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New AU Press Book: Lorenz on LeadershipIf 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 f... |
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AFRI Officer Builds Historical DatabaseWhat started as a solution to an information collection problem six years ago, has grown into a substantial database that documents air power through almost 100 years of conflicts. The database, known as THOR - Theater History of Operations Reports - is the brainchild of Lt. Col. Jenns Robertson, who says the database provides a bigger picture of aerial bombing campaigns, demonstrating how useful air power can be, especially when combi... |
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Airpower for Strategic Effect: by Colin S. GrayAirpower for Strategic Effect is intended to contribute to the understanding of airpower—what it is, what it does, why it does it, and what the consequences are. This is the plot: airpower generates strategic effect. |
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Hubert R. Harmon: Airman, Officer, Father of the Air Force Academy
Hubert R. Harmon: Airman, Officer, Father of the Air Force Academy by Phillip S. Meilinger. Fulcrum Publishing, 2009, 392 pp., $35.00.
The structures in the cadet area of the US Air Force Academy (USAFA) are named for Airmen who seem to personify the function of those edifices. Buildings affecting cadet life, such as the dormitories, dining hall, and social center, carry the names of air war heroes (e.g., Lance Sijan), airpower combatant commanders (e.g., Hoyt Vandenberg and Hap Arnold), and airpower visionaries (e.g., Billy Mitchell). The academic buildings are named for prominent Air Force educators (e.g., Muir Fairchild and Robert McDermott). It seems appropriate, then, that the administration building carry the designation Harmon Hall as a testament...
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