June 2013

“This lands somewhere short of a profile in courage.”

Combat search and rescue teams have seen the value of training as they fight.

Unified Protector could have been a disaster, but NATO air forces managed to pull together a masterful

The Air Force’s premier cyberwar simulator is used to train against a broad range of threats.

The 2012-2013 national high school cyber defense competition saw a record number of teams and ever-gre

Africa Command’s lean counterterrorism approach relies heavily on airpower.

FDR was the guiding force for wartime mobilization. He was also part of the problem.

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The 1940 Norway campaign showed how modern warfare would require airpower and joint operations.

For her enthusiastic and effective work as an aerospace educator, Lori Bradner is AFA’s National Aeros

Three Airmen Die in KC-135 Crash Three airmen from the 93rd Air Refueling Squadron at Fairchild AFB, Wash., were killed when their KC-135 tanker crashed near Chon-Aryk, Kyrgyzstan, May 3. Killed in the mishap were: Capt. Victoria A. Pinckney, 27,...

? “Implications for Military Policy” Bernard Brodie Essay in The Absolute Weapon: Atomic Power and the World Order Institute of International Studies Yale University, 1946 FULL TEXT VERSION On Aug. 6, 1945, a 35-year-old Yale professor named Bernard Brodie was...

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Kinda Magic In “Seeking the Sex-Assault Solution” by Anna Mulrine, Brig. Gen. Eden Murrie asks, “Does anyone have a ‘magic bullet?’?” [April, p. 48]. I don’t have a magic bullet to completely solve sex assaults throughout the military—no one does—but...

Painting a Soul That Is Lost In March, San Jacinto Chapter members visited an art exhibition that pays homage to Texans who have died in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Portrait of a Warrior Memorial Art Gallery in Baytown,...

Repairing sequester; Readiness first; The Long-Wait bomber ....

New Normal “Here we are, 70,000 people have been killed in Syria, a million-plus refugees destabilizing the region in Turkey, Jordan, other countries—500,000 in Jordan alone—and the United States is messing around trying to figure out how we’re going to...