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Project AIR FORCE's Modeling Framework Can Help Evaluate Support of Combat Operations in Denied Environments

• The Strategic Tool for the Analysis of Required Transportation (START) estimates manpower and equipment requirements to support a given basing posture in a combat scenario.
• The RAND Overseas Basing Optimization Tool (ROBOT) identifies the least-cost allocation of war reserve materiel.
• The Theater Air Base Vulnerability Assessment Model (TAB-VAM) analyzes trade-offs among basing strategies, determines the effect of adversary attacks on sortie generation, and examines the effectiveness of threat mitigation options.
• The Theater Air Base Resiliency Optimization Model (TAB-ROM) finds the most cost-effective way to improve sortie generation against a range of enemy attack strategies for a given scenario.
• Together these models can inform decisions concerning force posture, cost-asymmetric investments, and theater-shaping strategies in denied environments.