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July 2, 2019
Special Air Warfare and the Secret War in Laos: Air Commandos 1964–1975

The story of special air warfare and the Air Commandos who served for the ambassadors in Laos from 1964 to 1975 is captured through extensive research and veteran interviews. The author has meticulously put together a comprehensive overview of the involvement of USAF Air Commandos who served in Laos
May 23, 2019
Unofficial United States Guide to the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 [ONLINE ONLY]

The Unofficial United States Guide to the First Additional Protocol to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 assembles and cross-references multiple legal citations and sources in one convenient book. [Theodore T. Richard, Colonel, USAF / 2019 / 203 pages / ISBN: 9781585662920 / AU Press Code:
April 11, 2019
The Military Commander and the Law [ONLINE ONLY]

Today’s Air Force commanders face a wide range of issues, many of which involve complex statutes, laws, regulations, and rules. Our commanders must deal with challenging legal matters ranging from military justice to environmental law to operations law. The Military Commander and the Law is
March 18, 2019
Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward

Dr. Greg Zacharias, Chief Scientist of the United States Air Force 2015–18, explores next steps in autonomous systems (AS) development, fielding, and training. Rapid advances in AS development and artificial intelligence (AI) research will change how we think about machines, whether they are
March 8, 2019
Defending Air Bases in an Age of Insurgency, Vol. II

Authors offer their experiences from the field regarding air base security and discuss modern air support for base defense, counterintelligence enablers, commander responsibilities for air base defense, lessons from the Afghanistan theater of operations, projected technological advances in base
Dec. 1, 2018
AU-24 Concepts for Air Force Leadership

Compelling and creative leadership is one of the most critical demands of our time. Our Air Force is made up of people, doctrine, organizations, weapons, and equipment. It is leadership, however, that brings these elements together and makes them work effectively. Leaders make things happen. They
Nov. 20, 2018
Cradle of Airpower

Cradle of Airpower takes readers through a hundred years of discovery and development, starting when the future runways of Maxwell Air Force Base were still furrowed fields and Orville Wright himself astonished the people of Montgomery, Alabama, as he buzzed overhead in his Flyer performing
Nov. 19, 2018
Radar Contact

The emergence of radar and tactical fighter control is the genesis of today’s air battle managers. Army Signal Corps technicians and Air Corps aircraft operators comprised the aircraft warning service, creating a constant source of frustration to both communities. It is from this mixed
April 1, 2018
Developing Your Full Range of Leadership

Dr. Fil J. Arenas, Dr. Daniel Connelly, and Maj Michael D. Williams, USAF Defining leadership is a daunting task because there so many definitions. In fact, if you research the term, you will discover, according to Stogdill, as many definitions of leadership as there are leaders.
March 1, 2018
A Discourse on Winning and Losing

A Discourse on Winning and Losing is the first book published on John R. Boyd’s famous same-titled briefing. A maverick fighter pilot devoted to the Air Force and its mission, Boyd challenged orthodoxy including fighter tactics and the theory of how wars were to be fought. Inspiring radically