Synopsis
This is a study that asks, "Who are the air leaders and where have they come from?" It focuses on the career specialty of Air Force general officers who served between 1953 and 1973. It indicates the clear dominance by rated or flying officers. More interesting is that persons running the world's most powerful air force are almost exclusively fighter pilots; yet, their institution and its doctrine were created before World War II by bomber pilots. This work describes when, how, and why this remarkable shift in leadership from bomber generals to fighter generals occurred. In that sense, the study is also a brief history of Air Force thinking. The author used oral history, personal interviews, military and social history, statistics, computerized data analysis, and sociological findings to gain insights into the remarkable shift in Air Force leadership.
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