Obama’s Nuclear Challenge
The new commander in chief will find at least four serious threats to the deterrent.
January 2009
Vol. 92, No. 1
Highlights from the January 2009 Issue
The Future Global Force
At AFA’s Global Warfare Symposium, Air Force leaders chart the course for revival.
The Airpower Surge
In Iraq, violence is down, but airmen see that the demand for air capabilities keeps growing.
UAV Pilots
There aren’t enough of them. The Air Force is determined to do something about that.
Cold War from on High
The U-2 and SR-71 were two of the most famous and successful aircraft of all time.
The Six Phases of Airpower
Beware a well-intentioned effort to give irregular warfare a superior place in air-dominance planning.
The John Young View
The F-22 is a pain. The F-35 is a marvel. The tanker program is a mess. So is space. Any questions?
PACAF’s “Vision” Thing
A new wargame tells airmen what it will take to hold the line in the Far East.
Arc Light
The B-52s fought their war in Vietnam without ever leaving SAC.
In Search of the Perfect Uniform
Everyone, even Red the Uniform Tailor, has said his piece about how to fix USAF’s blue suit.
Ups and Downs of Space Radars
The Air Force and NRO have been hacking at this project for nearly 50 years now.
Washington Watch
Donley talks fighters; DOD voices skepticism; Continuing nuclear saga. ....
The Taiwan Problem, Alive and Kicking
If “secessionist forces [cause] Taiwan’s secession from China, or … possibilities for a peaceful reunification [are] completely exhausted, the state shall employ non-peaceful means.” —China’s 2005 anti-secession law. (Staff map by Zaur Eylanbekov) Beijing could not be more blunt. China...
Air Force World
Airman Dies in Iraq SSgt. Brian P. Hause, 29, of Stoystown, Pa., died Oct. 23 of noncombat-related medical causes while deployed to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, from the 20th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Shaw AFB, S.C. He was serving as...
Verbatim
Remembering Pearl Harbor “Roosevelt had become President on his public pledge not to go to war, so in order to start a war between the United States and Japan, it had to appear that Japan took the first shot. …...
PBY Catalina
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Airpower’s Magna Carta
“Air Organization and the Direction of Aerial Operations” Gen. Jan Smuts London August 17, 1917 FULL TEXT VERSION In summer 1917, London was rocked by German bomber attacks. The World War I British Cabinet appointed a committee—Prime Minister David Lloyd...
Where US Troops Come From
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Letters
Editorial: Hard Times I take exception to your statement in the editorial, “Hard Times,” in the November issue [p. 2] of Air Force Magazine “that the expense of simply maintaining today’s 1.4-million-strong US force has gotten wildly out of hand”...
AFA National Report
Air Force Ball in Los Angeles Brig. Gen. Susan J. Helms received the prestigious Gen. Thomas D. White Space Award at the Los Angeles Air Force Ball, hosted by the Gen. B. A. Schriever Los Angeles Chapter at the Beverly...
Complete Contents of January 2009 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Obama's Nuclear Challenge
The new commander in chief will find at least four serious threats to the deterrent.
The Future Global Force
At AFA 's Global Warfare Symposium, Air Force leaders chart the course for revival.
The Airpower Surge
In Iraq, violence is down, but airmen see that the demand for air capabilities keeps growing.
UAV Pilots
There aren't enough of them. The Air Force is determined to do something about that.
Cold War From on High
The U-2 and SR-71 were two of the most famous and successful aircraft of all time.
The Six Phases of Airpower
Beware a well-intentioned effort to give irregular warfare a superior place in air-dominance planning.
The John Young View
The F-22 is a pain. The F-35 is a marvel. The tanker program is a mess. So is space. Any questions?
PACAF's "Vision" Thing
A new wargame tells airmen what it will take to hold the line in the Far East.
Arc Light
The B-52s fought their war in Vietnam without ever leaving SAC.
In Search of the Perfect Uniform
Everyone, even Red the Uniform Tailor, has said his piece about how to fix USAF's blue suit.
Ups and Downs of Space Radars
The Air Force and NRO have been hacking at this project for nearly 50 years now.
