaborate for Mutual Benefit? An Exploration of Pilot and Maintenance Workforce Options
This report explores ways the Air Force and commercial airlines could collaborate on issues related to their pilot and maintenance workforces by evaluating benefits, costs, and feasibility from the perspectives of both sides.
Apr 21, 2016
Report
The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) and Proposed Wilderness Areas: Issues Affecting the NTTR's Land Withdrawal Renewal
This research seeks to help the U.S. Air Force understand the implications for future operations in the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) of Desert National Wildlife Refuge land that overlaps the NTTR and is also proposed wilderness.
Jan 12, 2016
Report
Workforce Planning in the Intelligence Community: A Retrospective
This report chronicles intelligence community efforts over more than half a decade to improve community-wide workforce planning and management. The tools described will help decisionmakers maintain workforce capabilities as budgets decline.
Sep 16, 2013
Report
Assessment of Beddown Alternatives for the F-35: Executive Summary
RAND assessed the savings potential of reconfiguring the U.S. Air Force's combat-coded F-35s into larger squadrons and adjusting the Primary Aerospace Vehicle Authorized mix across the Active and Reserve Components.
Apr 3, 2013
Report
Assessment of Beddown Alternatives for the F-35
RAND assessed the savings potential of reconfiguring the U.S. Air Force's combat-coded F-35s into larger squadrons and adjusting the Primary Aerospace Vehicle Authorized mix across the Active and Reserve Components.
Apr 3, 2013
Report
Preserving Range and Airspace Access for the Air Force Mission: Striving for a Strategic Vantage Point
Air Force range managers schedule the infrastructure and airspace needed for realistic testing and training activities, which requires adequate information about the proposed maneuvers, the acceptable context, and understanding of the goals.
May 17, 2011
Report
Combat Support Execution Planning and Control: An Assessment of Initial Implementations in Air Force Exercises
Two command post exercises in 2004 offered an operational environment in which to observe Air Force combat support execution planning and control activities.
Feb 24, 2009
Report
Supporting the Future Total Force: A Methodology for Evaluating Potential Air National Guard Mission Assignments
Examines Air Force missions that could be transferred, in whole or in part, to the Air National Guard.
Aug 19, 2007
Report
Strategic Analysis of Air National Guard Combat Support and Reachback Functions
Evaluates options for Air National Guard combat support and reachback missions in four Air Force mission areas to support the Air and Space Expeditionary Force and Future Total Force capabilities.
Aug 18, 2006
Research Brief
Transforming Combat Support in the Air National Guard Would Support Air Force Deployment and Sustainment Goals
This research brief summarizes an evaluation of four options for transforming Air National Guard combat support mission areas to enhance support to the Air and Space Expeditionary Force.
Aug 16, 2006
Report
National Security Space Launch Report
Summarizes the findings of the National Security Space Launch Requirements Panel's yearlong research and its subsequent findings and recommendations.
Jul 21, 2006
Report
A Decision Support System for Evaluating Ranges and Airspace
Ranges and airspace for Air Force training purposes are scarce resources. RAND and the Air Combat Command developed an analytic structure containing a joint mission framework, training requirements, infrastructure requirements, and the current infrastructure
2001
Report
Relating Ranges and Airspace to Air Combat Command Missions and Training
Ranges and airspace for Air Force training purposes are scarce resources for which the Air Force must present a rigorously defensible claim.
2001
Report
Principles for Determining the Air Force Active/Reserve Mix
This report sets forth a set of principles to help force planners and programmers recognize the implications for the cost, effectiveness, sustainability, and popular and political support of military forces.
1999
Report
Defining a Common Planning Framework for the Air Force
RAND was asked to develop a common planning framework that could extend across the Air Force, allow better coordination of requirements and options, incorporate the Air Force
1999