Operationalizing U.S. Air Force Information Warfare

Information warfare (IW) and analogous terms of art are not new to the U.S. military's vocabulary or that of the U.S. Air Force (USAF). Yet even with the decades-old recognition by USAF leadership that IW is fundamental to all aspects of air operations, the USAF's approach to conducting IW remains relatively nascent. In this report, RAND researchers provide actionable recommendations for how the USAF should organize, train, and equip for IW.