2-SECOND BURSTS
SHORT THOUGHTS ON LEADERSHIP, DECISION-MAKING, FLIGHT, AND OTHER TOPICS OF THE DAY
ARTICLES
20-Degrees per Decision—The Time Value of Decisiveness
By most professional accounts, Colonel John Boyd was a cantankerous, belligerent bully when it came to the battlefield of ideas. He was known for shouting down generals as a civilian working in the P... ...more
Leadership & Excellence ,Airpower & DoD
May 15, 2024•3 min read
Unknown Force Presentation
The Air Force is approaching the 80-year anniversary, still searching for an identity, for a way to define what its force looks like, what it really offers the joint force. ...more
Airpower & DoD
March 23, 2024•2 min read
Air Force Disruptive Change
Billy Mitchell was a disruptor for his visionary use of massed AirPower in World War I, and his belief in strategic bombing as a short cut to victory from the bloody conflicts of ground warfare. ...more
Airpower & DoD
February 16, 2024•3 min read
Force Planning For The Most Dangerous Course of Action
China, China, China. That has been the drum beat for quite a few years now. China is definitely our pacing threat in terms of capabilities and capacity, and their national objectives. A loss would be ... ...more
Airpower & DoD
February 04, 2024•4 min read
Rebutting The Reasons To Hate The A-10 Or The Next A-X
As I previously shared, there are many reasons why many AirPower advocates hate the A-10. In general, they are not idiots, have well-thought out reasoning to disparage the airframe and wish the Air Fo... ...more
Airpower & DoD
April 25, 2023•9 min read
Why Hate the A-10?
Since Tail 82-665 (last A-10 manufactured) rolled off the assembly line from Bethpage, NY in 1983, an army of Air Force fighter pilot haters have vied for the retirement of an aircraft that was purpos... ...more
Airpower & DoD
April 20, 2023•5 min read
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