Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies

16th Air Force Is Fully Up and Running

July 15, 2020 | By Tobias Naegele
16th Air Force achieved full operational capability July 13, less than a year after the former 24th and 26th Air Forces were combined into a single number air force headquartered in San Antonio. It combines intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, cyber, electronic warfare, and information operations. ...

USAF Tackles 900 Action Items To Strengthen Security Forces

July 9, 2020 | By Rachel S. Cohen
The Air Force is addressing some 900 action items under its Reconstitute Defender Initiative to ensure the 38,000 Airmen standing guard across 120 military bases around the world have the training, equipment, and esprit de corps they needed to get the job done. Lt. Gen. ...

Report: Cost-Per-Effect Is Best Way to Compare Weapons’ Value

July 8, 2020 | By John A. Tirpak
The Air Force should replace traditional metrics like cost per flying hour and unit price when calculating the cost of weapon systems with metrics that instead account for weapons' efficiency and effectiveness. By focusing instead on cost-per-effect, a new study argues, the Air Force can ...