Andy hird is a special assistant to the noras university provost, he talks about expanding to students so that you may learn what it is like to travel abroad. He has done a tremendous amount of things, part of that has to do with him being stationed here for rotc and his hopes in helping each of you become better leaders and meeting here today is moderator of this panel. His bio is extensive. I could spend a lot of time writing about the things he has done but i will keep it short. He is retired, United States air force, went to the air force academy, university of north carolina. s. Eric career includes 3 commands. For those that will be aviators, 6000 flying hours and combat missions in four conflict. Please welcome colonel andy hird. [applause] or smack thanks, travis. Thank you for attending the North University military writer Symposium Panel of warfare in the 21st century. Future battlegrounds. My name, andy hird. You and i are privileged at the peace and war center to organize t
When a fellow learns to fly with the army air corps, he does not learn it all in a day, week or month. The gateway is a big schooling ground in san antonio texas, the primary training point for airline pilots. We are here at Randolph Air Force base, where airpower begins. Iconicthe great buildings in air force history. From here, you can see the entirety of the air force base, the circular design. It is a beautiful place. It is a functional base. It was built in time to help the air force build their numbers so they would have a winning air force by 1942, and they build it to be the showplace of the air force and it became known as west point of the air, with engineers and artillery specialists in the army, this is where you learned the craft of flying and supporting flying operations. So it started here and many have come back here. A lot of people mention the base as being important to san antonio. It is. Why is it important . It has always been a generator for technology and innovat
Entirety of Randolph Air Force base, its circular design. Its a beautiful base. Its a functional base. It was built just in time to help the air force steadily build its numbers so that it would have an awardwinning air force by 1942, 1943, and they built it to be the showplace of the air force, and it became known as the west point of the air. Because as with engineers and artillery specialists in the army, here is where you learned the craft of flying and supporting flying operations. And so many of the greats in air force history started here and have come back here. A lot of people mention this base as being important to san antonio. It is. Why is it important . Randolph has always been a steady generator for business, steady generator for technology, innovation, and some of the very best of American Society come here. Its one of the most diverse bases in the air force. And if you want diversity of thought, diversity of backgrounds, religions, the air force is a place to go. Randol
From here, you can see the entirety of the air force base, the circular design. It is a beautiful place. It is a functional base. It was built in time to help the air force build their numbers so they would have a winning air force by 19421934, and they build it to be the showplace of the air force and it became known as west point of the air, with engineers and artillery specialists in the army, this is where you learned the craft of flying and supporting flying operations. So it started here and have come back here. A lot of people mention the base as being important to san antonio. It is. Why is it important . It has always been a generator for technology and innovation. Some of the best of American Society come here. It is one of the most diverse bases in the air force. If you want diversity of thought, diversity of backgrounds, religions, the air force is the place to go. Randolph might be more emblematic of that than any other base because we all learn to fight, flight and win he
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