Episodes

  • Tailwinds Season 2 Episode 2 – Fil Arenas

    Tailwinds Season 2 Episode 2 – Fil Arenas
    May 7 2024
    In our second episode of Tailwinds Season 2, we visit with Dr. Fil Arenas about the perils of toxic leadership, and particularly, the role of toxic followers in this destructive organizational dynamic.
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    26 mins
  • Tailwinds Season 2 Episode 1

    Tailwinds Season 2 Episode 1
    Feb 28 2024
    In the first episode of our second season of Tailwinds, we visit with SMSgt/Dr. Brandon Dinkins about his article "Optimizing Security Forces Operations: Employing Risk-Based Strategies," in our fall 2023 issue. Dr. Dinkins discusses an updated Security Forces framework to serve as a comprehensive security posture that will in turn alleviate personnel shortages and mitigate detrimental mental and physical health factors for Defenders.
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    21 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 8 Alexander Farrow and Victor Lopez

    Tailwinds Episode 8 Alexander Farrow and Victor Lopez
    Sep 7 2023
    In Episode 8, we visit with Alexander Farrow and Victor "Salsa" Lopez about their Summer 2023 Air & Space Operations Review article, "AI Readiness in a US Air Force Squadron." Bringing their academic-military-tech partnership experiences to bear, they discuss the importance of crafting a data strategy, managing data infrastructure, cultivating organization-wide talent, and redesigning organizational processes, all at the squadron level. They also discuss the broader reach of generative AI on the service as a whole, and the compelling opportunities for efficiency and integration this technology provides.
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    19 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 7 Drs Adam Lowther and Mahbube Siddiki

    Tailwinds Episode 7 Drs Adam Lowther and Mahbube Siddiki
    Mar 6 2023
    In our 7th episode of Tailwinds, we visit with Drs Adam Lowther and Mahbube Siddiki about the subject of drones in Putin’s war in Ukraine—technology used by both sides over the history of the conflict—and implications for future combat operations and strategic deterrence capabilities. The conversation is a follow-up to their Winter 2022 Air & Space Operations Review article, “Combat Drones in Ukraine.”
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    24 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 6 Professor Anessa Kimball

    Tailwinds Episode 6 Professor Anessa Kimball
    Feb 14 2023
    In Tailwinds Episode 6, we visit with Dr. Anessa Kimball about their article in the Winter 2022 issue of Air & Space Operations Review, “Canada’s ‘Open Door’ on 9/11,” which examines NORAD’s legacy as a binational institution from the perspective of the events of 9/11 as they played out in Canada that day. Professor Kimball also weighs in on NATO and on NORAD modernization, particularly in light of China’s recent incursion of North American air space in the form of a supposed weather balloon.
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    30 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 5 Lt Col Dan Sanders

    Tailwinds Episode 5 Lt Col Dan Sanders
    Oct 17 2022
    Lt Col Dan Sanders, PhD, discusses his Air & Space Operations Review article from our Summer 2022 issue, "Space Force Culture: A Dialogue of Competing Traditions," in which he argues that four historical cultural traditions exist in the Space Force: engineers, operators, integrators, and warfighters. This history has implications for service culture; Space Force leaders wanting to shape service culture should understand these traditions at work today.
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    25 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 4, 1st Lt Adam Wilmer and Lt Col Robert Bettinger

    Tailwinds Episode 4, 1st Lt Adam Wilmer and Lt Col Robert Bettinger
    Sep 23 2022
    The latest episode of Tailwinds features 1st Lt Adam Wilmer and Lt Col Robert Bettinger, PhD, discussing their article, "Beyond the High Ground: A Taxonomy for Earth-Moon System Operations," featured in the Summer 2022 issue of Air & Space Operations Review.
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    21 mins
  • Tailwinds Episode 3, Dr. Brian Fry

    Tailwinds Episode 3, Dr. Brian Fry
    Jul 11 2022
    In this episode of Tailwinds, we visit with Dr. Brian Fry about his articles, "Mobilizing Uniformed Scientists and Engineers," in the Fall 2021 issue of Air & Space Power Journal and "Taking the Brakes Off Uniformed Scientists and Engineers," in the Spring 2022 issue of Air & Space Operations Review."
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    26 mins