USAF’s new Chief of Staff, Gen. Michael Moseley, is continuing the professional reading list tradition started in 1996 by Gen. Ronald Fogleman. He has released his first list, which focuses on history. Subsequent lists, said Moseley, will lead readers from “our past to our future horizons.” The most interesting thing about Moseley’s list is the fact that three of them concern Billy Mitchell, the patron saint of airpower. One of the books is written by Mitchell, and the other two are about him. Mitchell, of course, was a powerful crusader for airpower and would not fit very well in today’s hyper-joint environment. Just pointing this out. Read the list here.
Amid a high-profile recruiting crisis, Air Force leaders and experts have increasingly noted the challenging long-term trends the service will face in enticing young Americans to sign up—decreasing eligibility to serve, less propensity to do so, and less familiarity with the military. But while those same leaders say there’s no “silver…