ABSTRACT – Engineering Authority and the Erosion of Air Force Operational Readiness: A Structural Analysis of Risk Aversion in Sustainment and Its Strategic Implications for U.S. Air Superiority The United States Air Force confronts a profound readiness crisis that threatens its capacity to deter and prevail in great-power competition, particularly against a rapidly modernizing People’s … Leggi tutto U.S. Air Force Engineering Rigidity: Undermining Readiness in Great-Power Competition