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Air Force Chief of Staff, General John P. Jumper
From The Chief's Sight Picture, 16 April 2004

The collective abilities of our active, guard, reserve, and civilian Airmen provide our Air Force a full spectrum of capabilities that are second to none. To sustain our dominance and understand the world in which we operate, we must develop a wider perspective and an appreciation of views other than our own. I encourage each of you to make time for professional reading as part of your continuing development as Airmen. Full Story
Category I 
History of the Air Force from its beginning through its major transformations as an Institution.

Frank M. Andrews: Marshall's Airman - DeWitt S. Copp and the Air Force History and Museums Program
Beyond the Wild Blue: A History of the United States Air Force, 1947-1997 - Walter J. Boyne
The Transformation of American Air Power - Benjamin S. Lambeth
Winged Victory: The Army Air Forces in World War II - Geoffrey Perret
Category II 
Insight into ongoing conflicts and the frictions that can produce conflicts in the future.

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror - Bernard Lewis
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order - Samuel P. Huntington
Age of Sacred Terror - Steven Simon and Dan Benjamin
Of Paradise and Power - Robert Kagan
Category III 
Organization, leadership and success stories holding lessons for the present and future.

The Five Pillars of TQM (Guidelines for Organizational Greatness) - Bill Creech
An Army at Dawn - Rick Atkinson
American Generalship: Character is Everything: The Art of Command - Edgar F. Puryear
Category IV 
Lessons emerging from recent conflicts - and the preparation for them.

Supreme Command: Soldiers, Statesmen, and Leadership in Wartime - Eliot Cohen
Prodigal Soldiers - James Kitfield
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General Ronald Fogleman created the CSAF Professional Reading Program in 1996 to develop a common frame of reference among Air Force members - officers, enlisted, and civilians - to help each of us become better, more effective advocates of air and space power. General Michael Ryan and now General John Jumper have wholeheartedly embraced and continued the Professional Reading Program.

The CSAF’s Professional Reading Program can help you launch a career-long reading program or be used to supplement your previous readings. The books cover an expanse of topics. The majority of books detail air and space power from its genesis to recent times. Other books provide great examples of leadership to illustrate qualities airmen should emulate. The more books you read, the better you will understand... Full Story
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