Wild Blue Yonder

July 11, 2025
Data Literacy for All: Why Every Airmen & Guardian Needs to be Data Literate

To build a data-literate culture, all DAF members must understand the four levels of analytics (descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive) and the four rights of data literacy (right data, right time, right purpose, right literacy). Additionally, intermediate and frontline leaders must
July 1, 2025
On Mentoring: Lessons from Historical Cases

Discover how history’s greatest military leaders shaped—and sometimes failed—their protégés through mentorship, revealing lessons that still resonate in modern warfare and leadership strategy.
June 20, 2025
Future-Proofing PME: How AI is Redefining Adaptive Wargaming and Strategic Readiness

Artificial Intelligence is transforming military wargaming from rigid scenarios into intelligent, adaptive simulations that challenge Airmen in real time. Wismar explores how AI-enhanced Professional Military Education (PME) strengthens strategic readiness, ethical decision-making, and multi-domain
June 18, 2025
AI Wingman in the Classroom: An Iteratively Adversarial Approach to Level-Up DAF PME

Can AI be more than just a tool in military education—perhaps even a trusted wingman? Cooper explores a bold framework for integrating AI into Air Force classrooms, blending adaptive tech, instructor insight, and student challenge to cultivate agile, human-led command.
June 17, 2025
Educating the AI-Ready Warfighter: A Framework for Ethical Integration in Air Force Professional Military Education

AI is reshaping Air Force Professional Military Education (PME), offering strategic advantages while raising ethical and governance challenges. Smith explores how AI can enhance leadership education—while ensuring human judgment remains at the core of military decision-making.
June 10, 2025
SANDS Celebrates a Decade of Strategic Deterrence Education

For a decade, the School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies (SANDS) has been shaping the next generation of deterrence experts, equipping officers with the strategic education needed to navigate an evolving geopolitical landscape.
June 6, 2025
Causes of Vulnerabilities and Key Threats to Defense Supply Chains

Explore how vulnerabilities—like overreliance on offshoring and cost-cutting at the expense of security—can be exploited by adversaries and what program managers must do to safeguard national defense capabilities.
June 2, 2025
Haiti's Instability and Its Effect on U.S. Security

Haiti’s political and economic instability isn’t just a regional crisis—it’s a strategic security concern for the United States, fueling drug trafficking, money laundering, and illegal migration. This post explores how Washington can shift its approach, leveraging the Haitian
May 16, 2025
Ensuring A-Rated Defense Corporations Follow National Security Objectives

Drawing from a bold French precedent, could government investment in leading defense contractors be the cornerstone of national security and technological advancement, or does it represent a risky departure from free-market principles?
May 12, 2025
Injecting Influence: What “Sputnik V” Teaches Military Planners About Modern Propaganda

Russia turned its COVID-19 vaccine into a powerful propaganda tool—and it is a blueprint for future global influence warfare in the digital age