Battle Damage From the QDR
The upshot is that the Air Force of future years will be smaller and less capable than it otherwise wo
January 2006
Vol. 89, No. 1
Highlights from the January 2006 Issue
The Strategy of Desert Storm
Fifteen years ago this month, the Gulf War upset prevailing assumptions about airpower and its relatio
High Anxiety
At AFA’s Los Angeles symposium, USAF leaders wondered: What happens if our space capabilities are ever
Eyes of the Fighter
Aircraft targeting pods—Litening, Sniper, LANTIRN—are turning the fighter force into an all-seeing eye
Meet the New Boss
F-22 operations at Langley mark a transition away from the F-15 and toward a new heavyweight champ.
The Security Forces Rewrite
Wherein expeditionary air bases are considered maneuver elements in their own right.
Up to Basics
New officers leave USAF’s Air and Space Basic Course as dedicated airpower advocates.
Leaner, Meaner Depots
USAF's air logistics centers are now faster, more efficient providers of combat power.
A Complex and Changing Air War
The top airman in Southwest Asia discusses air operations over Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Converging Paths of Whittle and von Ohain
They approached the jet engine problem in different ways, but they both solved it.
Washington Watch
Keeping a Full-Service USAF; Scoping Out the Mobility Requirement; The Japan Card ....
Aerospace World
Wynne Is New SECAF Michael W. Wynne was sworn in as Secretary of the Air Force on Nov. 3 at an Air Force Academy ceremony attended by 4,200 cadets. He had been confirmed by the Senate on Oct. 28. Wynne...
Verbatim
Long May He Wave “The ramparts of Washington are littered with the bleached bones of people who said Donald Rumsfeld was not going to survive.”—Pentagon spokesman Lawrence Di Rita about tenure of the Secretary of Defense, Washington Post Magazine, Nov....
Action in Congress
VA Backs Off Review; The “Duke” No One Knew; VSOs Up in Arms; Last Minute Budget Wrangling ....
Growing Personnel Costs
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Letters
The Khobar Towers Issue Thank you for your editorial in the November 2005 issue [“The Shadow of Khobar Towers,” p. 2]. Generals Fogleman and Schwalier are and will always remain examples of extraordinary military leadership. They may not remember me,...
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PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Battle Damage From the QDR
The upshot is that the Air Force of future years will be smaller and less capable than it otherwise would be.
Washington Watch
Keeping a Fu/I-Service USAF; Scoping Out the Mobility Requirement; The Japan Card ....
The Strategy of Desert Storm
Fifteen years ago this month, the Gulf War upset prevailing assumptions about airpower and its relationship to the "Air Land Battle."
High Anxiety
At AFA 's Los Angeles symposium, USAF leaders wondered: What happens if our space capabilities are ever compromised?
Eyes of the Fighter
Aircraft targeting pods-Litening, Sniper, LANT/RN-are turning the fighter force into an all-seeing eye.
Meet the New Boss
F-22 operations at Langley mark a transition away from the F-15 and toward a new heavyweight champ
The Security Forces Rewrite
Wherein expeditionary air bases are considered maneuver elements in their own right.
Up to Basics
New officers leave USAF's Air and Space Basic Course as dedicated airpower advocates.
Leaner Meaner Depots
USAF's air logistics centers are now faster, more efficient providers of combat power.
A Complex and Changing Air War
The top airman in Southwest Asia discusses air operations over Iraq and Afghanistan.
The Converging Paths of Whittle and von Ohain
They approached the jet engine problem in different ways, but they both solved it.
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