The Air Force Must Embrace Risk Or Fail

The Costs of Inaction Are Too Great

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds perform an airshow after the 2007 U.S. Air Force Academy Graduation Ceremony May 30 in Colorado. The ceremony marks the culmination of four years at the academy and their transition from cadet to the Air Force's newest second lieutenants. (Commons)

The increasing reluctance of military officers to accept risk will ultimate…