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Airman sits down with the Air Force’s senior-most leaders to get a top-down perspective on a number of topics. You’ll hear directly from high-ranking commanders as they discuss issues they face, decisions they make and the direction the Air Force is headed.

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    • Apr 29, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 18 EPISODES


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    At Altitude: Airlift's Strategic Advantage

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 29, 2025 38:47


    Maj. Gen. Gerald Donohue, director of operations, strategic deterrence, and nuclear integration, discusses the strategic and tactical advantages of AMC's rapid global mobility enterprise, and the future of American airlift. (U.S. Air Force Audio by Tyler Prince.)

    At Altitude: Airlift's Strategic Advantage with Maj. Gen. Gerald Donohue

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 38:47


    As the Air Force prepares itself for the future of armed conflict, it empowers Airmen to find new and innovative ways to remain at the forefront of air superiority. Maj. Gen. Donohue, AMC's Director of Operations, Strategic Deterrence, and Nuclear Integration, speaks about the necessity for Airmen to find new ways to operate in contested environments and strengthening the nations rapid global mobility enterprise. (U.S. Air Force audio by Tyler Prince)

    At Altitude - Col. Tucker Hamilton

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2024


    Col. Tucker "Cinco" Hamilton, 96th Operations Group commander at Eglin AFB and Air Force AI test and operations chief, discusses the current state of AI within the Air Force, ongoing research, development and testing and AI's place in building the force of the future.

    At Altitude - Brig. Gen Christopher Amrhein - AFRS

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2024


    Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein took over command of Air Force Recruiting Service in June of 2024 in the middle of the service's first recruiting shortfall in decades. Now he speaks to Airman magazine about changes needed to meet future recruiting goals.

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    At Altitude - Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein - AFRS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2023


    Brig. Gen. Christopher Amrhein took over command of Air Force Recruiting Service in June of 2024 in the middle of the service's first recruiting shortfall in decades. Now he speaks to Airman magazine about changes needed to meet future recruiting goals.

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    At Altitude: SEAC Ramon Colon-Lopez

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2023


    Airman magazine interview with Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, SEAC Ramon Colon-Lopez. After a storied career in joint special operations, Colon-Lopez is in a unique position to advise on the military's enlisted personnel and promote the warfighting benefit of NCO's empowered to make operational decisions in the battlespace.

    At Altitude: AF Chief Scientist Victoria Coleman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2023


    Dr. Victoria Coleman is the Air Force chief scientist and is responsible for providing the Secretary of the Air Force, Air Force Chief of staff and Chief of Space Operations with assessments on a wide range of scientific and technical issues impacting the mission. After identifying, analyzing and briefing leadership about these issues, she interacts with operational commanders, combatant commands, acquisition, and science and technology communities to address cross-organizational issues and provide solutions.

    At Altitude: CMSAF JoAnne Bass

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2023


    Airman magazine interview with Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass covering her accomplishments, priorities and the need to increase the capabilities and resilience of Airmen for a potential future fight with peer adversaries.

    At Altitude - Lt. Gen. James Slife / AFSOC

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2022


    Sgts. Janiqua Robinson and Sara Voigt interview AFSOC commander and special operations lifer Lt. Gen. James Slife to discuss new technologies, capabilities and priorities as the United States shifts focus from decades of conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq and the War on Terror to countering peer adversaries; Russia and China.

    At Altitude - Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Valenzia / ABMS

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021


    Airman Magazine interviews Brig. Gen. Jeffery D. Valenzia on how development of the Advanced Battle Management System will facilitate Joint All-Domain Command and Control for U.S. military commanders and our allies.

    Red Flag 21-3 B-52 Stratofortress take off, KC-46 Pegasus taxing

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 4, 2021


    B-roll of a B-52 Stratofortress assigned to the 20th Bomb Squadron taking off and a KC-46 Pegasus assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing taxing during Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

    At Altitude - Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr. / AFRS

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020


    Maj. Gen. Edward W. Thomas Jr., commander of Air Force Recruiting Service discusses the need for, and benefits of, diversity within the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, recruiting during a pandemic and the integration of recruiting across the total force.

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    At Altitude - Maj. Gen. Patrick C. Higby

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020


    Maj. Gen. Patrick C. Higby, director of DevOps and Lethality, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, discusses his mission and responsibilities and the roles of DevOps, cyber resiliency and diversity in increasing Air Force readiness and lethality.

    At Altitude - Brig. Gen. Patrice A. Melancon

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 6, 2020


    On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Michael devastating Tyndall Air Force Base, Brig. Gen. Patrice A. Melancon, Tyndall Air Force Base Reconstruction Program Management Office executive director, discusses the challenges of planning, funding and building a Base of the Future while still supporting daily mission requirements.

    At Altitude - ASAF John Henderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2019


    Airman Magazine interview with John W. Henderson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations, Environment and Energy.

    At Altitude - CAP Maj. Gen. Mark E. Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2019


    At Altitude podcast of Airman's interview with Maj. Gen. Mark E. Smith, national commander of the Civil Air Patrol, covering the CAP's history and current missions supporting national, state and local agencies, as well as it's role as the United States Air Force Auxiliary.

    At Altitude - Dr. Will Roper

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2019


    In early 2019, Airman interviewed Dr. Will Roper, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Dr. Roper discussed how reforming the acquisition process is foundational to building the Air Force we need to maintain dominance in the battlespace today and tomorrow.

    At Altitude - Dr. Will Roper

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2019


    Airman's interview with Dr. Will Roper, the assistant secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics. Dr. Roper discusses how reforming the acquisition process is foundational to building the Air Force we need to maintain dominance today and tomorrow.

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