Air University war games focus on refueling tanker alternative, reusable rockets

By Leigh Giangreco / March 11, 2016 at 12:24 PM
Air University's upcoming war games this year will examine a series of cost-cutting options for the Air Force, ranging from alternative refueling tankers to recoverable rocket bodies. In an effort to develop broad strategies and widen the service's perspective, the institute runs 15 to 30 war games each year at Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, on behalf of stakeholders within the Air Force, said Col. Tony Meeks, director of the War Gaming Institute at Maxwell. The institute conducts these exercises...

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