Factoring Security Cooperation Into Core U.S. Air Force Decisionmaking Processes: Incorporating Impact in Planning, Programming, and Capability Development

Security cooperation is an important mission of the U.S. Air Force. This report reviews two core Air Force decisionmaking processes–the strategy, planning, and programming process and the concept development and acquisition process–to determine the extent to which decisionmakers consider security cooperation impact and to recommend ways to make such considerations systematic and explicit.