Adversaries have developed capabilities that may restrict or deny U.S. forces' access to a given area. Prepositioning select war reserve materiel (WRM) may help mitigate vulnerabilities associated with operating in a contested, degraded, or operationally limited environment. In this report, RAND researchers evaluate management approaches and global prepositioning strategies for WRM postures in such environments.

Analysis of Global Management of Air Force War Reserve Materiel to Support Operations in Contested and Degraded Environments

Business & Money

Klein, Kurt

Tripp, Robert S.

Drew, John G.

Wirth, Anna Jean

Lynch, Kristin F.

McGarvey, Ronald G.

Mills, Patrick

Marlier, Miriam E.

Milonopoulos, Theo

Bennett, Bart E.

Leftwich, James A.

Kilambi, Vikram

DeCicco, Anthony

Kadlec, Amanda

Management & Leadership

RAND Corporation

To persevere in contested, degraded, and operationally limited environments, the U.S. Air Force is exploring a variety of alternative force deployment and employment concepts under an umbrella initiative called adaptive basing (AB). Fundamentally, AB is about the ability to avoid or survive missile attacks and keep operating in theater despite them. In this report, RAND researchers describe the competencies that can enable AB.

Building Agile Combat Support Competencies to Enable Evolving Adaptive Basing Concepts

History

Lostumbo, Michael J.

Narayanan, Anu

Godges, John P.

Girardini, Josh

Van Abel, Kristin

Welburn, Jonathan William

Felten, Daniel P.

Military

The U.S. Air Force has determined that its fighter pilots do not currently have sufficient access to training ranges with airspace, threat emitters, targets, and electronic support measures capable of representing advanced potential adversaries. The authors explore squadron restationing and range upgrade options that can maximize access to advanced live training ranges while evaluating cost and risk measures associated with these options.

Fighter Basing Options to Improve Access to Advanced Training Ranges

Ausink, John A.

Syme, James

Gold, Dara

DeBlois, Bradley

Ali, Rahim

Williams, Russell H.

Acquiring a Mosaic Force: Issues, Options, and Trade-Offs

Wilson, Bradley

Drezner, Jeffrey A.

McLane, Liam

Schmid, Jon

Bartels, Elizabeth M.

Predd, Joel B.

Developing the Great Lakes National Center of Expertise for Oil Spill Preparedness and Response: An Opportunity to Reduce Risk and Impacts of Future Spills in Freshwater

Politics & Social Sciences

Woods, Dulani

Anania, Katherine

Cecchine, Gary

Knopman, Debra

Social Sciences

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