March 2011

Lavelle and Schwalier continue to be judged by the absurd standards of earlier eras.

The Air Guard has built its most capable force ever, but its aircraft are approaching a cliff.

The Air Force is the catalyst for cooperation among Persian Gulf air arms.

It’s not just the weapons that were neglected.

Air Force EOD technicians are saving US, Iraqi, and Afghan lives—but at enormous costs to themselves.

Minot’s 5th Bomb Wing keeps ancient B-52s combat ready.

Hitting a bullet with a bullet is hard, so layered defenses are the way to go.

For decades, airmen across Europe stood ready to launch their nuclear-armed fighters against Warsaw Pa

The US would stage B-17s in the Soviet Union, to strike targets deep in German territory. It sounded l

Who’s who in the Obama Administration’s Pentagon.

By the time he died at 38 in the very first B-52 crash, Fleming had served impressive careers in both

Everything from spy satellites to future four-stars crawling through mud gathered intel on the superse

A bomber back on top?; DOD in a deepening crisis; No more tanker disruptions ....

Airman Dies in Afghanistan TSgt. Leslie D. Williams, 36, of Juneau, Alaska, died due to a noncombat incident in Afghanistan, Jan. 25, the Defense Department announced. Williams, assigned to the 4th Maintenance Group at Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., was at...

No Exit “Abu Ghraib and its follow-on effects, including the continued drum-beat of ‘torture’ maintained by partisan critics of the war and the President, became a damaging distraction. More than anything else I have failed to do, … I regret...

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Word for Word [John T. Correll’s] article “The Real Twelve O’Clock High” was fascinating, informative, and entertaining as only he can write. I’ve read it twice [January, p. 70]. When I retired in 1979, I talked leadership at USAA for...

Another Success in San Antonio For Air Education and Training Command, the news about their symposium only gets better. Last year, they set an attendance record. This year, they broke it. More than 3,800 people gathered in San Antonio for...