Thursday’s column included an item on the Obama Administration’s just-issued National Security Strategy. That document, which replaces the March 2006 iteration, identifies economic power as the bedrock of national influence and calls for approaching statecraft from a “whole-of-government” perspective as opposed to over-reliance on the military.
The 301st Fighter Wing in Fort Worth, Texas, became the first standalone Reserve unit in the Air Force to get its own F-35s, welcoming the first fighter Nov. 5.