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Feb. 1, 2017
Adapt or Fail: The USAF’s Role in Reconstituting the Iraqi Air Force, 2004–2007

The US Air Force has not had much experience in helping to create an air force for a partner nation. Usually the partner nation would already have an air force and the requisite infrastructure, only needing better airplanes, more training, or additional spare parts for the equipment already on hand.
Sept. 1, 2016
Air University Press Publications

Describes currently offered Air University (AU) Press books, journals, research papers, AU texts, and audio books. AU Press is a not-for-profit publisher of air, space, and cyberspace power topics for the development, exchange, and advancement of airpower and national security thought critical to
Sept. 1, 2016
Airpower Lessons for an Air Force Cyber-Power Targeting Theory [ONLINE ONLY]

Cyber targeting and associated doctrine should be the center of Air Force cyber strategy and its plans to organize, train, and equip a force for full-spectrum cyberspace operations. Understanding what targets cyber operations can affect is critical to deliberate planning or crisis planning. This
April 1, 2016
American Aerospace Power [ONLINE ONLY]

The Center for Strategy and Technology (CSAT) was established at the Air War College in 1996 to engage in long-term strategic thinking about technology and its implications for US national security. The Occasional Papers series is the result of CSAT research on topics developed from Headquarters Air
April 1, 2015
Air University Style and Author Guide

Dr. Marvin Bassett The Style Guide, part 1 of this publication, provides guidance to Air University’s community of writers. It offers a coherent, consistent stylistic base for writing and editing. The Author Guide, part 2 of this publication, offers simple, concise instructions to writers
June 1, 2014
An Approach toward an Asia-Pacific Strategy, 2012 to 2020

This regionally focused study is written at the strategic level to inform and guide US Air Force leadership over the next eight years. Further, the study is designed to provide an overarching strategy for the service as the nation rebalances from Europe and Southwest Asia to the Asia-Pacific region.
May 1, 2013
A Giant in the Shadows

This paper examines the military career of Maj Gen Benjamin Foulois. It emphasizes the personal qualities and professional skill that enabled him to rapidly build up and lead the air arm of the American Expeditionary Forces (AEF) to victory in World War I. While previous academic works have focused
Oct. 1, 2012
Achieving Medical Currency via Selected Staff

During Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom, the Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) contributed to the lowest “died of wounds rate” in the history of warfare (less than 10 percent).1 Cutting-edge medical care on the battlefield and revolutionary methods of transporting
Jan. 2, 2011
Air Force Strategy Study 2020-2030 [ONLINE ONLY]

In November 2009, Gen Norton A. Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, tasked the Air Force Research Institute (AFRI) to answer the following question: What critical capabilities—implemented by the combatant commanders—will the nation require of the Air Force by 2030? The AFRI team
May 1, 2010
AF Symposium Series 2010-2, Future Operator Symposium Proceedings

In July 2009 the Air Force Research Institute invited more than 270 active duty personnel, 14 general officers, and Department of Defense civilians to a “Future Operator Symposium” at Maxwell Air Force Base. The objective was to discuss what operators should look like in the future by