Airmen and Air Theory A Review of the Sources

History

AIR UNIVERSITY PRESS

Meilinger, Phillip

Military

Independently published

When and how was radar first developed? When was it first employed to direct fighters against approaching enemy aircraft? These two questions began the research that serves as the foundation for this book.After being selected for an AFHRA research grant in 1990, three years were spent attempting to answer those two primary questions using AFHRA's impressive historical archives collocated with the Fairchild Research Information Center at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama. The AFHRA staff have a tremendous amount of information for, and patience with, those new to the world of archival research.To put this book in its proper context, this is a story that takes place within an Army environment before the beginning of the US Air Force. As the history of radar's research and development unfolds, we will see the Army Signal Corps urgently attempting to develop cutting-edge radar technology. Moreover, as the air defense mission grows, we will see the Army Air Corps struggling to define its new roles and effectively organize itself

“Radar Contact!” The Beginnings of Army Air Forces Radar and Fighter Control

DeGering, Randall

As the Air Force realigns itself from a counterterrorism focus to dealing with near-peer rivalries with potential existential consequences, a "business as usual" approach to systems development will no longer suffice: we will not be able to continue with incremental advances on concepts developed decades ago. Instead, we need new technologies, affording us new capabilities, and new operational concepts to employ them. Fortunately, there now exists a broad and deep technology push in the information sciences, particularly in the area of autonomous system (AS) development and its associated foundational technology, artificial intelligence (AI). Our knowledge of cognition and neurophysiology-- the basis of what makes us "smart," most of the time--grows at a dizzying pace, while our ability to build autonomous systems--like self-driving cars and game-playing robots--continues to make frontpage news, as new AI algorithms and learning techniques are developed and employed in novel ways. And these advances are compounded by explosive gains in the underlying computational infrastructure afforded by Moore's law growth in computational power, memory, networking, and data availability.

Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward

Zacharias, Greg L.

The story of special air warfare and the Air Commandos who served for the ambassadors in Laos from 1964 to 1975 is captured through extensive research and veteran interviews. The author has meticulously put together a comprehensive overview of the involvement of USAF Air Commandos who served in Laos as trainers, advisors, and clandestine combat forces to prevent the communist takeover of the Royal Lao Government. This book includes pictures of those operations, unveils what had been a US government secret war, and adds a substantial contribution to understanding the wider war in Southeast Asia.

Special Air Warfare and the Secret War in Laos: Air Commandos 1964–1975

Celeski, Joseph D.

Everyone can be a better listener. Using the concepts of what we think, feel, and do about listening, Dr. Kline promotes the need for honing this often neglected communication skill. He presents logical, practical methods that will help you to become a better listener in your personal and professional life in everyday and critical situations.Listening is the neglected communication skill. While all of us have had instruction in reading, writing, and speaking, few have had any formal instruction in listening. This void in our education is especially interesting in light of research showing that most of us spend seven of every 10 minutes we are awake in some form of communication activity. Of these seven minutes (or 70 percent of the time we are awake), 10 percent is spent writing, 15 percent reading, 30 percent talking, and 45 percent listening.

Listening Effectively

Education & Teaching

Kline, John A.

Schools & Teaching

Guidelines for Command: A Handbook on the Leadership of Airmen for Air Force Squadron Commanders

AIR COMMAND AND STAFF COLLEGE

Deliberate Force: A Case Study in Effective Air Campaigning

Owen, Robert C.

If you want to learn about leadership, ask an experienced leader. Gen Stephen R. Lorenz, who retired as the commander of Air Education and Training Command, was always interested in leadership. He began writing about it while at the Air Force Academy and has now written numerous articles. He believes that today’s leaders need to reflect on the principles that guide them. This practice gave him insights into his own leadership style and fed his knowledge about the foundations of leadership. He shares his knowledge in this compilation. He also believes everyone is a leader in one way or another and should practice the art of leadership by writing about his or her own experiences and mentoring others.

Lorenz on Leadership: Lessons on Effectively Leading People, Teams, and Organizations

Lorenz, Stephen R.

This new work defines national security strategy, its objectives, the problems it confronts, and the influences that constrain and facilitate its development and implementation in a post–Cold War, post–9/11 environment. The authors note that making and implementing national strategy centers on risk management and present a model for assessing strategic risks and the process for allocating limited resources to reduce them. The major threats facing the United States now come from its unique status as “the sole remaining superpower” against which no nation-state or other entity can hope to compete through conventional means. The alternative is what is now called asymmetrical or fourth generation warfare. Drew and Snow discuss all these factors in detail and bring them together by examining the continuing problems of making strategy in a changed and changing world.

Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems

Snow, Donald M.

Drew, Dennis M.

Dr. Lester traces the evolution of US close air support, with special emphasis on Korea and Vietnam. He discusses the differing views of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force at some length and compares close air support in these two conflicts. The author notes the need for close air support in the Gulf War and explores the future of close air support. He punctuates this history and analysis with dramatic experiences of those who made it happen.

Mosquitoes to Wolves: The Evolution of the Airborne Forward Air Controller

Lester, Gary R.

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