The Mitchell Institute’s Aerospace Nation Podcast Policy Paper Release: Fighting the Air Base: Ensuring Decisive Combat Sortie Generation Under Enemy Fire
Jul 11, 2024
Brig Gen Michael Winkler and J. Michael Dahm discuss the importance of protecting air bases from enemy threats in the policy paper 'Fighting the Air Base'. They emphasize the need for cost-effective defense strategies, generating combat sorties under attack, enhancing combat capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region, repurposing existing systems for missions, and strategizing defense spending priorities.
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Intro
00:00 • 3min
Importance of Air Force Relevance and Defense Strategies
02:33 • 18min
Importance of Generating Combat Sorties for Base Defenses
20:43 • 3min
Enhancing Combat Capabilities and Base Defense in the Indo-Pacific Region
23:39 • 29min
Exploring the Repurposing of Existing Systems for Combat Missions
53:03 • 4min
Strategizing Defense Spending Priorities for Combat Operations
57:15 • 4min