Tobias Naegele
Tobias Naegele is the editor in chief of Air & Space Forces Magazine. The long-time chief editor of the Military Times group, along with Defense News, he was the founding editor of Marine Corps Times and, before that, Military & Aerospace Electronics. He is no less fascinated by the convergence of technology and military policy, and of telling the military’s stories that he was when he first reported on these topics four decades ago.
Recent stories by Tobias Naegele
JSE: How Air Force Aims to Get More Pilots into ‘World’s Best F-35 Simulator’
The Air Force is scaling up the Joint Simulation Environment to enable large-scale mission training possible for F-35 and other combat pilots at bases all over the country and even overseas.
Saltzman’s Focus Shifts to People and Transformation: Mitchell Institute’s Charles Galbreath
Charles Galbreath discusses how Gen. Saltzman plans to transform the Space Force into the powerhouse he wants it to be; building up manpower, adding resources, and building the bridges into allies, partners, and the Pentagon's Combatant Commands.
Brig. Gen. Chris Amrhein Says Space Force is Exceeding Recruiting Goals
Brig. Gen. Chris "Bammer" Amrhein, commander of Air Force Recruiting Command, says the U.S. Air Force and Space Force exceeded recruiting goals for fiscal 2027, but have greatly increased the goal for fiscal 2025, which starts Oct. 1. More recruiters, and a larger pool in ...
Mitchell Institute’s Chilton on Protecting U.S. Access to Space
Retired Gen. Kevin Chilton, Explorer Chair at the Mitchell Institute's Space Center of Excellence (MI-SPACE), says the U.S. Space Force needs offensive counter-space capabilities to hold adversaries space assets at risk and to ensure U.S. access to space-based communications, precision navigation and timing, missile warning ...
Editorial: Relearning Old Lessons
The risk of world war today has never been greater since 1940—and the United States has arguably never been less ready. Waking the nation up to that fact should be a top priority for our national leaders, though precious little has been said or will ...
Editorial: An Unfulfilled Offset Strategy
In the absence of a rival superpower in the 1990s, and with the miscalculations of the post-9/11 counterinsurgency campaigns, the successive administrations, the Pentagon, and Congress managed to squander America’s technological edge.
Editorial: A Lesson Learned
The principles of the Powell Doctrine and the effective deterrence that it should yield remain relevant today as we contemplate a new Cold War with China and two regional conflicts in which American policy is deeply intertwined.
Editorial: Change and Shortchanged
Three decades of underfunding and deferred modernization have left the Air Force ill-equipped for peer conflict, and there’s only one way to fix that: Spend big.
Air Task Forces, Combat Wings, and You: The Future of Deployments Starts Now
When three Air Task Force elements begin taking shape this summer, they will be laying the groundwork for the new Combat Wings now seen as the Air Force’s deployable “units of action” for future operations—a multi-year process to realign the way the service presents forces ...
New Commands, Ranks, and More: Big Changes for Air Force & Space Force
The Air Force and Space Force rolled out sweeping changes to the services’ organization, manning, readiness, and weapons development Feb. 12 at the AFA Warfare Symposium. The changes aim to ratchet up readiness and gain a warfighting edge in the face of intensifying great power ...
Big Changes In Store as Air Force, Space Force Arrive at AFA Warfare Symposium
Air Force and Space Force leaders gathering in Aurora, Colo., on Feb. 12 will lift the veil on dozens of changes designed to enhance operational readiness and accelerate the development of future weapons in the years to come. The highly anticipated changes will be announced ...
Will the Air Force Bring Back Warrant Officers?
A purported Air Force planning document circulating on social media suggests the service is considering bringing back warrant officers, but a spokesperson declined to confirm the document’s veracity.
Editorial: Re-Optimize Now
Having focused the services’ modernization efforts around seven Operational Imperatives designed to accelerate the injection of new capabilities into the force, Kendall is now setting his sights on organizational impediments to change.
AFA’s Next CEO: The Search Is On
The search for the Air & Space Forces Association's next President & CEO is underway, and the search committee is casting a wide net to identify as many qualified candidates as possible by Jan. 13, 2024.
Editorial: Follow Through
Recent Chiefs put the Air Force on the right course. Allvin’s mission is to deliver on those promises.