My Interview on Sunday’s Defense News TV
In case you missed it… I spoke briefly with Vago Muradian on Sunday’s Defense News TV show to clarify some of the most important recommendations in the National Commission on the Structure of the Air...
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Abolish America’s Air Force? Not So Fast.
Belated, but this is well worth reading. “Why America Needs an Independent Air Force” by CFR’s own military fellows: Col Scott Campbell, CAPT Charles Cashin, CAPT William Parker, Col Robert Spalding,...
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A Thought on Crimea: Remember, Airpower Is Good for More Than Terrorists
By Robert Spalding III This week’s guest post comes from Col Spalding, CFR’s own Air Force fellow and a former B-2 wing vice commander. This post is adapted from a larger piece out today in the...
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Slash Manpower, Impair Readiness? For the Air Force, There’s a Better Way
I have a new article out in The Hill co-authored with my colleague, Dr. Meg Harrell, a manpower expert at RAND and a fellow member of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force...
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If the Air Force Has Such a Good Argument for Divesting the A-10, Why is No...
One of the most controversial proposals by the Air Force this year is its plan to divest the A-10 jet aircraft. The “warthog,” as it is known, is a slow moving, low-flying, ear-piercingly loud jet...
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Four Things You Didn’t Know About the U.S. Air Force’s Role in Fighting Ebola
With so much misinformation circulating about the scale and domestic danger of the Ebola threat, less attention has been paid to the U.S. military’s effort to stem the disease’s spread in Africa....
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The Air Force’s Argument to Retire the A-10 Warthog Doesn’t Add Up. Here’s Why.
The U.S. Air Force and the rest of the military desperately need to cut billions of dollars while minimizing the loss to combat capabilities. Eliminating platforms provides the greatest cost savings...
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Overstretched and Under Pressure, the U.S. Air Force Remains the Backbone of...
By Janine Davidson and Sam Ehrlich U.S. Air Force Secretary Deborah James visited the Council on Foreign Relations late last month to discuss the present and future of the Air Force. James, who was...
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Understanding the Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Precision Strike
By Zachary Austin On average, it took 1,000 sorties of B-17 bombers dropping nearly two-and-a-half million pounds of “dumb” bombs to successfully knock out a significant Nazi target in 1944. By...
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