ARTICLE: U.S.A.F. Launches Major Technology Review, By Amy Butler, Aviation Week & Space Technology, Oct 21, 2009

True enough description:

"I don't think in the history of the Air Force we've been at a turning point like this. Maybe the closest was the Sputnik launch," Dahm tells Aviation Week. "What does the Air Force do when it is faced with a radically different future? Part of what it does is reach into its science and technology domain."

Amazing to think the USAF, only a few years ago, was going to rule all through the high-end definitions of net-centric warfare. Problem is, the Gap does not present such opponents.

(Thanks: Mike Nelson)