Tip of the Spear: Inside the 509th Bomb Wing and the Future of Stealth Bombers
John “Slick” Baum chats with Colonel Keith “Ghost” Butler, long-time B-2 pilot and commander of America’s sole stealth bomber wing
John “Slick” Baum chats with Colonel Keith “Ghost” Butler, long-time B-2 pilot and commander of America’s sole stealth bomber wing
Mitchell Institute’s John “Slick” Baum chats with national security expert Maj Gen Cameron Holt, USAF (Ret.), founder of the Quantum Industrial Coalition Paul Stimers, and Mitchell Institute’s Heather Penney about one of the top topics in defense innovation.
In this Rendezvous episode, we discuss what to expect from Congress, Ukraine, the Department of the Air Force’s proposed reorganization. We also identify technologies we should track in 2024, spacepower trends and China.
Continuing the series over the holiday season, we decided it was time to kick back and reflect upon the high adventures of past years and recount some of our most memorable experiences from our time in uniform.
You normally hear us talking about policy and budget issues, but over the holiday season, we decided it was time to kick back and reflect upon the high adventures of past years and recount some of our most memorable experiences from our time in uniform.
Mitchell Institute experts discuss the potential for collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) to increase the lethality, survivability, and capacity of the Air Force’s air superiority forces for operations in highly contested environments.