West Coast Aerospace Forum 2022

  1. Duration 01:25:18

    Commanders' Perspective: The War in Ukraine and Implications for the Pacific AOR

  2. Duration 01:06:16

    Lessons for the Space Domain

  3. Duration 58:58

    Lessons for Multi-domain Ops

  4. Duration 56:10

    What Are China, Taiwan, and US Allies and Partners in the Indo-Pacific Learning from the War?

  5. Duration 01:04:06

    "Arsenal of Democracy": Lessons for the Industrial Base

Ylber Bajraktari, James S. Chow, Elbridge A. Colby, Cynthia R. Cook, David A. Deptula, Debra L. Emmons, Greg Grant, Marin Halper, Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Christopher B. Johnstone, et al.

VideoPublished Feb 1, 2023

Even as the Russian military continued to struggle in Ukraine in December 2022, U.S. Air Force leaders and top national security experts gathered at the West Coast Aerospace Forum warned not to expect similar outcomes in a potential U.S. conflict with China. The seventh annual event focused on lessons learned from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and how those experiences will apply to security challenges in the Pacific theater and beyond. These videos include the proceedings from the event's five sessions.

Keynote presentations were given by General Jeffrey L. Harrigian[JA1] (Ret.), former Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and General Kenneth S. Wilsbach, Commander of Pacific Air Forces, each of whom described how lessons from the Ukraine war might apply to the Pacific Area of Responsibility. Subsequent panels examined lessons for the space domain, lessons for multi-domain operations, and what the rest of the world — China, Taiwan, and U.S. allies — are learning from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Finally, the closing panel examined how the defense industrial base is holding up in its role as the "arsenal of democracy."

The forum is a joint effort between RAND Project AIR FORCE, the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, MITRE, the Aerospace Corporation, and the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

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Bajraktari, Ylber, James S. Chow, Elbridge A. Colby, Cynthia R. Cook, David A. Deptula, Debra L. Emmons, Greg Grant, Marin Halper, Jeffrey L. Harrigian, Christopher B. Johnstone, Seth G. Jones, Klon Kitchen, Jason Matheny, Bruce McClintock, Evan S. Medeiros, Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Nadia Schadlow, Kenneth S. Wilsbach, and Obaid Younossi, West Coast Aerospace Forum 2022. Santa Monica, CA: RAND Corporation, 2023. https://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CFA1166-2.html.
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