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A Conversation with 1stLt Paige McFarland
Interview Conducted by Taylor E. Watson on 13 September 2021 1stLt Joe...
Extreme Search
by Col. William J. Moran, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Daedalian Member #9091 Civil...
A Renaissance Man Who Always Pushed the Envelope: Col. Norman Phillips, USAF (Ret.)
By Peter D. Lennon, Federal Gov’t (Ret.), Granite Flight #53 Norm...
History & Heritage: Planophere Celebrates its 150th Anniversary
By Dr. Dick Hallion, Daedalian Honorary Member #50043 Thursday August 18,...
Flying Story: Landing in Three Ship Formation
By Maj. Gen. Perry Smith, USAF (Ret.) One of the great challenges of...
The Living Legacy of the Flying Tigers
By Samuel Hui via The Diplomat A Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk I decorated with...
Top Admiral: Defense Firms Are Lobbying Against the Weapons the US Navy Needs
By Marcus Weisberger via Defense One The U.S. Navy’s top admiral accused...
Peace in the Era of Weaponized Space
Op-Ed by Brian G. Chow and Brandon W. Kelley via SpaceNews We are on the...
Senate to Air Force: You’re gonna keep your A-10 Warthogs and you’re gonna like it
by David Roza via Task & Purpose Like a hoarder with separation...
Aviator Newsletter
War Story: Hero Medals for Mixer and I
by MAJ Robert Nelson, USA (Ret.), Daedalian Life Member #4970 Whenever...
Unanticipated Connections: The Rivera Family and the Daedalian Network
by Lt. Gen. Nick Kehoe, USAF (Ret.), Previous National Commander Emily...
Early Encounters with the C-6: Bill Sievert Founder # 272
Amigos del Ciel: The cover picture of a C-6 powered Curtiss Oriole on the...
Jet Fighters for Thailand
by Col. John L. Wagner, USAF (Ret.) Perhaps the idea to bring the Thai...
Fly-By-Wire, Old Style
by Lt.Col. Ted Fite, USAF (Ret.), Daedalian Life Member #4069 Some of my...
77th Flight Honors a Centenarian
Maj. Larry Sabourin, USAF (Ret.), Daedalian Life Member #5519 and 77th...
23rd Flight Supports Students Taking the Oath
23rd Flight Daedalian Brigadier General William H. “Bill” Lawson...
Marine Bomber Shot Down by the Huns – No Casualties: Samuel S. Richards, Founder #2251
It happened in WWI during the last days of the conflict in Europe. A...
11th Flight Shares War Stories With USAFA Seniors
by Lt.Col. Sandy Miarecki, USAF (Ret.), Daedalian Life Member #6294 On 13...
Daedalus Flyer
What’s Happening to Air Force Pilot Training
By: Col. Marc E. Caudill, USAF (Ret) An Airman assigned to the 36th...
Pilot Training Program Changes
By: LCDR George Sigler, USNF (Ret) F-35 Simulator. (Photo by: Viper Wing)...
Fighter Aircraft: To Have or Have Not?
By: Col. Ross L. Meyer, USAF (Ret) An F-16C Fighting Falcon from the 64th...
Artificial Intelligence: A conversation with Brig. Gen. Balan Ayyar, USAF
By: Taylor E. Watson Inside the flight simulator at the dogfight...
Military Women Aviators Oral History Initiative
By: Lt. Col. Monica Smith, USAF (Ret) A Women’s Airforce Service...
Preparing the Air Battle Management Team to Join the Flight
By: Gen. Lori Jean Robinson, USAF Lori Robinson being welcomed home by...
A Peek Behind the Aviation Curtain: An Experience With Ellen Staley
By: 1st Lt. Nicholas Nowland, USAF Many pilots can point to a specific...
More Than A Passenger
By: 1st Lt. Elizabeth Pennell, USAF (From left to right): Haley Gorie,...
Recommended Reading
Private Security Contractors:DOD Needs to Better Identify and Monitor Personnel and Contracts
Published via GAO and accessed via Defense News The Department of Defense has made significant use of private security contractors in the...
SIGAR: Quarterly Report for the United States Congress – July 30, 2021
Report released by Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, John F. Sopko I am pleased to submit to Congress, the...
Ending Innovation Tourism: Rethinking the U.S. Military’s Approach to Emerging Technology Adoption
By Melissa Flagg and Jack Corrigan via Center for Security and Emerging Technology As dual-use technologies transform the national...
HASC Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces: NDAA FY22 Markup
Published by the House Armed Services Committee, accessed via The Hill Seapower and Projection Forces Mark Summary for H.R. 4350 National...
HASC Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces: NDAA FY22 Markup
Published by the House Armed Services Committee, accessed via The Hill One item of the note in the drafts released Wednesday was in the...
HASC Subcommittee on Readiness: NDAA FY 22 Markup
Published by the House Armed Services Committee, accessed via The Hill The House Armed Services Committee began work on its annual defense...
Building Normentum – Norms of Behavior in Space
Paper by Robin Dickey via Aerospace Corporation; Published 20 July 2021 There appears to be a rising consensus among U.S. policymakers and...
Billy Mitchell and the Battleships
by John T. Correll via Air Force Magazine Ex-German battleship Ostfriesland takes a gigantic blow from a 2,000-lb. aerial bomb burst far...
Hypersonic Weapons: Background and Issues for Congress
Published by Congressional Research Service, updated 9 July 2021, accessed via U.S. Naval Institute The United States has actively pursued...
Defense Budget Overview: United States Department of Defense FY22 Budget Request
Statement by Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III on the President’s Fiscal Year 2022 Budget “As the Secretary of Defense, my chief...
In Remembrance
A Renaissance Man Who Always Pushed the Envelope: Col. Norman Phillips, USAF (Ret.)
By Peter D. Lennon, Federal Gov’t (Ret.), Granite Flight #53 Norm...
Captain Maurice C. Hartle, USN (Ret.), Daedalian Life Member 6749
Maury Hartle made his final “take-off” from his home at Manzano del Sol...
Lt.Col. John J. Kane, USAF (Ret.) – A Quiet Hero
By Peter D. Lennon, Federal Gov’t (Ret.), Granite Flight #53 February 1,...
From Mon Valley to the Moon: A Life Well Lived
Colonel Thomas J. Tredici, USAF (Ret.): August 27, 1922 to April 28, 2021...
Astronaut Michael Collins, Apollo 11 pilot, dies at 90
by Jessica Gresko, the Associated Press via Air Force Times In this June...