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General Ronald Fogleman created the CSAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among Air Force members -- officers, enlisted, and civilians -- to help each of us become better, more effective advocates of air and space power. General John Jumper and now General T. Michael Moseley have wholeheartedly embraced and continued the Professional Reading Program.
The CSAF's Professional Reading Program can help you launch a career-long reading program or be used to supplement your previous readings. The books cover an expanse of topics. The majority of books detail air and space power from its genesis to recent times. Other books provide great examples of leadership to illustrate qualities airmen should emulate. The more books you read, the better you will understand the background behind the Air Force's core competencies, and the better equipped you will be to form and express your own opinions.
Mr. Herman Wolk, senior Air Force Historian, asserts that "the CSAF's Reading Program emphasizes the crucial role played by the United States Air Force in American military history during the past century." "Reading these books fosters an important understanding that the advances in aviation technology have had on the evolution of air and space power," Wolk said. "They dramatically reveal how air and space power have transformed the battlefield through long-range precision engagement, international relations and national security policy."
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