TY - BOOK ID - 137686999 TI - Factoring security cooperation into core U.S. Air Force decisionmaking processes : incorporating impact in planning, programming, and capability development AU - Thaler, David E. AU - Grill, Beth AU - Marquis, Jefferson P. AU - Moroney, Jennifer D. P. AU - Pézard, Stéphanie AU - Project Air Force (U.S.) AU - Rand Corporation PY - 2018 DB - UniCat KW - National security KW - International cooperation. KW - United States. KW - United States. KW - United States. KW - United States. KW - Decision making. KW - Procurement KW - Evaluation. KW - Officials and employees KW - Training of. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137686999 AB - "Security cooperation (SC) is a key component of U.S. national security strategy, a high priority in U.S. Department of Defense guidance, and a key mission of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). USAF must explicitly factor SC into its plans and programs for organizing, training, and equipping the force. This report reviews two core USAF decisionmaking processes -- the strategy, planning, and programming process and the concept development and acquisition process -- to determine the extent to which decisionmakers consider SC impact and to recommend ways to make such considerations systematic and explicit. The authors explored four case studies of SC-related programs and initiatives to draw lessons from their decision outcomes: (1) undergraduate pilot training, (2) the light-attack aircraft, (3) the C-17 Heavy Airlift Wing, and (4) the Air Advisor Academy. They tell a story of this key USAF activity that is underrepresented in core USAF decisionmaking processes and not systematically or explicitly factored into decisions that could affect USAF's capacity to engage with foreign partners. The authors recommend that, regardless of any change in corporate planning structure, USAF factor SC impact into decisions and trade-offs in the early stages of organizing, training, and equipping processes and make these trade-offs explicit to top USAF decisionmakers."--Publisher's description. ER -