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Title A cost analysis of the U.S. Air Force overseas posture : informing strategic choices / Patrick Mills [and others]
Published Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 40 pages) : color illustrations
Series Research report ; RR-150-AF
Research report (Rand Corporation) ; RR-150-AF.
Contents Components of overseas presence -- An overview of Air Force spending -- Cost categories for overseas basing -- Modeling installation support costs -- Regression analysis of installation support costs -- Other cost categories -- Summary of results -- Cost-sharing arrangements -- Applying cost factors to policy options -- Putting costs in context -- Implications
Summary This report seeks to inform the debate over the extent of U.S. military presence overseas by providing a rigorous estimate of the costs associated with maintaining U.S. Air Force installations and units overseas rather than in the United States. The authors describe the various types of expenditures required to maintain bases and military units overseas and estimate current costs using official data and econometric modeling. They provide a cost model of overseas presence for policymakers to weigh alternative posture options. Their main findings are that while it does cost more to maintain force structures and installations overseas rather than in the United States, the total cost of doing so for the Air Force's current overseas posture is small relative to the Air Force's overall budget
Notes "RAND Project Air Force."
"The study was conducted within the Strategy and Doctrine Program of RAND Project Air Force"--Preface
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40)
Notes English
Print version
Subject United States. Air Force -- Appropriations and expenditures
United States. Department of Defense -- Appropriations and expenditures
SUBJECT United States. Air Force fast
United States. Department of Defense fast
Subject Air bases, American -- Foreign countries -- Costs
Military bases, American -- Foreign countries -- Costs
Military base closures -- Economic aspects
Military planning -- United States
Strategy.
HISTORY -- Military -- Strategy.
Armed Forces -- Appropriations and expenditures
Expenditures, Public
Military base closures -- Economic aspects
Military planning
Strategy
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Mills, Patrick, 1975-
Grissom, Adam
Kavanagh, Jennifer, 1981-
Mahnad, Leila
Worman, Stephen M
Project Air Force (U.S.). Strategy and Doctrine Program
Rand Corporation.
United States. Air Force.
LC no. 2013387612
ISBN 9780833083333
0833083333
Other Titles Cost analysis of the United States Air Force overseas posture