Lt. Gen. Charles Wald,
Newsweek, December, 2001 by John Barry
Victory, as the ancient Greeks said, has a thousand fathers, and the scramble is already on to claim paternity for Operation Crescent Wind, the innovative air campaign that broke the Taliban's rule over Afghanistan in two months flat. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is the one who is most lionized in the media. But much of the credit has to go to Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald, the air boss at Central Command when the war started and now the Air Force's deputy chief of staff for operations--the top three-star general's job in the Air Force. Wald, whom defense expert William Arkin jokingly dubs the "Zelig of air power," has played a key role in every air campaign since the gulf war--from Serbia to Kosovo--and learned lessons from each to improve performance the next time. Wald will be...
Most Recent Reference Articles
- ARAB EUROPEAN RELATIONS - Dec 22 - Russia Denies Selling Missile System To Iran
- EGYPT - Dec 29 - Opposition Says Mubarak Blessed Israeli Attacks
- ARAB AFFAIRS - Dec 22 - Syria Will Eventually Move To Direct Talks With Israel
- ARAB AFFAIRS - Dec 30 - GCC Denounces Massacre
- ARAB ISRAELI RELATIONS - Israel Issues An Appeal To Palestinians In Gaza
Most Recent Reference Publications
Most Popular Reference Articles
- Credit card debt on college campuses: causes, consequences, and solutions
- 9 questions to ask your new lover: what you were afraid to ask, but always wanted to know
- How Tyler Perry rose from homelessness to a $5 million mansion
- Rejoice anyway - Zephaniah 3:14-20, Philippians 4:4-7 - Living by the Word - Column
- Living by the word
Presented by American Express