America's Airman

This thesis explores the air-minded ideas of Lieutenant General David A. Deptula and his legacy as an iconic Airman. The author uses Deptula's career to outline his trajectory and understanding of airpower ideas in the context of the modern global environment. His concepts apply across all domains and his air-minded thinking is about taking advantage, while at the same time recognizing the limitations, of cognitive approaches to modern warfare and its weapons. Based on foundational principles, his air-minded thinking today continues to embody the radical paradigm shifting so necessary to ensure continued national defense. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.