The Rise of Air Mobility and Its Generals

Mobility forces dominate air operations in the post–Cold War era, at least statistically. Colonel Lenderman examines this trend and finds that as the United States moved from a strategy of containment toward engagement throughout the world, a corresponding shift occurred—away from contingencies demanding heavy concentrations of fighter and bomber planes and toward myriad, complex operations demanding mobility aircraft. She also shows that as the number and importance of mobility-centric operations increased, the number of generals with mobility expertise also increased, especially at the most senior levels of the Air Force. (Originally published by Air University Press)