A Bomber for the Navy
Rather that sending the B-1 Lancer into early retirement, the Department of Defense could transfer it to the Navy for duty as a land-based ship-killer.
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Vulnerabilities of Multi-Domain Command and Control (Part 2)
Part 2 of the series focuses on how a peer adversary may leverage cyber, space, and EW threats against command and control capabilities, and how these effects may be mitigated through the distribution of authorities to smaller teams.
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Vulnerabilities of Multi-Domain Command and Control (Part 1)
The concept of assured communications enabling an AOC’s continual SA during a peer fight might not be as easy as it sounds.
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Modernizing C2 of ISR – Part 2: Breaking ISR’s Industrial Age Chains
Theater-level ISR C2 must be modernized to ensure the Joint Force is prepared for a complex future and can achieve multi-domain success.
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Lt Gen Deptula Remarks – OTH Speaker Series – Aerospace Power in an Age of Uncertainty
Retired Lt Gen David Deptula shares his thoughts on the future of warfare-in particular, aerospace power in an age of uncertainty.
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DROP ZONE: The Rise of the Machines
Although the machines have not taken over, swarms offer a solution to the problem of accessing contested areas and destroying challenging target sets.
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Napoleon and von Moltke: Ghosts of Airpower, past and future.
By Brandon T. Losacker The Air Force lacks a coherent multi-domain airpower theory. This is a problem. The current doctrine
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Interview with Lt Gen (Ret.) David Deptula: Part 3
In an interview, Lt Gen David Deptula (Ret) shares his perspective on current and future challenges for USAF leaders and joint operations.
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Interview with Lt Gen (Ret.) David Deptula: Part 2
Lt Gen David Deptula (Ret) shares his perspective on the Combat Cloud, ISR, and the need for airmen to serve as joint warfighting commanders.
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OTH Interview of Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret): Part 1
In an interview, Lt Gen David Deptula (Ret) shares his perspective on current and future challenges for the USAF leaders and the Joint Force.
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Drop Zone: OTH Interview with Lt Gen David Deptula, USAF (Ret.)
In a candid interview, retired Lt Gen David Deptula, shares his perspective on current and future challenges for USAF leaders and the Joint Force.
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CSAR: A Historical Perspective – Institutional Apathy
This article visits traceable history of Air Force mismanagement of the combat rescue helicopter forces that are the backbone of the larger joint and coalition personnel recovery enterprise.
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The Problem with “Airpower”
The United States Air Force’s definition of airpower is merely a description of all Air Force activities and is incorrect.
By Tom Flounders