Air force

organization. They make minor decisions each day that impact each and every subordinate underneath them. The Air Force leaders at the Pentagon have major influence on the entire enterprise. They can impact retention and morale with simple policy change that could hinder global military operations. A recent change in leadership has yielded positive results. Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General David Goldfein has made squadron revitalization his top priority. He had implemented some…

to attend this higher learning Institution since 7th grade. Now the time has come for me to apply to the USAFA to not only fulfill that dream but also become one of our Nation's future leaders. One reason I want to receive an appointment to the Air Force Academy is that I am extremely zealous, I strive for excellence in all I do, and I never give up! I’m dedicated to the AFJROTC, pour my heart into it as Cadet Wing Commander, command the armed drill team, attended Nationals Drill Camp, and…

Before the Air Force I never had a plan and was what most would say a wild child. I didn’t have a clue where I was headed in life and worked a dead end job that would never put me anywhere else but living with my mother until she was tired of me and made me leave. I was always out and partying and just had no sense of direction until one day I had a realization and decided to join the world greatest Air Force. People always said the military changed you, I never ever thought it would change me…

When I grow up I want to be a physician in the United States Air Force. Being an Air Force physician is not for everyone; they have to be confident, respectful, humane, etc. I feel like this job is the right fit for me because I love to help those in need and I like to feel that I could make someones life better. A plus about being an Air Force physicians is that they live on the base, which means patients can contact and get to me faster, that also means the patients will feel more…

Operation Husky was an invaluable experience for Allied forces in World War II. It opened the Allied forces eyes to the numerous challenges they must face internally before they could hope to be victorious in the war against Germany, Japan and Italy. This essay will show how a failure in operational leadership caused Operation Husky to fail to become the decisive victory it had the potential of being. Essential to command and control is a thorough understanding of the commander’s intent at…

Grand Alliance, the development of a highly sophisticated logistical system allowed for support with equipment, such as tanks, small vehicles, air craft, weaponry and, munitions, not to mention men. The critical importance of air power is also dually noted and described in two separate phases, the initial and the evolution of air…

those things. In the back of my head I always had thought I’d grow up helping people and I have found a career that suits my needs perfectly. My career choice is Fire protection in the United States Air Force. What makes this career dream different from the rest…

That ultimate fulfillment of their prophecies and predictions can be summarized in their vision of airpower use. To win the war, one must first; conquer the air; use airpower as offensive weapon; gain air superiority to provide support to the ground forces; fight in the air, and deny enemy to fly; and destroy enemy support in order to break their capability and will to fight. From all those interwar airpower theorists and prophets, few of them distinguished from…

Air power influenced each member of the Allies and Axis powers uniquely through the context in which they viewed the effects of air power in World War I (WWI), the development of theories and technology in the interwar years, and the geopolitical situation facing the nations at the outset of World War II (WWII). These situations and experiences created a perception of the capabilities of air power that drove the creation and employment of the nations’ air arm. In turn, each belligerents’…

group of allied forces had been surrounded. The reason for this halt being that Göring had promised Hitler that he could “bomb the enemy into submission”. Göring ultimately failed on his objective to destroy these allied forces for two reasons, one being that “bad weather frequently grounded the planes, [also] at this stage [the planes] did not fly at night”. There was, however, a more important reason, which was “the Luftwaffe met their first strong opposition by an air force that was to…