Wild Blue Yonder

06/07/2023

Outstanding work by one of our Air University students, Sean Wiswesser of the USAF Air War College!

06/01/2023

New from WBY: Chris Auger and Joe Witherspoon on Why the A-Staff?
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 Imperative for ChangeThe US may now face adversaries capable of wielding a disruptive and dangerous operational reach with mass, precision, and speed in all domains.[1] This increasingly complex

05/25/2023

New from WBY: Dr. Seb Lukasik (ACSC) https://lnkd.in/g6-WKJ8R

In February 2019, the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes published an article that examined the unique way in which the 48th Fighter Wing of the U.S. Air Force, a unit composed of F-15E

05/25/2023

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In the morning of 05 July 1943, Oberkommando des Herres (OKH) ordered Army Group Center and Army Group South to begin their attack on a 250km wide and 150km deep Soviet ‘bulge’ along the Eastern

05/25/2023

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The Need for Developing Leaders’ Ethical CapacitiesThis article explores the importance of developing leaders’ ethical capacities by expanding on previous scholarship, emphasizing AU’s QEP efforts,

05/25/2023

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 IntroductionIn recent remarks the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen C.Q. Brown, has identified a set of imperatives for the Air Force to address to meet the challenges presented by aggressive

05/25/2023

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In no other profession are the penalties for employing untrained personnel so appalling or so irrevocable as in the military.- Douglas MacArthurAnnual Report of the Chief of Staff of the US Army

05/25/2023

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The recent announcement by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that the U.K. will send 14 Challenger II 3rdGeneration Main Battle Tanks (MBT) to Ukraine was met with jubilation in Kiev – which has long

05/25/2023

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Disclaimer: I’ve spent a lot of time studying the strategic significance of the Azores and am applying that while serving there. I’m not an expert but I think I can help illuminate the decision space

05/25/2023

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Opinions, conclusions, and recommendations expressed or implied within are solely those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the Air University, the United States Air Force,

05/25/2023

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From 1950-1980, the United States (US) nuclear weapons program experienced its share of accidents with 32 on record in the opening decades of the Atomic Era. Practitioners call these events Broken

05/25/2023

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By examining how authority has been delegated historically, this article considers the application of mesh-node architecture in the military’s command hierarchy to