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Jan. 27, 2022
News and Events: January 2022

Read about the featured monthly observance and key dates for January.
Jan. 12, 2022
ASPJ Vol. 35, Issue 4

ASPJ Winter Edition 2021
Nov. 8, 2021
After Thursday: Air Commandos Deliver a Killing Blow to Japanese Occupation in Burma

This work is a synopsis of the involvement of the 1st and 2nd Air Commando Groups alongside other Allied forces from May 1944 to May 1945 in the Pacific Campaign of World War II. Multiple lesser-known operations are included as well as minor assistance provided to friendly forces and novel uses of
Nov. 4, 2021
Contemporary Tactical Realignment: Preparing a Military Force to Work with Department of Justice Prosecutors to Fight Terrorism, Cyberhacking, and Other National Security Issues

This paper introduces military commanders to DOJ capabilities and the potential for military-DOJ collaboration. It proposes a five-part framework for working with federal prosecutors. First, military and DOJ authorities should agree upon the types of wrongdoing which warrant military authorities
Nov. 1, 2021
Alternative Airpower for Afghanistan: Unmanned Aircraft Systems

In this paper, the author argues that because of the issues in Afghanistan and the inability to transition to an air force that is manned independently, that they augment with Unmanned Aircraft Systems. The author cites that since small-UAS are already in use in country, expanding the program will
Sept. 30, 2021
The Vital Era

In the past century, few have done more to establish the Air Force and its logistics enterprise as we know it today than Maj Gen Hugh J. Knerr; fewer still are as unique. An early aviator, Knerr established the first airlift mission and led the procurement effort for the B-17 with Gen Frank Andrews
Sept. 30, 2021
David A. Loska

Author of The Vital Era in Which America Nurtured Leaders and Tempered Arms 1887–1950
Sept. 17, 2021
Air & Space Power Journal

The Air & Space Power Journal (ISSN 1554-2505), Air Force Recurring Publication 10-1, published quarterly, is the professional journal of the United States Air Force. It is designed to serve as an open forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative thinking on military
Sept. 16, 2021
No Moment of Victory: The NATO Training Mission in Afghanistan, 2009–2011

No Moment of Victory examines NATO coalition efforts to build Afghan Army and police forces with the objective of transitioning the war to Afghan control. The NATO Training Mission–Afghanistan (NTM-A) grew from a handful of senior officers and enlisted personnel to over 6,000 coalition members
Sept. 14, 2021
Flexible Employment of Multi-Role Assets

This paper discusses how current doctrine is antiquated and does not align well with current mission requirements and equipment. The author argues that by combining assets into multirole platforms and updating doctrine and air operations, full utilization of assets can occur. [Trevor A. Gustafson /