Rebuilding America’s Air Force: Balancing the Air Force’s Combat Forces for Peer Conflict

Whether the U.S. Air Force can succeed in future combat operations will depend on key force design decisions and corresponding modernization choices. The Mitchell Institute assessed these courses of action in its most recent wargame. Join us for the release of our newest report, Rebuilding America’s Air Force: Balancing the Air Force’s Combat Forces for Peer Conflict, to gain insights into what operational concepts and corresponding investment decisions delivered the best mission effects. Mark A. Gunzinger, the Director of Future Concepts and Capability Assessments, will be joined by Lt. Gen. Jason Armagost, Deputy Commander, Air Force Global Strike Command, and Deputy Commander, Air Forces Strategic-Air, U.S. Strategic Command, for this discussion.

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Rebuilding America’s Air Force: Balancing the Air Force’s Combat Forces for Peer Conflict is an episode from The Mitchell Institute’s Aerospace Nation Podcast by aerospacenation.

This episode is 59:04 long.

This episode was published on Apr 10, 2026.

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