by Dave Patterson | Mar 7, 2024 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
The US Air Force is not prepared to meet the China threat. That was one of the first assessments of Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall when he assumed his position. That might have prompted an immediate evaluation of requirements versus capabilities to discover...
by Dave Patterson | Nov 13, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
Wisdom and experience meet youth and exuberance, or that’s what the US Air Force hopes as it attempts to meet recruiting goals by raising the maximum age limit for entrance. To a greater extent than the other services, the Air Force has a range of required...
by Dave Patterson | Sep 16, 2023 | Articles, Military Affairs, Opinion
While other military services have struggled for more than two decades, the Air Force had met its recruiting goals. But no more. And the deficit of talented recruits is reflected in a dearth of pilot trainees. Some say it was just a matter of time before the wokeness...
by Dave Patterson | Mar 20, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
It seems the US Air Force is not looking for talented, skilled, high-performing individuals for its senior positions – the best and the brightest – instead, the less qualified and duller. Despite the evidence that personnel selection based on identity and not merit...
by Dave Patterson | Jan 31, 2023 | Articles, Good Reads, Military Affairs, Opinion
There has never been a shortage of faintheartedness in the Pentagon. But the Biden administration’s Defense Department has honed timidity into an art form. Case in point, a recently leaked memorandum from the Air Mobility Command’s (AMC) leader, four-star General Mike...