		The Reading Room Here are some links to recommended reading. All About BRAC 2005 and AFIT AFIT was considered for privatization or realignment by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission. Biographies of Graduates Read accounts of their Air Force careers as written by AFIT graduates of 1948, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985,19 86, and 1993. AF Report to Congress Here is the text of the report requested from the AF on the status of AFIT. For an analysis as published in the Dayton Daily News, see: Status of AFIT The Evolution of Aerospace Education at AFIT A history of the development of aerospace programs in the context of the evolution of the Institute has been provided by a former member of the faculty. Crisis in Science and Engineering manning levels receiving high-level AF attention. Career issues being considered. Check the S&E Home Page Congressman Turner evaluates AFIT The Need for Technical Warriors By Col J. Douglas Beason, USAF The sophisticated nature of S&T demands the attention of experts. Warriors have to be involved in the process of getting the right weapon to the field, and they must have the right background from which to do it. These warriors must be technical officers who are competent in S&T and are able to understand and influence all phases of the acquisition process—from the scientist performing basic research, to the industry executive building the weapon system—to get the war fighters what they need. Unlike civilians (including retired military), technical warriors provide an immediate, operational context to focus S&T for maximum utility.demands years of schooling and research experience. The web site of the AFIT Library is a useful tool. (If you have forgotten the title of your thesis, you can look it up. Search the on-line catalog by author.) Go here for a concise History of the Air Force Institute of Technology. The most recent issues of the Air Force Times, the Wright-Patterson Skywrighter, and the magazine published by the Air Force Association are all available on line. The Air Force web site has links to the Air Force News You might also be interested in reading some of the books by AFIT graduates.

The Reading Room

Here are some links to recommended reading.

All About BRAC 2005 and AFIT
AFIT was considered for privatization or realignment by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission.

Biographies of Graduates
Read accounts of their Air Force careers as written by AFIT graduates of 1948, 1952, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985,19 86, and 1993.

AF Report to Congress
Here is the text of the report requested from the AF on the status of AFIT. For an analysis as published in the Dayton Daily News, see: Status of AFIT

The Evolution of Aerospace Education at AFIT
A history of the development of aerospace programs in the context of the evolution of the Institute has been provided by a former member of the faculty.

Crisis in Science and Engineering manning levels receiving high-level AF attention. Career issues being considered. Check the S&E Home Page

Congressman Turner evaluates AFIT

The Need for Technical Warriors
By Col J. Douglas Beason, USAF
The sophisticated nature of S&T demands the attention of experts. Warriors have to be involved in the process of getting the right weapon to the field, and they must have the right background from which to do it. These warriors must be technical officers who are competent in S&T and are able to understand and influence all phases of the acquisition process—from the scientist performing basic research, to the industry executive building the weapon system—to get the war fighters what they need. Unlike civilians (including retired military), technical warriors provide an immediate, operational context to focus S&T for maximum utility.demands years of schooling and research experience.

The web site of the AFIT Library is a useful tool. (If you have forgotten the title of your thesis, you can look it up. Search the on-line catalog by author.)

Go here for a concise History of the Air Force Institute of Technology.

The most recent issues of the Air Force Times, the Wright-Patterson Skywrighter, and the magazine published by the Air Force Association are all available on line.

The Air Force web site has links to the Air Force News

You might also be interested in reading some of the books by AFIT graduates.