Managing Air Force Joint Expeditionary Taskings in an Uncertain Environment

Since 2004, the U.S. Air Force has provided personnel for 'joint sourcing solution' assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. As a result, certain Air Force career fields are experiencing greater-than-expected deployment strains. Air Force personnel and deployment data were used to populate a RAND-developed model to assess the supply of and demand for Air Force personnel and various types of capabilities to fill joint assignments.