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John Chapman’s Dark Night

John Chapman’s Dark Night

John Chapman is the first member of the Air Force to receive the Medal of Honor since Vietnam. John’s story takes us to a freezing, snowy mountain range in Afghanistan on March 4th, 2002, where he deployed with SEAL Team 6 duri...

From Plan B to Air Force Secretary: Deborah Lee James on Resilience, Mentorship, and Leadership (Part Two)

From Plan B to Air Force Secretary: D...

Part Two: In the conclusion of their conversation, former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James shares exhilarating experiences from her military career, including flights in high-altitude spy planes and with the Thunder...

From Plan B to Air Force Secretary: Deborah Lee James on Resilience, Mentorship, and Leadership (Part One)

From Plan B to Air Force Secretary: D...

Part One: Gary sits down with Deborah Lee James, the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force. Deborah shares her inspiring journey from a small town in New Jersey to leading a force of 660,000 personnel with a $139 billion budget. She ...

SCOTUS Amicus Brief

SCOTUS Amicus Brief

Debbie joins The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the amicus brief that argues against Donald Trump's immunity claim.

Debbie On Laura Coates Live

Debbie On Laura Coates Live

Debbie joins Laura Coates Live to discuss the amicus brief that argues against Donald Trump's immunity claim.

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [May 31, 23] Esper and James on Defense Innovation Adoption

Defense & Aerospace Daily Podcast [Ma...

On this episode of the DefAero Report Daily Podcast, sponsored by Bell, Dr Mark Esper, the 27th US defense secretary, and Deborah Lee James, the 23rd Air Force secretary, who are the co-chairs of the Atlantic Council’s Commissi...

Securing the future by investing in the present

Securing the future by investing in t...

At the McAleese & Associates conference in Washington on March 15, Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall expressed worry about the Air Force decision to not move forward with a new engine for the F-35, citing difficult budge...

To deter conflict, the Pentagon must accelerate innovation adoption

To deter conflict, the Pentagon must ...

The era of great-power competition is fully underway and has arguably transitioned to a more dangerous level. Russia’s unwarranted invasion of Ukraine and China’s increasing tensions with Washington — coupled with Moscow’s and ...

The Pentagon’s civilian people problem

The Pentagon’s civilian people problem

The Defense Department is operating in a “war for talent”, according to the Defense Business Board. The Board says the Pentagon’s talent acquisition process has to change in a number of ways. Deborah Lee James, Chair of the Def...

EPISODE 159: FORMER SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DEBORAH LEE JAMES

EPISODE 159: FORMER SECRETARY OF THE ...

The former Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James was only the second woman to ever lead a U.S. military service, where she oversaw an annual budget of more than $139 billion and nearly 660,000 airmen. Secretary James jo...

CNN: US Aid To Ukraine

CNN: US Aid To Ukraine

Former Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James on US Military Aid to Ukraine, including Tanks and Drones

Air Force working to improve mission capability rates

Air Force working to improve mission ...

The Air Force’s mission capability rates of some aircraft have remained in the low 70% range over the last few years. The rates need to be much higher for the United States to counter Russia or China. Deborah Lee James, former ...

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