Alan Vick was a member of the research staff at RAND for 38 years, retiring in 2021. He has authored or coauthored over 40 publications on defense policy.  Alan’s RAND reports include: Air Base Defense: Rethinking Army and Air Force Roles and Functions (2020); Is the USAF Flying Force Large Enough? Assessing Capacity Demands in Four Alternative Futures (2018); and Proclaiming Air Power: Air Force Narratives and American Public Opinion from 1917 to 2014 (2015).

In addition to his research duties, Alan served in several management positions at RAND: Associate Director of Project AIR FORCE (PAF) (2002-2004); Acting Director of the PAF Strategy and Doctrine Program  (2003-2004); Associate Director of the PAF Strategy and Doctrine Program (1998-2001); and Project AIR FORCE liaison to the Air Staff (1989-1994). Alan received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of California, Irvine.  He currently volunteers as a docent at the Evergreen Air and Space Museum in McMinnville, Oregon.