June 2004

In recent months, the Air Force has adjusted its position.

At “warrior bases” around the peninsula, 9,000 airmen train to fight a deeply buried enemy force.

The new defense budget sticks to the script—with the Air Force in a starring role.

Recent decades have brought some major changes in Air Force doctrine.

The power and precision of USAF’s F-15E Strike Eagles starts with the 4th Fighter Wing.

The Air Force’s goal is a “space-oriented culture of professionals” who will advance US power.

In Gulf War II, Air Force and Marine airmen devised an informal pact that paid big dividends.

When it comes to fratricide,“zero is the only good score.”

This chronology recalls key events in USAF’s quest for strategic high ground.””

The theft of the fighter was a classic tale of Cold War skullduggery.

New Challenge to Fighter?; Tanker Deal Spins Its Wheels; New Kinds of Strategic Arms ....

Airman Killed, Two Injured A1C Antoine J. Holt, 20, died from injuries received April 10 when an enemy mortar struck his tent at Balad Air Base in Iraq. Two other airmen in the tent were injured, one seriously. Holt, who...

Appeasing the Alligator “It’s kind of like feeding an alligator hoping it eats you last. And it’s not a terribly proud posture, in my view.”—Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld on the theory that Spain can avoid further terror attacks...

Help for Guard and Reserve; DOD Issues CRSC Guidance; Watch Those Entitlements ....