July 2011

Decades of compound inflation do amazing things.

DOD’s new space strategy addresses a realm where all the trends are negative.

Nothing in Afghanistan is easy, but airpower makes it possible.

A quick symphony of planning allowed USAF’s heavy bombers to strike 150 targets in Libya.

Generals Petraeus and Hostage detail the crucial role of airpower in Afghanistan.

Bruce Carlson says NRO intelligence is helping solve some of the military’s thorniest problems.

The Air Force Special Operations Training Center is discovering new ways to turn out highly trained ai

TSgt. John Chapman earned the Air Force Cross for his heroism in the mission to recover Navy SEAL Neil

USAF can’t get enough new pilots into F-16s, but not for lack of effort at Luke Air Force Base.

The first atomic mission was executed perfectly. On the second one, almost everything went wrong.

In 2011, AFA’s premier high school cybersecurity competition for the first time included civilian team

The German Army was on the march through France until aerial reconnaissance led the Allies to a critic

In nine days during July 1941, air war planners on Hap Arnold’s staff put together a bold plan for the

Navy reveals big shopping list; Goodbye to aircraft carriers?; Adapting to new warfare realities ....

EOD Airmen Killed in Afghanistan TSgt. Kristoffer M. Solesbee, 32, of Citrus Heights, Calif., and SSgt. Joseph J. Hamski, 28, of Ottumwa, Iowa, died in operations in Afghanistan, Defense Department officials announced May 27. The two airmen died of wounds...

Off the Rails “Belatedly, the President and his allies are trying to establish congressional endorsement for the war through a nonbinding Senate resolution approving ‘the limited use of military force by the United States in Libya.’ … These ‘sense of...

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Qaddafi: Con, Neutral, and Pro Adam J. Hebert’s editorial in the May issue was well-done and extremely salient [“Why Qaddafi Must Go,” p. 4]. I would like to amend the time line presented in the editorial that begins on June...

The Astrochimp In Alabama, a presentation organized by the Montgomery Chapter’s aerospace education VP has captured the interest of adults and kids alike. Susan Mallett came up with the idea of spotlighting Ham, a chimpanzee that rode a Mercury Redstone...