Wild Blue Yonder

July 22, 2024
The Periodicity Predicament: How I Learned to Love Space ISR in a Near-Peer Threat Environment

Reliance on theater ISR against an advanced A2/AD threat environment will be sporadic at best and non-existent at worst. The current dependence on Geospatial-Intelligence space-based ISR does not have the periodicity capabilities to enable the kill chain against mobile targets, as revisit rates are
July 18, 2024
Rapid Ascent: Airmindedness

In 1948, the AFM 35-15 Air Force Leadership set out principles and techniques for early Cold War commanders to build cohesive and efficient organization to face the challenges of the post World War II security landscape. Its values are timeless, but it was aimed at an audience familiar with
July 15, 2024
Managing the Russian Threat: France's Deterrence Strategy and Response Strategies for the US

Russia is a significant security threat for France and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. This paper analyzes France’s deterrence strategy and how its political policies and aversion to using conventional forces in its deterrence strategy create vulnerabilities for Russia to exploit,
July 12, 2024
Effects of AI-Enhanced Decision-Making on Air Force Doctrine

The mass proliferation of highly technical, small-scale munitions alongside Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) advancements seen in the Ukraine-Russia conflict present issues that should chill every military commander to their core.
July 11, 2024
Rapid Ascent: Warfighting Mindset

In 1948, the AFM 35-15 Air Force Leadership set out principles and techniques for early Cold War commanders to build cohesive and efficient organization to face the challenges of the post World War II security landscape. Its values are timeless, but it was aimed at an audience familiar with
July 8, 2024
Impacts of Chinese Economic and Political Influence on South America and US National Security

China has exerted increasing influence and control over South American countries through economic and political means since 2000. This deliberate effort is aligned with its revisionist aims to impose a new world order and secure critical geostrategic access in the Western Hemisphere.
July 5, 2024
Artificial Intelligence and the Future of the United States Air Force

AI has a legitimate purpose for the Air Force and in the United States Military as a whole: to maintain superiority over key world adversaries, and to ensure the nation is prepared for future conflicts. AI has many capabilities that will undoubtedly help the United States achieve these ends;
July 4, 2024
Human Migration from Colombia: A US National Security Interest

This paper addresses Colombia's escalating humanitarian crisis, fueled by political disenfranchisement and economic instability, which directly threatens US security interests. Displacement is perpetuated by internal conflict, corruption, extreme land inequality, and a lack of economic
July 1, 2024
Rising Tide: Strengthening the U.S.-Indonesia Partnership Against PRC Aggression

The U.S. and Indonesia share a comprehensive strategic partnership, spanning multiple areas. Both are confronted with the same challenge: PRC aggression in South East Asia. Indonesia faces political and economic concerns that prevent it from adequately assessing the scope of this challenge or
June 28, 2024
Accelerating Decision-Making Through Human-Machine Teaming

The Air Force must create new doctrinal mechanisms that support Third Offset technologies. This paper first explores several human- machine teaming frameworks, then advocates for their incorporation into existing doctrinal authorities. It also explores the challenges associated with those changes