AIR FORCE MAGAZINE MAGAZINE AIR FORCE INSIDE: Pacific Punch p. 24 | Goldfein on Multi-Domain Ops p. 30 | Arsenal of Advertisements p. 60 John Chapman OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2018 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER Medal of Honor For his heroism in Afghanistan, TSgt. Chapman was awarded the nation’s highest honor for valor in combat. WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM October/November 2018 $8 ASC_Guide_1-Full-Page_ad.indd 1 8/27/2018 2:19:16 PM October / November 2018. Vol. 102, No. 10 FEATURES 34 STAFF Publisher Larry O. Spencer Editor in Chief Adam J. Hebert Managing Editor 38 Juliette Kelsey Chagnon Editorial Director John A. Tirpak News Editor 24 Amy McCullough Assistant Managing Editor Chequita Wood 24 Bombers Watching Over 38 The Siege of Kobani 68 The Chappie James Way Senior Designer the Pacific By Rebecca Grant By Peter Grier Dashton Parham By Brian W. 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It is John Chapman, the combat controller killed in March 2002 while fighting entrenched al Qaeda terrorists high in the mountains of Afghanistan. Nearby, in Goldfein’s oice sitting area, a propeller blade is mounted on the wall. This is the propeller from the MQ-1 Predator aircraft that flew over Chapman, “in his last hours, while he was fighting the enemy,” Goldfein told Air Force Magazine in a recent interview. Video from this Predator captured Chapman’s extraordinary heroism, which eventually led to Chapman’s Air Force Cross being upgraded to a Medal of Honor—the nation’s highest award for valor in combat. The Predator, orbiting overhead, showed Chapman repeatedly attacking enemy positions. He was hit by enemy fire and presumably knocked unconscious. Later, when he recovered enough to resume fighting, he did exactly that—again attacking enemy positions at close range. “As he fought his way to his death on that mountaintop, he did so to protect his teammates,” Goldfein said. “He did that in as A still image from a grainy Predator video shows Chapman, circled in green, during the battle on a mountainside in Chapman was there for his Afghanistan, fighting for his life and the lives of his teammates. teammates, an example that resonates in today’s Air Force. The corollary is that abusive, toxic, autocratic leaders are not going to find success in today’s Air Force. “There was a period of time in our Air Force some years ago tough an environment as one could ever imagine, and he refused where the autocratic phone slammer [was] able to survive,” to stop until the very end.” Goldfein said. “My sense is that that kind of leadership will not “When we see these young airmen like John Chapman [exhibit] survive … anymore.” extraordinary courage under the worst conditions,” it is an At the end of the day, he said, oicers and NCOs are graded inspiration to all airmen, Goldfein said. on two things: character and competence. Many airmen honored Chapman’s example resonates in today’s Air Force, which has for valor in recent wars humbly say they were just doing their been at war nonstop since 1991. Even the terror attacks of 2001 jobs, and anyone in the same situation would have done the are now 17 years in the past. Some 96 percent of today’s Air Force same thing. The right leaders rally the troops behind them and joined after 9/11, which means “the vast majority of airmen … have create a culture in which airmen will eagerly go the extra mile never actually known a day of peace,” Goldfein observed. to ensure success, whatever the mission might be. “Probably the most important thing we can do to keep “When it comes down to it, you’re looking to your left and to people in the United States Air Force … is to put in inspirational your right and saying, ‘please God, don’t let me let my buddies commanders and leaders, both oicers and NCOs,” Goldfein down,’ ” Goldfein said. explained. The wrong leaders create hostile environments and Although “only” a tech sergeant, subsequently promoted to send airmen heading for the exits. master sergeant, Chapman led by example. He did not let his “Our airmen are far too smart to walk by or not see a say/ buddies down. do gap,” Goldfein said, referencing leaders who would tell their “We may look at what John did and say he is a hero, but then subordinates one thing but behave dierently. “If they see me we are not one of his team or the other teams that go in where saying one thing and doing another they’re going to see right angels wouldn’t tread,” Chapman’s father, Gene Chapman, wrote through it.” to his son’s squadron commander after his son was killed. The Air Force recognizes the importance of leadership by “John is proud to be part of you, and if you could ask him right example at all levels—from NCOs, to squadron commanders, now, he would tell you what he did was for his family, friends, to generals—and is working now to find and develop the 21st and the teams he worked with.” century leaders it needs. The Air Force is blessed to have airmen like Chapman, those USAF asks much of its airmen and families, so “this to me is willing to put others first regardless of the circumstances. May nothing short of a moral obligation, to make sure we put the best the Air Force continue to attract and develop America’s best, leaders in place,” he said. men and women who will lead by example. J USAF Photo: 2 OCTOBER/NOVEMBER H WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM REDEFINING theTARGETING MISSION With world class sensors and optics, FLIR redefines the targeting mission with the key laser designator components that a targeting mission demands. 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