Jan. 26, 2024 | By
Tobias Naegele
Having focused the services’ modernization efforts around seven Operational Imperatives designed to accelerate the injection of new capabilities into the force, Kendall is now setting his sights on organizational impediments to change.
Nov. 30, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
Recent Chiefs put the Air Force on the right course. Allvin’s mission is to deliver on those promises.
Nov. 2, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
The conflicts in Israel and Ukraine could not be more different. The lessons for Americans could not be greater.
Oct. 5, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
Divisive politics here at home undermine confidence in the United States among our own citizens as well as our allies.
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Aug. 31, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
We are also in a modern-day arms race, in some cases playing catch-up, and we are competing to win friends and influence nations worldwide.
July 28, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
To achieve that, Congress and the Pentagon must make a strategic shift in priorities, providing an additional redirecting of $10 billion to $20 billion annually to the Department of the Air Force. This is the only way to remain ready today while modernizing for tomorrow.
June 14, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
For the first time in 18 years, an Airman will be the commander in chief’s top military adviser, and not a moment too soon. As Chairman, Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. will have an opportunity to exert influence across the joint enterprise, including how requirements ...
April 27, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
How is it, the public wondered, that our military trusts people so young with secrets so large? ... The fact is, the military could not function if it didn’t trust volunteers in their teens and early 20s with security clearances.
March 31, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
Today’s recruiting challenges are systemic to our national circumstances. The military is in a more competitive environment than ever, at a time when other societal changes are also working to the services’ disadvantage.
Feb. 16, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
All the best satellite intelligence and ground-based radars in the world can still miss threats if they don’t know what they’re looking for.
Jan. 20, 2023 | By
Tobias Naegele
Americans are waking up to the fact that our military is not as ready or as capable as it needs to be. Just two years ago, 62 percent of Americans thought U.S. military strength was “about right” and 25 percent thought it was “not strong ...
Dec. 2, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
News that the Air Force has begun to draw down its two F-15 squadrons at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, shows the cascading effect of decisions made years ago.
Nov. 2, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
The Space Force needs the scale and means to assert authority. This is not just about money, though that is important. And it’s not about numbers of people. It’s about establishing world-leading expertise.
Oct. 7, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
To deter war, we must demonstrate both superior capability and sufficient capacity to endure a fight.
Sept. 2, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
Changing the title of a storied publication—and association—is not something to be taken lightly. A title must define who we are and what we’re about. Air & Space Forces magazine does the job.
Aug. 10, 2022
The Air Force turns 75 on Sept. 18, a momentous three-quarters of a century.
July 1, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
“World’s Greatest Air Force” is not a lifetime title like “Supreme Court Justice.”
April 29, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
AFA became the Air & Space Forces Association April 7, a historic shift more than two years in the making.
March 23, 2022 | By
Tobias Naegele
We find ourselves today on the other side of the deterrence challenge, intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats of possible nuclear war. Putin’s willingness to break norms others take for granted are destabilizing.