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Improving the Cybersecurity of U.S. Air Force Military Systems Throughout Their Life Cycles
There is increasing concern that Air Force systems containing information technology are vulnerable to intelligence exploitation and offensive attack through cyberspace. In this …
Assessment of the Air Force Material Command Reorganization
This report assesses the FY 2012 reorganization of the Air Force Material Command (AFMC), which was undertaken as one of the initiatives to achieve mandated budget reductions by …
Fallen Angel
Eight-year-old Terry McQuinn's life changed one snowy Christmas Eve on the coast of Maine when he glimpsed the summer people's world previously unknown to this caretaker's son. …
Sustaining Air Force Space Systems
A Framework for Exploring Cybersecurity Policy Options
RAND conducted two cybersecurity-focused discovery games in Washington, D.C., and California s Silicon Valley that aimed to capture the widest possible range of perspectives. The …
Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable
One-liner: When is it more cost efficient to replace an aircraft rather than continue to maintain it? 450-character abstract: The report presents a model of the repair-replace …
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations
Evaluating current end-to-end support postures for certain UAV systems revealed that fielding a new capability quickly can have consequences for its long-term support and for …
The Cliff Walk
Snyder's account of temporarily losing his way in life presents a heartrending and inspiring memoir that "confronts the not-so-secret fear that haunts every American who works for …
Walking with Jack
A long-standing promise from a father to his five-year-old son . . .A poignant diary that chronicles the journey When Don Snyder was teaching the game of golf to his young son, …
How Should Air Force Expeditionary Medical Capabilities be Expressed?
A new metric for measuring expeditionary medical support (EMEDS) and a construct for applying it across three Air Force medical missions: deployed military support, humanitarian …
A Common Operating Picture for Air Force Materiel Sustainment
This book describes a potential common operating system (COP) for the Air Force material sustainment system (MSS). The authors first develop a COP based on the principles of …
Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming
The findings presented here reexamine capabilities-based programming by introducing a new definition of capability metrics and a new set of algorithms for building and evaluating …