The last fifteen years of my career were spent in Air Force Recruiting and loved it! I was afforded the opportunity to work in several different positions to include a Recruiter, Squadron Trainer, Flight Chief and on the Recruiter Screening Team hiring the recruiters within the command. The recruiting career field is an extremely challenging field but also a very rewarding one as well. Being able to help the future leaders of the Air Force start their journeys is a wonderful feeling. Further…
Air superiority during war is a make or break capability. To own the air not only with the use of a strong Air Force, but to rule it with a defensive posture. The anti-air capabilities of England during World War II set an example for what air defense can do and how effective it can be. The Battle of Britain was an air war that was conducted mostly over the skies of Britain and above the English Channel. The German Air Force, also known as the Luftwaffe, was conducting deep air raids into…
available relevant technology for commanders to use in air, space, and cyberspace. That definition is precisely emphasizing technology as main cause that gave birth of a unique military capability only airpower can provide; among others, to attack directly enemy targets from the air regardless of their location, and to observe from the air.1 Thus, if there…
which include the Royal Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and the Royal Marines, who fall into the Royal Navy branch. The Military size force is 176,810; each branch consists of 101,300 members of the Royal Army, 40,090 members of the Royal Air Force, 27,930 members of the Royal Navy, and 7,500 members of the Royal Marines. The English Military also has the Special Air Service or the SAS. The SAS is one of the most prestigious Special Forces groups with the hardest selection course in all…
ineffective the current Air Force Suicide Prevention Program is and why it is ineffective. First, this paper will cover the problem with the ineffectiveness of the Air Force Suicide Prevention Program. Second, this paper will cover possible solutions that the military should consider implementing for this program. These solutions include providing a psychiatric evaluation at the Military Entry Processing Station (MEPS), increasing face-to-face training, and adding Air Force Storytellers to brief…
Battle of Britain An air battle with German and British air forces took place in Britain, from July 10 to October 31. In 1940, the battle started in August 30-31. The Germans had an upper hand over the British, they had seized airfields in Belgium, France, and Netherlands. There was to believe the battle was divided into four phases but actually there were five phases. The first phase of the German’s aerial assault on Britain was to concentrate on convoys sailing on the English Channel. The…
for a nomination for The United States Air Force Academy. I know that I would make an ideal cadet and I’ll tell you why. I may look like just another number, but I’m not just any student looking to go to the academy because my parents did or because I want paid college. I want to go to the academy because I am an engineering student and I found out the hard way that where you go to college really does make a difference. I found out the long way that the Air Force academy would be the best place…
In the summer of 1940, the German Air Force, The Luftwaffe had decided to attack the Royal Air force. The Germans Luftwaffe had about 2500 air crafts where as the Royal Air Force had 1200 air crafts. The Royal Air Force did not have many pilots or experienced ground crews. The British didn’t have enough equipment, during that rough period of time Canada had provided the equipment…
On July 28th, 1914 was when the First World War happened, which occurred in central Europe. WW1 and WW2 had a huge impact on women’s life and from the start made significant changes to women’s life. Women played a huge role in changing their contribution to Canadian society. Prior to the WW1 women had very few rights and were overruled by the men of the country. Although, as the years go by things began to change slowly but surely for women, changing for the better. As the women’s husbands were…
the United States through the use of an aerial bombing. Within the four raids that the allies carried out, 3,900 tons of highly explosive bombs and incendiaries were dropped on the city by heavy bombers of the United States Army Air Forces and the British Royal Air Force. Dresden, Germany was the country’s seventh-largest city and the largest of the remaining un-bombed built areas. Since the bombing, there has been much debate over whether the bombing was a war crime. A war crime is defined as…