How to pronounce “air staff” in English

The first is Dr. Ray Leopold, Air Force officer expert, expert on maneuver warfare, fighter plane tactics,tactics that he developed into tactics for the business world, formerly a teacher at the Air Force Academy, senior air staff at the Pentagon, a pure scientistwho helped me greatly during the writing of the book, and more the point at this gathering, the inventor of the Iridium Satellite System, the most complex engineering