Requiem for a Heavyweight
The Air Force’s F-22 fighter finally goes down for the count.
September 2009
Vol. 92, No. 9
Highlights from the September 2009 Issue
Game Changers
Out on the frontiers of aerospace, next generation technologies are coming into view.
The New Playbook
This F-22 superfighter, few in number, will quarterback the war for the combat air force.
Uphill Struggle
USAF maintainers work daily miracles keeping those old airplanes flying. It can’t last.
The Osprey is on the Scene
AFSOC’s CV-22 promises unmatched speed and range.
Over There
When America declared war in 1917, it had no combat airplanes and not a single squadron trained for wa
Photochart of USAF Leadership
Air Force Magazine’s annual pictorial directory of Air Force leadership.
The College Park Century
At this airport in 1909, Wilbur Wright taught the first two military pilots to solo.
The Outstanding Airmen
These are the 12 all-stars of the enlisted force in 2009.
AFA Almanac
A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association. This article is only available in PDF format. Read the article.
Washington Watch
The QDR tackles two wars; Taiwan in the crosshairs; Industrial base extinction? ....
Wanted: An Air Defense Solution
The Air National Guard, principal defender of US air space, flies a geriatric collection of F-15s and F-16s. The fighters are so aged that most of them will be scrapped within a relatively few years. Single-engine F-16s on the verge...
Air Force World
Two Airmen Die in F-15E Crash Capt. Thomas J. Gramith, 27, of Eagan, Minn., and Capt. Mark R. McDowell, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colo., died July 18 when their F-15E Strike Eagle fighter crashed while conducting coalition operations in eastern...
Verbatim
Are the Thinkers Thinking “Some of the concerns I had 20 years ago still loom large. First, are our professional military education schools creating the strategic thinkers we need? And second, are the services identifying strategic thinkers, and are these...
F-105 Thunderchief
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We’re Not Worthy …
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Letters
Evaluating the Threat In July’s editorial [“The Strategy’s Last Stand?” p. 2], you presented a long-needed, cogent statement on strategy. In today’s political climate, it appears that it is not only the politicians who demonstrate that their only concern is...
AFA National Report
Three-in-One Expo in Ohio Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter attended the inaugural US Air, Trade, and Technology Expo in Dayton, Ohio, in July. AFA Ohio—led by State President John W. McCance of the Wright Memorial...
Complete Contents of September 2009 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Requiem for a Heavyweight
The Air Force's F-22 fighter finally goes down for the count.
Game Changers
Out on the frontiers of aerospace, next generation technologies are coming into view.
The New Playbook
This F-22 superfighter, few in number, will quarterback the war for the combat air force.
Uphill Struggle
USAF maintainers work daily miracles keeping those old airplanes flying. It can't last.
The Osprey Is on the Scene
AFSOC's CV-22 promises unmatched speed and range.
Over There
When America declared war in 1917, it had no combat airplanes and not a single squadron trained for war-but it did have Billy Mitchell.
Photochart of USAF Leadership
Air Force Magazine's annual pictorial directory of Air Force leadership
The College Park Century
At this airport in 1909, Wilbur Wright taught the first two military pilots to solo.
The Outstanding Airmen
These are the 12 all-stars of the enlisted force in 2009.
AFA Almanac
A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association.
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