Air Power in an Age of Strategic Uncertainty: The Perspective of General Mosley
05/23/2025
By Robbin Laird
Dateline: Canberra, Australia
Recently, General “Buzz” Mosely spoke via video link to the May 22, 2025 seminar held by the Sir Richard Williams Foundation in Canberra, Australia.
General Mosley was the 18th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force. Mosely was a distinguished war fighter who lived in the world as it is rather than the world we hoped to see. His entire service was focused on how the USAF could contribute to the deterrence of conflict but win it if you must fight.
I knew him when I worked for the Secretary of the Air Force, Michael W. Wynne, and the two of them formed one of the most remarkable pairings of defense leaders in my lifetime.
They were fired by the then Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates because of their opposition to the path Gates preferred which was to move from the way ahead for an air force built around air superiority to one that was not.
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