Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

[Otis Willie]

Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the Art of War

(EXCERPT) Coram, Robert, Author

Mr. Coram talks about his book Boyd: The Fighter Pilot Who Changed the
Art of War, published by Little, Brown and Company. The late Colonel
John Boyd, United States Air Force, began his career as a supremely
proficient fighter pilot in the Korean War, after which he went on to
develop the concept of energy maneuvering that has been the basis for
fighter tactics and designs for 30 years. He proceeded militantly to
advocate simpler fighter designs and attracted a group of like-minded
civilian and uniformed reformers, known as the Acolytes. After his
retirement, he developed strategic concepts based on the velocity of
attack. On the personal front, Boyd, the product of a dysfunctional
family, generated another, and his abrasive personality led him to
have a turbulent career.

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Otis Willie
Associate Librarian
The American War Library
http://www.americanwarlibrary.com

[Orval Fairbairn]

In article <kvp83vkolpnvrnpfa...@4ax.com>,
Otis Willie <military...@pacbell.net> wrote:

Of course, Boyd was right in his analyses -- that is what really pissed
off the Establishment. I am currently finishing the biik and recommend
it to all who are involved in the military and contractors, as he fought
the same battles we in industry fought there.

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