Air Force lacks critical skills in digital fluency, data analysis

The Air Force faces critical skill gaps in digital fluency, multi-domain operations, strategic decision-making, intelligence analysis and collaboration with allies — capabilities experts say are essential for modern warfare but remain underdeveloped across the service.

Following sweeping organizational changes announced in February 2024, then – Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall commissioned a RAND study to help identify critical skill gaps among active-duty Airmen.

An effort, known as Reoptimizing for Great Power Competition, included a total of 24 changes or action items that were divided into four categories: developing people, generating readiness, projecting power and developing capabilities.

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