Author: | Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick | ISBN: | 9780833081681 |
Publisher: | RAND Corporation | Publication: | November 22, 2013 |
Imprint: | RAND Corporation | Language: | English |
Author: | Stacie L. Pettyjohn, Alan J. Vick |
ISBN: | 9780833081681 |
Publisher: | RAND Corporation |
Publication: | November 22, 2013 |
Imprint: | RAND Corporation |
Language: | English |
U.S. Air Force (USAF) global posture—its overseas forces, facilities, and arrangements with partner nations—faces a variety of fiscal, political, and military challenges. This report seeks to identify why the USAF needs a global posture, where it needs basing and access, the types of security partnerships that minimize peacetime access risk, and the amount of forward presence that the USAF requires.
U.S. Air Force (USAF) global posture—its overseas forces, facilities, and arrangements with partner nations—faces a variety of fiscal, political, and military challenges. This report seeks to identify why the USAF needs a global posture, where it needs basing and access, the types of security partnerships that minimize peacetime access risk, and the amount of forward presence that the USAF requires.