On this latest episode of the Defense & Aerospace Report Strategy Series, sponsored by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Gen. Jeffrey Harrigian, USAF Ret., the former commander of the US Air Forces Europe and Africa, discusses the years of effort to build NATO’s ability to surge air power to deter Russia from miscalculating on Feb. 24, 2022, as Moscow launched its invasion of Ukraine, organizational as well as technological and cultural changes needed to improve allied air capabilities, the keys to culture change, importance of empowering subordinates, convincing allies and Kyiv of the impending attack, wider lessons from the war, studying Ukraine’s ability to innovate under fire to improve future US capabilities, Russia as persistent threat, the vital importance of air power and 5th generation capabilities with Defense & Aerospace Report Editor Vago Muradian.
