Accession Number:

AD1013636

Title:

Innovation in the United States Air Force: Evidence from Six Cases

Descriptive Note:

Technical Report

Corporate Author:

RAND Corporation - Project Air Force Santa Monica United States

Personal Author(s):

• Grissom,Adam R.
• Lee,Caitlin
• Mueller,Karl P.

Report Date:

2016-01-01

Pagination or Media Count:

118.0

Abstract:

Air Force senior leaders have initiated a conversation about what can and should be done to make the service more innovative. The purpose of this report is to contribute to that conversation by assessing a series of historical cases of Air Force innovation, or apparent failure to innovate, in the context of the scholarly literature on military innovation. Our primary aim is to inform Air Force efforts to make the service more innovative.

Descriptors:

• military organizations
• air force operations
• tactical air support
• treaties
• deterrence
• air defense

Subject Categories:

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE