Report: Restoring Air Force to Dominance Will Take Sustained $20-$30 Billion Per Year
Air & Space Forces Magazine | September 6, 2025
Winning the Next War: Overcoming the U.S. Air Force’s Capacity, Capability, and Readiness Crisis
Being technologically superior, numerically sufficient, and well-trained is key to success in the air. Yet today’s USAF is the oldest, smallest, and least ready in its history.
Homeland Sanctuary Lost: Urgent Actions to Secure the Arctic Flank
Arlington, VA | September 4, 2025 — The Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies is pleased to announce a new entry…
Dean of the Mitchell Institute on the Federal Drive with Terry Gerton: Is the Air Force Budget Putting US Airpower At Risk?
Federal News Network | August 6, 2025 In this interview, Dean of the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies, Lt Gen…
Fighter Recapitalization, Trump on Ukraine, and the X-37B Mission
Our team digs into the status of the defense bills on Capitol Hill, spacepower policy, fighter recapitalization and E-7. Plus, President Trump’s new approach to Ukraine, Air Force and Space Force leadership changes and the X-37B mission.
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Acquisition
Empowering actors at all levels with a smart set of options at the right time and place demands procuring the most effective, efficient, and resilient set of tools.
Airpower
No matter the mission, from air superiority and long range strike to air mobility and command and control, a broad range of missions executed in the air provide vital options at the strategic, operational, and tactical realms.
Nuclear
Strategic deterrence is the bedrock of the national security enterprise thanks to the virtues and value of the triad.
Space
National security space activities are essential facets of any military operation, while also creating conditions essential for the civilian economy.
Strategy
Meeting national security requirements today and tomorrow requires insightful, creative approaches that prioritize America’s strengths, while not projecting undue vulnerability.