On July 27 of last year, over 1,000 experts and researchers – including Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak – signed an open letter warning of the perils of using artificial intelligence in the military and expressing their worry that lethal autonomous weapon systems (LAWS) would “become tomorrow’s Kalashnikovs.” They hence called for…
In September 1972, the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) reviewed the case of Air Force General John D. Lavelle and determined that General Lavelle had conducted unauthorized bombing missions over North Vietnam and ordered the falsification of post-mission reports. As a result, the SASC demoted him to major general in retirement. In August 2010, after…
This is the second part of a two-part article on French airpower in current contingencies. For a country like France, the strategic context in the short- to mid-term will probably be the continuation of the current era of protracted interventions, necessary but unfortunately non-decisive, in Africa (as leading nation) and the Middle East (as part…
This article was originally posted on The Strategy Bridge. We are sharing it here due to its outstanding contribution to airpower dialogue. The Army of 2025 and Beyond will effectively employ lethal and non-lethal overmatch against any adversary to prevent, shape, and win conflicts and achieve national interests. It will leverage cross-cultural and regional experts…
This paper, by Lieutenant Colonel Scott Gunn, USAF, was originally published by The Strategy Bridge. “The four-ship of F-15C Eagles raced across the sky at thirty thousand feet. The flight lead, call sign Death-1, focused on his radar, looking for enemy aircraft in the vicinity. He also knew those enemy aircraft were looking for him.”…
Airpower, provided by the French Air Force as well as Army and Navy aviation, has always been an important component of the French armed forces; but in the current context, it is proving to be an even more critical tool than ever before.
No, this isn’t a call for the resurrection of “cranium” and “container” (if they ever really went away). Nor is it a discourse of the pregame compliments shouted at opposing teams by fans of the Eagles or Raiders. This is a Leading Edge series where we collectively examine those words we airpower advocates employ that…
Sharing a rich history and close friendship, the French Air Force, Royal Air Force and United States Air Force signed a Tri-Lateral Strategic Initiative Charter in 2013. The Charter was intended to aggregate the world’s pre-eminent airpowers into “three air forces capable of rapid, cohesive and effective coalition operations across the full spectrum of conflict.”[1]…
Dan and Dave, no relation to the famous Olympic decathletes, began a dialogue following a workshop on the development of an Air Force Operating Concept. At the conclusion of day 1 of the workshop, Dan and Dave had a discussion on the future of the military; to include the direction our respective services are headed.
One of the most vexing strategic problems facing airmen is how to succinctly articulate their inherent value to national policy and military strategy. In the battle of narratives and enduring strategic discussions, Airpower’s single most significant capability is still too often understated if not underestimated: the ability to break from the surface of the earth to furnish…
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