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The article presents the discussion on best professional thought concerning global concepts and doctrines of air strategy and tactics. Topics include featuring content ranging from the finer points of air and space operations to national security strategy and international security; expanding general interest in global affairs and national and international politics; and highlighting the relevance of national and international security policy concepts to the Department of the Air Force.

The article presents a guide on the international conference "Scientific Research and Education in the Air Force" (AFASES) for 2017 which was held from May 25-27, 2018 in Brasov, Romania, and talks of agenda, list of committee members, and the list of speakers.

The article presents the discussion on Falklands War taking place between April to June 1982 including Air Force being busy in surveillance and patrolling airspace advancing the education of the public.

This study compared anthropometric parameters among different military sports. One hundred and seventy male cadets of the Brazilian Air Force Academy, who were participants of athletics (n= 33, 20.5±1.3 years), basketball (n= 11, 19.9±1.8 years), fencing (n= 10, 19.9±0.7 years), soccer (n= 21, 20.9±1.6 years), judo (n= 17, 20.7±1.0 years), swimming (n= 15, 20.4±1.2 years), orienteering (n= 10, 21.3±1.6 years), military pentathlon (n= 11, 20.7±1.2 years), water polo (n=10, 21.1±0.9 years), shooting (n= 18, 21.3±1.2 years) or volleyball (n= 14, 20.9±1.7 years) military competitive teams, participated in this study. Height, body mass, body mass index, fat percentage, lean body mass, fat mass, waist and hip perimeters, and waist-hip ratio were measured. Main effects were detected for height, body mass, body mass index, lean body mass, waist and hip perimeters. The only significant finding was that orienteers present lower lean body mass than volleyball and water polo players. These results point out the homogeneity of group anthropometric parameters (except lean body mass), suggesting that military coaches do not rely on the anthropometric parameters, but on specific skills demonstrated during initial period of practice to choose athletes for their teams. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

United States federal law and other regulations require the US military services to provide professional military education to their forces. Meeting that requirement will become increasingly difficult with the absence of a federal government budget, significant cuts to defense spending, and expected future cuts to both defense spending and manpower. Additionally, the operations tempo remains high despite the withdrawal of troops from Iraq and the planned withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resulting time and budget constraints will likely make it more difficult for the services to provide every member with the opportunity to compete for positions in coveted in-residence professional military education programs. Thus, the Air Force is considering a new lifetime learning approach to professional military education. As the Air Force seeks to develop its new paradigm, we must understand what benefits of the current system should be retained and what drawbacks should be allayed. Unfortunately, there is little research in this area. We content analyze data collected from Air Force officers attending in-residence professional military education, synthesize our findings with education and technology literature, and suggest innovative technologies that can maximize the intangible benefits and minimize the drawbacks of professional military education. The blended approach we present can create a richer, more meaningful learning experience for the service member, while simultaneously lowering the cost per member and providing greater opportunity to attend in-residence professional military education. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article focuses on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Defense in building partnership capacity with different countries. A panel discussion to be hosted by the Air Force Association in Washington, D.C. in September 2012 is highlighted. A brief overview on the initiatives of air chiefs in developing an increased level of interdependence in the air forces is provided.

Abstract: Organizations, such as the Air Force and NASA make critical decisions on spacecraft performance and survivability based on the results of test-analysis correlation metrics. In order to ensure the success of a new paradigm in finite element model validation where there is no system level test, uncertainty in the substructures must be propagated into the system level correlation metrics. The objective of this work is to quantify the level of accuracy required at the substructure level to produce acceptable analytical model accuracy at the system level. In preparation for future synthesized system level uncertainty analysis, a framework is presented for propagating analytical model uncertainty from a fixed interface Craig–Bampton substructure representation into a free–free substructure. Model uncertainty is parameterized in terms of test- or truth-analysis correlation metrics that are dictated by the Air Force. A statistical model is presented for these correlation metrics such that an analyst can specify a covariance matrix for uncertainty in model correlation at the fixed substructure level, and then propagate it into correlation uncertainty at the free substructure level. Development of the forward propagation approach then allows propagation of correlation uncertainty in the reverse direction from the free substructure into the fixed interface based Craig–Bampton representation. The proposed methods are applied to a typical spacecraft representation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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High performance organization (HPO) bases entities which perform differently from traditional organizations following a conventional hierarchical. They use strategic planning to interconnectedness among organizational to achieve high payoff results. The high performance organization involves many causes which effect on developing organization performance. The new generation of military should focus on how to develop his force through the next 50 years. Our force is made up of people, weapons, equipment and organization, which can be brought them together for working effectively. This study was undertaken to identify factors that affect to military. Data was collected from secondary sources including review of contemporary management literature, journals, and other published. Also, the data was interviewed from high rank commanders who achieve in Royal Thai Air Force and involve high performance system. This paper clearly points to determine what makes a military an HPO. It also identifies organizational elements and discusses in the detail to explore what is important for being high performance organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Previews the September 2001 Air Force Association convention and exposition in Washington DC. Exhibition of hardware and futuristic weapons systems that will enter the US Air Force; Consolidation of the Department of Defense's space-related requirements and acquisition activities under the US Air Force Space Command; Military systems banned from space.

The article discusses the plans to coordinate and integrate military and civilian space age education for youths in United States. A close coordination between the public schools and the Department of Defense is essential in addressing the space age educational needs of the industry, the military services and the private enterprises. The National Education Association (NEA) space-age committee, the Air Force Association Aerospace Education Council as well as the space-age orientation programs have proposed various ways to accomplish the integration of military and space age education in United States.

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The article profiles the 306 (Maple Leaf) Wing Concert Band which is sponsored by the 306 (Maple Leaf) Wing of the Air Force Association of Canada (AFAC). It discusses the link between its history and that of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) civilian concert band. It says that the AFAC Concert Band performs for public concerts as well as for official AFAC functions in partnership with the annual Battle of Britain commemorations which happen each September.

The article offers information on several funding solutions for elementary classrooms in the U.S. Topics covered include the Lowe's Toolbox for Education Grant Program from the Lowe's Charitable and Education Foundation, the Air Force Association grants for aerospace-related activities and items from the Civil Air Patrol, and the funds from the Captain Planet Foundation.

The article reports on the 1 million U.S. dollar-grant awarded by Northrop Grumman Foundation for the Cyber-Patriot Program of the Air Force Association.

The article reports that Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) membership unit has made an announcement assigning Air Force Association (AFA), an organization composing of 100,000 members who are concerned with aerospace development, to facilitate their computerized membership processing system starting January 19, 1968 in the U.S. AFA was chosen to facilitate the membership processing due to its unique capability and desire to render a better system for membership processing. This article also informs members of CEC on the possible delay in receiving their membership cards and journal.