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Imagine a system that instantaneously gives its user the majority of airborne battlefield data needed to make time-critical, potentially life-saving decisions. Now imagine that same system not only producing information [...]

Talent management is the sine qua non of an effective organization and, therefore, a critical determinant of military success. Within the framework of this article, talent management is best understood [...]

The Air Force is a vast organization consisting of over 660,000 personnel and an annual budget of more than $132 billion. It isn't a surprise that functional areas in such [...]

Lt. Gen. Brian T. Kelly is the deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, the Pentagon, responsible for comprehensive plans and policies covering all [...]

There is an epidemic failure within the game to understand what is happening. This is causing major league baseball teams to misjudge their players and mismanage their teams.... People that [...]

The clear precursor to fundamental changes in tactics, technology, and community norms is the design of new concepts of operations (CONOPS). Development of a CONOPS is a low-cost activity, but [...]

To gain total air supremacy in the modern age, air forces must not only render the enemy's air force ineffective but also contend with ground-based anti-air defenses. Over the past [...]

As battle becomes more complex and unpredictable, responsibilities must be more and more decentralized.... This will require all commanders to exercise initiative, resourcefulness, and imagination--operating with relative freedom of action. [...]

Professional military reading lists have expanded in recent years so that now nearly every senior organizational seat or position presents some recommended series of books or articles. As institutions, most [...]

No modern war has been won without air superiority. --Gen T. Michael Moseley, 2007 Although the vague term modern war leaves some question about the wars General Moseley was referring [...]

'During the demonstration, called Project Riot, an F-35 detected a long-range missile launch with its onboard sensors and shared the information through the U-2 to the air-defence commander on the [...]

As early as 1946, Lieutenant General Hoyt S. Vandenberg, speaking of the capabilities which modern tactical air forces had demonstrated during the European air war, observed that flexibility in the [...]

Dan Horndasch U.S. Army Bravo Company, Security Force 41st Infantry Brigade Combat Team. Photo taken in a village near Mazar-e-Sharif, Northern Afghanistan, 2006-2007. Mechanic, Rapha-Focus CX Team; Jelly Belly/Kenda Pro [...]

Over the last 10 years, Airmen have routinely waked up in a foreign land wondering, 'Why am I here?' One aspect of this question relates to the Air Force's current [...]

Introduction Logistics as a management discipline originated in the military and later branched into the commercial sector as business logistics. Now, the hottest topic in the commercial sector is supply [...]

Introduction Computing inventories of spares based on some of the more traditional inventory performance metrics--such as fill rate or service level--does not do a good job of delivering mission-ready aircraft. [...]

In the Beginning At the outset of the German buildup for World War II, the Germans were, arguably, the most technologically advanced nation in the world. Despite the limitations in [...]

In the final analysis, victories are achieved because of the effect produced, not simply because of the effort expended. --Brig Gen Haywood Hansell The mission of the US Air Force--'to [...]

During the last decade, the US Air Force saw its status begin to wane significantly with respect to the other US armed forces, in part due to a change in [...]

Strategically, purchasing the OA-X in large numbers was probably one of the best things the Air Force ever did. It allowed us to balance our Air Force properly; project persistent [...]

Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes! --Col William Prescott Battle of Bunker (Breed's) Hill, 1775 Combat identification for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) during time-sensitive targeting can [...]

The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority. --Ken Blanchard Many experts, including Ken Blanchard, argue legitimately that managing and leading are all about influencing people to accomplish [...]

On 1 October 2009, the People's Republic of China celebrated its 60th anniversary with all kinds of modern weaponry parading through and above Tiananmen Square in an unprecedented show of [...]

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew To serve your turn long after they are gone, And so hold on when there is nothing in you Except [...]

The evolution of contingency operations, the rapid maturation of space and information warfare ... have transformed the effectiveness of air and space power. --Air Force Doctrine Document 1, Air Force [...]

There are many ways to measure mission success. One of them is the count-how much did we do, how much got done, what did we complete? A second way to [...]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. True but ... if you don't know it's broke, it don't get fixed. --Bill Creech (Gen Wilbur L. Creeeh, USAF, Ret), The Five [...]

If it ain't broke, don't fix it. True but ... if you don't know it's broke, it don't get fixed. --Bill Creech (Gen Wilbur L. Creech, USAF, Ret), The Five [...]