The January 2009 revision to the Air Force reading list included the following changes:

Books added:

Counterinsurgency Warfare: Theory and Practice was added to the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Making Twenty-First-Century Strategy: An Introduction to Modern National Security Processes and Problems was added to the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Modern Strategy was added to the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Thinking About America's Defense: An Analytical Memoir 2008 was added to the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics was added to the 'Our Nation and World' section.

Beating Goliath: Why Insurgencies Win was added to the 'Our Nation and World' section.

Contemporary Nuclear Debates: Missile Defenses, Arms Control, and Arms Races in the Twenty-First Century was added to the 'Our Nation and World' section.

Not a Good Day to Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda was added to the 'Our Nation and World' section.

American Patriot: The Life and Wars of Colonel Bud Day was added to the 'Military History' section.

Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945 was added to the 'Military History' section.

One Day Too Long was added to the 'Military History' section.

The Savage Wars Of Peace: Small Wars And The Rise Of American Power was added to the 'Military History' section.

Books removed:

First Light was removed from the 'Our Air Force Heritage' section.

Gods of Tin: The Flying Years was removed from the 'Our Air Force Heritage' section.

Jimmy Stewart: Bomber Pilot was removed from the 'Our Air Force Heritage' section.

John Warden and the Renaissance of American Air Power was removed from the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

On the Edge of Earth: The Future of American Space Power was removed from the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Why Air Forces Fail: The Anatomy of Defeat was removed from the 'Mission, Doctrine and Profession' section.

Forgotten Continent: The Battle for Latin America's Soul was removed from the 'Our Nation and World' section.

The Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror was removed from the 'Our Nation and World' section.

At Dawn We Slept: The Untold Story of Pearl Harbor was removed from the 'Military History' section.

Last Chance For Victory: Robert E. Lee And The Gettysburg Campaign was removed from the 'Military History' section.

Louis Johnson And the Arming of America: The Roosevelt And Truman Years was removed from the 'Military History' section.

Empire By Default: The Spanish-American War And The Dawn Of The American Century was removed from the 'Military History' section.