A cost analysis of the U.S. Air Force overseas posture
Subtitle: informing strategic choices
By: Patrick Mills, Adam Grissom, Jennifer Kavanagh, Leila Mahnad, Stephen M. Worman ; prepared for the United States Air Force
Contributors: Project Air Force (U.S.)
Series: Research report -- RR-150-AF; Research report (Rand Corporation) -- RR-150-AF.
Publisher: Rand Corporation
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Santa Monica. CA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 40
ISBN-13: 9780833080370
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Military planning; American Air bases; Supplies and stores; United States. Air Force; United States; Costs; Foreign service
Description: 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"

"RR-150-AF"--Page 4 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 37-40).
Table of contents: title: Components of overseas presence; title: An overview of Air Force spending; title: Cost categories for overseas basing; title: Modeling installation support costs; title: Regression analysis of installation support costs; title: Other cost categories; title: Summary of results; title: Cost-sharing arrangements; title: Applying cost factors to policy options; title: Putting costs in context; title: Implications.