Improvisation Won’t Do It
If land power advocates have their way, this will be the end of “effects-based operations.”
October 2008
Vol. 91, No. 10
Highlights from the October 2008 Issue
Airlift on Thin Ice
Gen. Arthur Lichte, USAF mobility boss, says the fleet is at “the ragged edge of the minimum” for the
Red Flag Over Alaska
USAF has expanded its premier training event with a new “franchise” in the Great North.
Warheads on Foreheads
The USAF-led combined air and space operations center is helping craft an “airman’s view” of counterin
Warriors for the Spectrum
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Needed: 200 New Aircraft a Year
It takes that many to make a modest reduction in fleet age. Getting there will be a neat trick.
Moscow’s Pipeline Pressure Points
Russia’s lunge into Georgia was an attempt to gain regional leverage.
Daylight Precision Bombing
A basic belief of the Army Air Forces was severely tested in the skies over Germany and Japan.
The Stuka Terror
Germany’s shrieking Ju 87 dive bomber lingered in the mind as a truly dreaded air weapon.
Washington Watch
Rejecting fighter pilots?; Lingering image; Things in the black ....
The Joint Base Dispute
You probably have never heard of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, but you will. It’s coming to New Jersey. Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, a name that casts underfoot decades of military heritage, will soon be in Hawaii. What about Joint Base Charleston-Naval...
Air Force World
F-15 Crash Kills Pilot Lt. Col. Thomas Bouley, commander of 65th Aggressor Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev., died July 30 when the two-seat F-15D he was flying crashed at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Bouley had been participating in...
Verbatim
Creeping Militarization “In the campaign against terrorist networks and other extremists, we know that direct military force will continue to have a role. But over the long term, we cannot kill or capture our way to victory. What the Pentagon...
P-61 Black Widow
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LeMay and the “Airpower Battle”
“Strategic Air Command and World Peace” Gen. Curtis E. LeMay, USAF From “Soviet Total War” House Un-American Activities Committee Washington, DC Sept. 23, 1956 FULL TEXT VERSION It was midway through the Eisenhower era, and Strategic Air Command was entering...
Forty Years of Air Force Investment
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World War I Simulator””
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Letters
Failure Is an Option Regarding the editorial and letters in the August issue, I’m trying hard to keep the buzzwords straight, so let me see if I’ve gotten all this correct [“Editorial: Failure Is an Option,” p. 2, and “Letters:...
Books
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AFA National Report
Picnicking With the Senator US Sen. Kent Conrad (D-N.D.) attended the Red River Valley Chapter’s summer picnic in August at Grand Forks AFB, N.D. More than 250 airmen, Air Force civilians, AFAers, and local community leaders turned out to hear...
Complete Contents of October 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Improvisation Won't Do It
If land power advocates have their way, this will be the end of "effects-based operations."
Airlift on Thin Ice
Gen. Arthur Lichte, USAF mobility boss, says the fleet is at "the ragged edge of the minimum" for the job.
Red Flag Over Alaska
USAF has expanded its premier training event with a new "franchise" in the Great North.
Warheads on Foreheads
The USAF-led combined air and space operations center is helping craft an "airman's view" of counterinsurgency warfare.
Warriors for the Spectrum
Dominating and using the electromagnetic spectrum falls to a select group of aircraft.
Needed: 200 New Aircraft a Year
It takes that many to make a modest reduction in fleet age. Getting there will be a neat trick.
Moscow's Pipeline Pressure Points
Russia's lunge into Georgia was an attempt to gain regional leverage.
Daylight Precision Bombing
A basic belief of the Army Air Forces was severely tested in the skies over Germany and Japan.
The Stuka Terror
Germany's shrieking Ju 87 dive bomber lingered in the mind as a truly dreaded air weapon.
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