Rise of the Fighter Generals - The Problem of Air Force Leadershp 1945-1982
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Rise of the Fighter Generals - The Problem of Air Force Leadershp 1945-1982

Rise of the Fighter Generals - The Problem of Air Force Leadershp 1945-1982


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Numerous studies have focused on American air power, particularly since it became a dominant force in modern warfare. Yet, only a handful of these studies have offered a critical evaluation of air leadership, and even fewer have shown a concern for the institutional dynamics that shape air leadership. Therefore, at least one study needs to ask, "Who are the air leaders and where have they come from?" This analysis focuses on the career specialty of Air Force general officers who served between 1953 and 1973. It indicates the clear dominance by rated or flying officers (mainly pilots and a few navigators) within Air Force leadership. The issue here is not whether pilots should dominate the Air Force-the fact is they do. Rather, a more interesting phenomenon is that persons who sit on top of the world's most powerful air force are almost exclusively fighter pilots; yet, their institution and its doctrine were created before World War II by bomber pilots.
About the Author: Prior to his assignment as director of the chief of staff's staff group at Headquarters United States Air Force in April 1997, Col R. Michael Worden was commander of the 354th Operations Group at Eielson Air Force Base (AFB), Alaska. The 354th Group oversees a squadron of night vision goggle-equipped A/OA-10s, and a squadron of LANTIRN-equipped F-16s and Pacific Air Forces Cope Thunder large forces employment exercises. This squadron provides air forces trained and equipped for close air support, air interdiction, and offensive counterair. Colonel Worden is a distinguished graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, receiving a bachelor's degree there in 1976. He was also named an outstanding graduate after completing pilot training at Reese AFB, Texas, in 1977. Colonel Worden graduated from the Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, in 1983 and Maxwell's Air Command and Staff College in 1988. Duke University conferred upon him a master's degree in military history in 1986 and a doctor of philosophy degree in the same area in 1993. Earlier, in 1991, he participated in Operations Desert Storm and Provide Comfort, the allied effort to establish no-fly zones over Kurdish refugees in Northern Iraq.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781478391937
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 298
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 449 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1478391936
  • Publisher Date: 01 Aug 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 16 mm
  • Width: 152 mm


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