Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Background; The Policy Problem; Purpose of This Document; Organization; 2. Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; The Reach and Limits of U.S. Territory; The Posture Triangle; Strategic Anchors; Forward Operating Locations; Support Links; An Integrated Framework for Posture Planning; 3. Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; Strategic Anchors; Strategic Anchors: Enduring Partners; Strategic Anchors-Mutual Defense Partners; Forward Operating Locations Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Summary; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Background; The Policy Problem; Purpose of This Document; Organization; 2. Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; The Reach and Limits of U.S. Territory; The Posture Triangle; Strategic Anchors; Forward Operating Locations; Support Links; An Integrated Framework for Posture Planning; 3. Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; Strategic Anchors; Strategic Anchors: Enduring Partners; Strategic Anchors-Mutual Defense Partners; Forward Operating Locations Support Links (En Route Airfields)4. What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk?; Political Challenges to Peacetime Access; Peacetime Access Risk; 5. How Much Forward Presence Does the USAF Require?; Tremendous Variation in the USAF's Overseas Presence; Military Requirements and Forward Presence; The Posture Triangle and Peacetime Presence Needs; 6. Findings and Recommendations; Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk? Support Links (En Route Airfields)4. What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk?; Political Challenges to Peacetime Access; Peacetime Access Risk; 5. How Much Forward Presence Does the USAF Require?; Tremendous Variation in the USAF's Overseas Presence; Military Requirements and Forward Presence; The Posture Triangle and Peacetime Presence Needs; 6. Findings and Recommendations; Why Does the USAF Need a Global Posture?; Where Does the USAF Need Basing and Access?; What Types of Security Partnerships Minimize Peacetime Access Risk? | 
