Lt. Col. Ryan M. Stillwell

Lt. Col. Ryan “Duke” Stillwell is a B-1 Command Pilot and former Weapons School instructor with over 2,700 hours, including 1,400 in combat. He is currently serving as an Air Force Fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies.


Recent stories by Lt. Col. Ryan M. Stillwell

Air Superiority Is More Than Denial

Operations Midnight Hammer and Absolute Resolve demonstrated the remarkable flexibility and overwhelming force possible when nations command control of the skies. It’s an object lesson to all who, having watched the carnage over more than four years of Russia’s war on Ukraine, some of whom have come to the erroneous belief that air ...

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