History

New Medal of Honor Museum Plays Down 21st Century Air Force Hero.  Twenty-three years after his heroic death on a frozen Afghan peak, John Chapman is still fighting against the odds. Chapman, a combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics...
It’s time to rethink the factors shaping U.S. defense policy. The United States is presently confronted with the most significant national security challenge since its founding. In the past three years, the global deterrence networks that the United States developed...
Mr. Tactical Airpower. William Momyer, known as “Spike,” was an outstanding tactician who was instrumental in developing and implementing air doctrine throughout his career. After graduating from the University of Washington in 1937, he became an aviation cadet and won...

AFA Almanac 2024

Nov. 1, 2024
A compendium of facts and figures about the Air & Space Forces Association.
The starting point for studying airpower in World War II is the monumental official history, published following the war. The AAF hired two highly respected academics, Wesley F. Craven and James L. Cate, to edit the outstanding seven-volume work, The Army Air Forces in World ...