Thomas D. White
Recent stories by Thomas D. White
USAF’s Top Ten Priorities
Last September, when I addressed the Air Force Association Convention at Miami Beach, Fla., I outlined the Air Force’s “Ten Most Needed”—a list of weapon and support systems representing the top-priority aerospace requirements for future national security. Today, one year...
Citizen Soldiers in Aerospace
Today's reserves comprise a significant portion of this nation's overall aerospace capability. At the
Military Aerospace Power—New Key to World Peace?
Contemplation of man's extension into space suggests that in this vast arena we may find the most imag
Air Force Progress Toward The Future
In Last year’s Anniversary Issue of Air Force Magazine I discussed the Air Force job and how we were going about it. This year I will discuss some of our accomplishments during the past twelve months and examine, in the...
Aerospace Power… Today and Tomorrow
There is no need for me to go into detail concerning the most dangerous military threat facing this county. It is Soviet airpower. The advent of ballistic missiles with nuclear warheads has not changed this threat – it has merely...
The Air Force Job and How We’re Doing It
Last October, when the Soviet Union launched the first of its several satellites, reactions in this country were mixed. They ranged from surprise and embarrassment to consternation and panic. In some quarters, confusion seemed to be the order of the...
Space Control and National Security
Chief of Staff of the US Air Force, General White began his military career with graduation from West Point in 1920. Since then he has served in numerous military and military and military-diplomatic posts, including time in Peiping as a...
Air and Space are Indivisible
In little more than a decade, the nature of international relations has been radically altered by the concurrent development of thermonuclear weapons, intercontinental bombers, and missiles. International relations soon will be further complicated by man’s capability to travel in the...
USAF Doctrine and National Policy
Air Force doctrine is a much-maligned topic. The air Force has so recently achieved its full stature as to be something of a doctrinal mystery in comparison with the older, more familiar services. As a result, there is insufficient public...
We Must Give Top Priority To Survival
This is my first appearance as Chief of Staff of the Air Force on such an occasion. I feel a brief and generalized report on the role of the Air Force, as I see it, is appropriate. In doing so,...