Afghanistan: Whose War is This Anyway?

11/28/2010
By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the Air Force War and politics in Afghanistan: a tough balancing act credit photo: www.csmonitor.com 11/28/2010 - As our casualties mount and our allies begin to look for the sidelines, we are receiving seriously mixed messages about our so-called war that is "breaking…

“Fly Before Buy”

11/15/2010
The Air Force Tanker Decision: A ‘Fairer’ Way Forward By Michael W. Wynne,  21st Secretary of the Air Force Credit: KC-135, http://www.aviationexplorer.com 11/17/2010 - The Air Force is confronting a conundrum that in 1998, the Government Accounting Office (GAO) called a mandatory replacement program for the aging tanker fleet.  There…

“Re-norming” the Asymmetric Advantage (Part Two)

10/17/2010
“Re-norming” the Asymmetric Advantage in Air Dominance: “Going to War with the Air Force You Have” (Part Two) By Michael W. Wynne, 21st Secretary of the U.S. Air Force 10/17/2010 What are the available platforms and technologies that we have invested in to date? And how can we shape effective…