Essays on Air Force

Anderson Air Force Base – Guam is a military port based in the United States of America located approximately 4 miles northeast of Yigo. Along with the Naval Base of Guam, they were placed under the Joint Region Marianas on the late 2009 that was in October. Anderson Air Force Base was established in 1944 as North Field and was a posthumous recognition in the name of the late of Brigadier General James Roy Andersen (Mulligan and Gibbs 2005). This base was built to serve as a bomber forward operating locations of the United States Air Force, which provides back-up Continue reading...

Introduction

The way the Nigeria government approaches the air security of the West Africa region has been hugely influenced by the role of the national leaders as far as international security is concerned. The conception of the role has become the basis for any international and foreign engagement of the policy. According to history, Nigeria has always been perceived as the West Africa leader which has had a strong destiny manifested and its perceived responsibility in protecting and promoting the interests of Africans globally in any ramifications. There is also a belief that the air security of the country is Continue reading...

THE FIELD IS HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATION AND I HAVE NO WAY OF PROVING I WAS IN A BATTLE FIELD WOULD LIKE MORE FOCUS ON HEALTH ADMINSTRATION INTERNSHIPS AT NURSING HOMES AND CLINIC TO SHOW HOW I CAN BE A LEADER AS A MSC OFFICER

Reason why I desire to be an air force MSC officer

Education is important in military training in that after one acquires knowledge and skills of medicine in the field of air force. The skill would be very critical in case of accident and injuries in war front. I have this passion in helping people. I can be of help to humanitarian and my colleagues when Continue reading...

Abstract

The January 2012 Strategic Air Force Guidance was launched in an effort to cut the United States Air Force budget in over $480 billion over the next decade. Options to reduce the budget and yet protect the USA citizens are continuously being exploited. This paper will identify and discuss three capabilities that could be used to maintain spending in the USAF at a minimum and yet advance its functionality. This would be a challenging tall order but it is possible. The new strategies discussed in this paper are embarking on new technology, deterring aggression in the Asia-Pacific and Middle Continue reading...

The article entails a research conducted to determine the core factors responsible for the flourishing career of USAFA. The results deduced from the research are not just confined to Air force academy of U.S rather its implications are equally useful in other sectors. All the researches that have been previously carried out kept only the syllabus and subjects taught at the academy under focus, none of it ever dealt with the predetermining factors responsible to give cadets at academy a satisfying and progressing career. The fundamental indicator of any promising academy is the performance of Continue reading...

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The 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG) was a branch of the Army, Navy and Air Force seconded to the Chinese Air force during World War II. Although they only existed from 1941 to 1942, this group, known as the “Flying Tigers” made a lasting impression upon air combat during the war.
The Flying Tigers were formed by President Franklin Roosevelt to help the Chinese against the superior air forces of the Japanese (Chennault, pp. 24) The idea for the group came largely from its first commander, retired U.S. Army Air Corps Colonel Claire Chennault. (Chennault, pp. 26) Col. Chennault Continue reading...

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- Describe the organizational culture of the Air Force Academy as presented in this case in terms of its similarity and differences to a typical college or university.
In many respects, there are similarities between the environment of a typical university or college and the Air force Academy. It is a common environment that creates a feeling of belonging, of identity for the students / cadets, provides a social support structure and consists of students of different ages and backgrounds working towards developing themselves and working towards their future.
However, in the case of the air Continue reading...

World War II saw the advent of many different types of new warfare - however, the most dramatic improvements came in the development of strategic bombing and multipurpose aircraft, with high flight ceilings, heavy armor, and incredibly large payloads and armaments. In World War II, the multi-engined heavy bomber became an important tool of aerial warfare. From carpet bombing to Fat Man and Little Boy, these large, slowly moving but intimidating aircraft ruled the skies of the Pacific Ocean and Europe. Two important pieces of aerospace technology that saw use in the war are the B-17 Flying Fortress and Continue reading...

Military and Media

Introduction
Ever since there have been military operations there has been someone carrying the news back home. The last decade has seen some big changes in the modern relationship between the military and the media. For example during the Iraq war 700 journalists were embedded with the troops in the field (USAF Public Affairs, 2003). The journalists learned about safety issues and they wore the correct gear. Instead of guns and ammunition they carried computers and notepads. They traveled and lived with the troops. Other ‘unilateral’ journalists (approximately 2,000) were in Iraq reporting on their own (USAF Public Continue reading...

The World War 2 involved the two groups of countries, the Axis, and Allied forces. Germany, Italy, and Japan led the Axis. The Axis nations obtruded upon other countries and expanded their territory. The United States, Soviet Union, Great Britain, and France led the Allies, a group that consisted of fifty countries. In the late May 1940, the British evacuation of Dunkirk left France at the mercy of the Germans. Britain was on its own against the German invasion strategy, the Operation Sealion. The German plan, however, could only work if the German Luftwaffe had taken control of the Continue reading...

The Department of Defense is one of the most significant departments within the portfolio of government as it is directly associated with the safety and security of a country. The government allocates huge amount of money for the department in its annual budget in order to improve its efficiency and power and to protect the country against any outside forces. The budget allocation keeps on increasing year after year to add more security personnel, missiles, fighter planes, and latest arms and ammunition. The primary responsibility of the Department of Defense is to coordinate and manage with all agencies and Continue reading...

The history of women in the United States Military can be traced back during and about the year 1776 during the Revolutionary and Civil wars in the United States. Just like in many nations of the world, the roles played by women in the United States military were limited. Women mostly served with the armed forces as volunteer nurses, cooks and laundresses and some went ahead to serve in disguise as soldiers (Foner). Due to the chauvinistic nature of our society women were not allowed to serve officially in the US military until the Army Nurse Corps and Navy Continue reading...

The United States has a proud tradition of military accomplishment and support. Federal holidays like Memorial Day and Veterans Day celebrate the men and women who have fought and died in battle for American freedom. Historians have coined terms like the “Great War,” and the “Good War,” to describe the proud feelings of America’s participation in modern wars. After World War II, the country experienced an unprecedented economic growth and increased political power throughout the world, leading some to label the decades after World War II “the American half-century.” However, the memories of one American war stand in Continue reading...

The United States and Cuba continue to share a strained and fragile relationship based on the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion over fifty years ago. This strained relationship had a long term effect on the Kennedy government. The attack at the Bay of Pigs started with a group of Cuban refugees who were trained and financed by the American group the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in March 1960. They arrived in Cuba and attempted to overthrow the government headed by Fidel Castro. This socialist government, led by Fidel Castro fought back and the attack on the government Continue reading...

Introduction

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) or “drones” as they are more commonly known have seen an amazing rise in popularity over the last few years. Everyone from the military and national spy agencies to Internet retailers such as Amazon.com and even individual hobbyists have increasingly made use of UAVs for a variety of reasons and purposes. Today, a future of UAV ubiquity is closer to reality than science fiction.
Historically, the largest user of UAVs have been the armed forces and although UAVs have been used by army units dating back to the Civil War; since 2001they have gradually become Continue reading...

Introduction

Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 also known as the miracle in the Andes was involved in an accident. The airplane was carrying 45 people who included the Uruguayan old Christian club rugby team, their friends, families and associates (Silvera, 2008). The aircraft departed Montevideo on the tenth of October 1972 with the team heading to play against a team in Santiago Chile. The trip was a straight travel through Argentina. However the Andes Mountain at the border of Chile and Argentina was a major obstacle. The aircraft clashed on the mountain as it was going through them.
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UAV or Unmanned Aerial Vehicle is an aircraft that can fly without an onboard human pilot. It is being controlled remotely by a computer or a pilot on the ground. There are numerous UAV shapes and sizes even characteristics and configurations. This type of aircraft started as a simple remote-controlled aircraft, but as time goes by, automatic control has been developed along with its increasing tasks including military operations and special applications.

The Evolution of UAV

The technology and idea of having an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle started and evolved from World War I’s Kettering Bug and then the World War II’s Continue reading...

  The United States Force in Korea was created on 1st July in 1957. They include (EUSA) Eighth US Army, Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR), Marine Forces Korea (MARFORK), US Naval Forces Korea (CNFK) and US Air Forces Korea (Seventh Air Force). The USFK is responsible to train, organize and equip the US Forces in Korea so that they get ready for any war (Futrell, 78). During the Korean War between the North and South Korea, the United States decided to step in and provide security for South Korea. After the Korean War, United States Forces stayed in South Korea Continue reading...

Introduction

The Chinese Armed Forces, the largest armed forces in the world and the second strongest military force next to the U.S., has experienced tremendous expansions in size and advancement in terms of military technology in the past five to ten years. China’s recent military developments raised tensions not only in the South and East Asian regions but also in the far Western regions such as the Caspian Sea Regions and U.S. Federal Regions. One of most recent Chinese military development is their acquisition of a refurbished Soviet Air Craft Carrier formerly named Varyag.
Although the said Aircraft carrier Continue reading...

WWII – Book Review

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

Laura Hillenbrand is the author of the book Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. She has written a book with two historical plots intertwined. One is the personal experience of the airman Louis Zamperini and the other is a historical view of World War II (WWII). Zamperini was a famous track star for the U.S. He participated in the Olympic track events in Berlin, Germany where he ran the 5000 meter race. Zamperini has published his autobiography titled The Devil at my Heels Continue reading...

Abstract

Violence against women is a dilemma in every country around the world. It has no respect for race, nationality, religion, or social status. One if the many factors that contributed to the continuance of this problem is, the authorities did not deem it an important issue. Compounded with the fact that these women are already ashamed to report their abuse, they do not want to be ridicule. Also the fear of repercussion keeps them quiet. After all the scientific advancement this world has accomplished, it is only about twenty years ago, since violence against women is awarded “human rights' Continue reading...

In spite of the fact that significant milestones have been made in airline technology, cases of many commercial airlines landing on the wrong airports continue to be on the rise. Although cases of commercial aircraft landing on the wrong airfield are not very common, this does not imply that they are unheard of in the United States. Commercial flights in the United States landed or began to land erroneously in other airports several times in the last two decades. However, the actual figures could be higher than the ones reported by the media and the relevant authorities. There are Continue reading...

The background of the War

In May 1967, the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser proposed the Arab countries to destroy the Jews as a nation (Dunstan, 2009). He was supported by the Syrian Defense Minister Hafez al-Assad, who would not object starting a war of extermination. Ahmad Shukeiri as the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization promised that the Jews will be allowed to return to their country of birth, if some of them survive.
Syria, Egypt, and Jordan started a general mobilization. Partial mobilization was announced by Kuwait and Sudan. Saudi Arabia also proclaimed the desire to take part in the war with Continue reading...

Introduction

The Vietnam War took place between 1961 and 1975. The technology of helicopters goes back to the 20th century. The US army had acquired experience on the effectiveness using helicopters during the World War II. Mobility set the pace of the war. Time, policy, politics, and circumstances converged with technology and adequate funding to create the Vietnam War. The US army entered Vietnam in May 1965 to find they were fighting a different kind of war than that for which they had been trained. However, they did not enter blindly. There were a large number of army officers already Continue reading...

Reasons for the Allies Bombing of Dresden in the Second World War and Were They Justified in Destroying the City

Introduction
During wartime, countries often suffer great losses to areas of their country, their cities, their civilians, and their landmarks. In World War II, the city of Dresden, the capital city of the German state of Saxony was bombed over the span of three days in February of 1945 by the British Air Force. The death toll from this attack on the city is estimated to be between 22,700 and 25,000 people. Furthermore, approximately 1,600 acres of the city was destroyed. There is great debate over whether or not this bombing by the British Air Force Continue reading...

The judges mainly rely on a various principles when interpreting the acts of parliament. These rules include:

- The literal rule.
- The golden rule.
- The mischief rule.

The literal rule

It is the cardinal rule of construction (interpretation) of statutes. In this rule, words must be given their ordinary, literal, grammatical meaning. The literal rule is the first rule to be used in establishing the intention of the legislature.
In many cases, the courts are normally required to interpret the meaning of a given piece of legislation to enable them apply facts to the cases that come before the judges. As such, the courts have continually developed a wide range of rules of interpretation to assist them Continue reading...

The massacre of forty unarmed civilians in the village of Racak on the fifteenth day of January the year 1999 marked the climax of the armed Conflict of Kosovo. At this point, the international efforts aimed at establishing a diplomatic solution to the seemingly endless internal conflict had totally failed (Hosmer 2001). President Slobodan Milosevic was in constant breach of the internationally mediated agreements, exhibiting highest disregard for diplomacy. When the last endeavor to find a subtle solution to the otherwise unjustified killings failed, the American ambassador, Mr. Richard Holbrooke tried to convince Milosevic to embrace Continue reading...

Winston Churchill, in his "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech still stand as monumental calls to action. Both men use rhetorical strategies that underscore their persuasive abilities, and both men speak authoritatively and convincingly. However, it is King whose gift of rhetorical craft and persuasive ability outdoes Churchill, because of his balanced approach to ethos, logos, and pathos.
In both speeches, King and Churchill establish a strong foundation of ethos from the beginning. For example, Churchill is very specific about details from Great Britain's battles in Belgium against Continue reading...

PEOPLE:

Amelia Earhart
Amelia Earhart was born July 24, 1897, to a lawyer's family. Her love for aircraft came during the World War I. Amelia was a nurse in the hospital next to the airfield. Not long before the round the world flight Earhart wrote that her two biggest desires were: to be the first woman in transatlantic flight (at least as a passenger) and the first woman-pilot to cross the Atlantic. Both her wishes came true. In June 1928, she flew from the U.S. to England, as passenger. And then four years later, May 20, 1932, she has repeated Continue reading...

Introduction

One of the longest wars that America has involved itself in was the Vietnam War. This war, which took place between 1959 and 1979, was a prolonged struggle between the United States and North Vietnamese nationalist forces who were trying to unite the country under a single communist government. Unlike many wars where America has emerged victorious, the nation was however defeated in this war and communism took over in Vietnam. Many Americans opposed the war and today, this war is often used as benchmark of what America ought not to do when it comes to foreign conflicts. In Continue reading...

Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) In Iraq-Afghanistan Wars

Abstract
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are homemade bombs that are constructed and deployed in certain ways. Since October 2001, IEDs have been responsible for over 3000 combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. These devises are designed to specifically kill, harass, or injure people or groups of people. In Iraq and Afghanistan, IEDs have been widely used. They are hidden behind guardrails and signs, inside animal carcasses, and under roadside debris, these encounters are very dangerous as they are causing thousands of death in Iraq and Afghanistan annually (Tanielian, 2008, p. 11).
This strategy has taken a different direction where Continue reading...

Johnny Cash arguably became one of the most influential people to ever step onto a stage with a guitar. He won many awards and honors for his contributions to music. Later in his career, which spanned over five decades, he was also a published author. These and many other achievements earned him places in not one, but three prestigious music halls of fame. However, not many know about where Johnny Cash came from, or the story of his life behind the curtain, when he stepped off stage.
Johnny Cash was born the fourth of seven children, in Kingsland Arkansas. Continue reading...

Introduction

The US department of defense has published various regulations governing the conduct and action military personnel and civilians within the US itself and other installation outside the US. One of the installation under which stringent rules have been established is the US Army in Europe, (AER). Among the regulations made are the traffic rules. The Driver and Vehicle Requirements and the Installation Traffic Code for the U.S. Forces in Germany, establishes an installation traffic code governing the registration requirements and operation of motor vehicles in Europe. It supersedes the earlier AER regulation given in the year 2009. This regulation Continue reading...

Abstract

Psychological Operations or PSYOP are tactics are used to convey selected propaganda and information to specific foreign audiences, especially an enemy front, to expedite the process of defeat of the enemy forces by destroying the will of the enemy to show resistance, undermining the credibility of enemy leadership, spurring civil unrest in enemy regions, persuading enemy forces to surrender, reducing the interference of civilians in military operations, opposing enemy propaganda and boosting up acceptance of friendly forces in occupied territory. The PSYOP propaganda is conveyed by a variety of mediums such as face-to-face communication, television, radio or loudspeaker, internet, Continue reading...

THE VIETNAM WAR AND U.S. INVOLVEMENT

Introduction

The common name "Vietnam War" or "War in Vietnam" - is the second Indochina war in Vietnam with the U.S.. It began around 1961 and ended April 30, 1975. In the Vietnam War, it is called the War for Liberation, and sometimes the American war. The Vietnam War is often regarded as the peak of the "cold war" between the Soviet bloc and the People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and the United States with some of its allies - on the other. In America, the Vietnam War is considered Continue reading...

Government agencies use contracting to execute complex projects that require technical expertise. Contractors have to go through an appraisal process that determines their suitability for the job. After appraisal, the most suitable applicant wins the contract. However, the contracting process can be subject to formal complaints. This calls for the establishment of mechanisms that resolve the arising disputes. Historically, there are two mechanisms for resolving formal disputes arising from business contracting: administrative and judicial processes.

The administrative means to resolving contract disputes are straightforward compared to the judicial process. The Contract Disputes Act of 1978 approves the use of administrative processes to resolve government contract disputes. The act, effective since 1st March, 1979, ensures fair and equitable treatment of contractors and government agencies. It also ensures that disputes are resolved through negotiation and equalizes the bargaining power of both parties. The disputes, initiated by either the government or the contractor, have to be registered with the contracting officer. Continue reading...

At present, women are normally seen in jobs formerly dominated by men. From CEOs to welders, women have already invaded these jobs and are seen as more efficient that the typical men workers. However, there are still fields which are not predominantly conquered by women such as the military. Although there are women who wish to serve the core, there is a limitation as to how their involvement can be in the front lines. This limitation is argued by feminists and cadets as they can also fight alongside men in the front lines. For the Constitution and for the Continue reading...

Abstract

Society is an integral part of a man’s life. To be a part of a society, one has to fulfil societal expectations. These expectations require a person to behave in a certain way and to live a certain lifestyle. In other words, these expectations form the norms of the society. To be accepted in a society, it is important to follow these norms. Actions that lead to breaking of these norms are called deviant behaviour or deviance. Deviance leads to outcast from society. Having tattoos is considered one such deviance. This paper talks about prevalence and importance of Continue reading...

On February 13, 2014, we had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Terry Rector in our SELP 694 seminar class. Mr. Terry Rector comes from the small southern town of Yazoo City, Mississippi. What I liked about Mr. Rector is that, despite his aversion to go to school, he showed a lot of character. A very hard working innovator, Mr. Rector, throwing caution to the wind, invented a ‘UFO’ detector and home-automation devices while in school. After graduating from Yazoo City County High School, Mr. Rector joined the U.S Air Force. After two years of training, he was assigned to Continue reading...

Introduction

After the September 11 bombings in New York and Washington, the United States tightened their counterterrorism efforts to thwart further plans of terrorist groups. This does not mean that policies were ineffective before the attacks, but there were murmurs of intelligence failures. It was argued that it was the Central Intelligence Agency’s and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s faults for not being able to intercept the plans of the groups that attacked the World Trade Center (Lewis, 2004).

Intelligence and Strategies

The Intelligence Community or IC of the United States consists of executive agencies. These agencies are separated to prevent Continue reading...