I hate to echo so much of Wired magazine's "Danger Room" blog, but Noah Shachtman simply publishes too much good news that military officers and other students of armed conflict should pay attention to.
In a post titled The Air Force's Biggest Enemy: Itself, he discusses a draft report by The Center for Strategic & International studies titled America's Self-Destroying Airpower: Becoming Your Own Peer Threat. The authors use case studies of programs such as the F-22, F-35, and KC-X to advance their thesis that the military's procurement system is like a fish "rotting from the head down." According to the authors, a deficit of leadership at all levels has led the Air Force to its present crisis: out of money, unable to recapitalize its aging fleet, and with replacement aircraft locked up in political battles because of cost overruns and lengthy program delays.
I will not offer any commentary, since I'm out of my area of expertise and out of my pay grade. But the paper is an important read for today's Air Force officer.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
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