https://geekyschmidt.com/tags/usaf/Recent content in USAF onhttps://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-07-31-loyalwingman/Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:00:00 +0200https://geekyschmidt.com/post/2026-07-31-loyalwingman/<p>The USAF&rsquo;s Collaborative Combat Aircraft recent updates got me thinking about AI in software engineering. I spent my Air Force career securing information systems. Not flying them. But after decades in aviation, the Loyal Wingman concept hits different when you are building software.</p> <p>Grew up a military brat near air bases, hearing afterburners crack overhead. I joined the Air Force for information security, not the flight line. Closest I got to the cockpit was securing the systems behind it. Working in aviation most of my adult life makes the Loyal Wingman analogy for AI less of a stretch and more of lived experience.</p>