Executive Summary 11

1. Introduction 19

2. The Impetus for Change 23

3. A Four-Part Force Design 37

4. Fighting Forward with the Edge Force 41

5. Wielding the Pulsed Force’s Scalpel and Sledgehammer 59

6. Strong Core Force, Strong Air Force 67

7. A Foundation of Resilient Airfields 77

8. Fighting Together 83

9. Force Architectures and Insights from Scenario Analysis 87

10. Different Approaches to Force Employment 109

11. Implementing the Force Design 113

12. Counterarguments and Conclusion 127

Appendix A: Force Architectures 129

Appendix B: Other Analytic Excursions 135

Appendix C: Description of Simulation 137

Abbreviations 139

Endnotes 141