For 75 years, American Airmen have excelled as they execute the Air Force mission to fly, fight, and win — delivering airpower anytime, anywhere in defense of our nation.

Airmen are called to “Innovate, Accelerate and Thrive” as the U.S. Air Force and Department of the Air Force approach their 75th anniversaries on Sept. 18, 2022. Airmen will always be there to provide America with the airpower it needs to defend the nation, deter or defeat our adversaries, reassure our partners and allies, and help diplomacy proceed from a position of strength.

Commentary: Lessons from our past – Claire Chennault on Agile Combat Employment

As the Air Force leans into Agile Combat Employment, lessons can be learned from Claire Chennault's Flying Tigers and how they operated in China during WWII.

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AF 75th Birthday INNOVATE

Innovation, fueled by Airmen, is our heritage. Airmen continue to push technological and cultural boundaries which make America the leader in airpower and spacepower. Innovation is an integral part of how we train and employ our squadrons, develop our capabilities, and continue to move toward an even more effective Air Force.

AF 75th Birthday Accelerate

From their inception 75 years ago, the U.S. Air Force and Department of the Air Force have excelled at keeping pace with rapid changes in technology and in the demands placed on the Air Force’s five core missions: air superiority; global strike; rapid global mobility; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; and command and control.

AF 75th Birthday Thrive

We are the world’s greatest Air Force because of those who have gone before us – particularly those who weren’t afraid to break barriers. Empowered Airmen are the competitive edge we have over our adversaries and the reason we are the world’s greatest Air Force.

Air Force 75th Anniversary Commemorative Poster: Air Force Firsts

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: The Doolittle Raid - 1940s Era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Gen. Benjamin O. Davis Jr. - 1950s Era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Flight of the Blackbird - 1960s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Apollo 15 - 1970s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: B-52 Stratofortress - 1980s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Stealth War - 1990s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Dominate the Skies – 2000s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: First Unmanned Flight - 2010s era

Air Force 75th Anniversary Poster: Force of the Future - 2020s Era

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Video by Kevin D Schmidt

QuEST (2022-02-23) Nelson Dellis - Memory Conversation Part 5

Air Force Research Laboratory

Feb. 23, 2022 | 59:36

In this edition of QuEST, Nelson Dellis continues his discussion on memory athletics, memory palaces, and person-action-object encoding methods.

Key Moments and Questions in the video include:
Chunk information for memorization/encoding
PAO
Memory palace
Proposal to write about Nelson's method
Training vs competition
Competition one-shot encoding
Sys 1
Sys 2
Conscious learning
Connecting with AI
S3Q theory of conscious learning
Where/what stream - situated vectors
Fundamental limit
Throughput of consciousness is a low bit rate
Spoken numbers event
Auditory 1 digit per second
7 items pls/minus 2
Memory palace
Use what you know
Takes the load off memorizing
Rate limit
50-60 bits per second
Trial/error aspect of learning PAO techniques
Nelson explain how he started his learning process of PAO
Similar actions in the memory palace
Eliminate time wasting
Positive/negative association with the PAO
Arousal vs valence
Physical cards vs virtual display
What is the dip in memorization when switching between physical and virtual decks?
Time as the tie breaker
Perception space of repeat cards back-to-back
PAO formula keeps the memory palace encoding organized
Continuous training on the PAO
Creating the PAO story in the memory palace
Variations on studying cards for memorization
Personal preferences
PAO composition
Memory vocalization
Simulation space vs label space
Foreign languages
Person encoding can be other than human
Action encoded the same across the various combinations of PAO
Organization for paper on S3Q theory and memory palace

Case Number AFRL-2024-2588