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Key Findings

1. Airmen are underrepresented in senior joint positions critical to shaping U.S. national security strategy and warfighting capability.
2. The Air Force needs to undertake an assessment of which senior joint positions would most benefit from an airman's perspective.
3. Efforts to increase competitiveness for senior joint positions entail risks, which must be considered.
4. Senior leaders should play a central role in championing reforms, should they be undertaken, to ensure that these priorities are embraced within the Air Force culture.

Gen David Goldfein, chief of staff of the U.S. Air Force, has made the development of airmen for senior joint billets one of his top leadership priorities, announcing a series of broad efforts designed to increase Air Force representation in the most-senior joint positions. As a complement to its internal initiatives, the Air Force asked RAND Project AIR FORCE to identify ways to improve joint forces commander development and Air Force competitiveness for these positions.