Florida's Gulf Test Range noted in Rand study of Air Force ranges
The test range analysis focuses on the Air Force's own determination that "few, if any" of the service's existing training ranges can provide fighter pilots with the training needed to address the threats posed by near-peer adversaries. The preface to the RAND study focuses on the 2018 national defense strategy that called for restoring warfighter readiness and moving the military from counterterrorism operations to "great power" competition, notably between the United States, Russia and China. The preface contends that "(o)ne element in meeting this goal is enabling units to train in an...
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