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Why Air Force History Matters Today

Airman Pulse
Dik Daso and Collin Meisel
August 27, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Collin sits down with Dik Daso, executive director of the Air Force Historical Foundation and a former Air Force pilot and historian, to talk about why Air Force history matters as the nation marks its 250th anniversary. They discuss how studying the past can shape better leaders and strengthen the profession of arms, why so many of today's challenges echo problems the service has already worked through, and how ideas like unmanned aircraft reach back much further than most airmen realize.

For anyone interested in a complimentary one-year membership to the Air Force Historical Foundation, contact Dik Daso at xd@afhistory.org.

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