The QDR Has Landed, Sort Of
The question is: What forces will be available to support this broad national defense strategy?
March 2006
Vol. 89, No. 3
Highlights from the March 2006 Issue
Rising Risk in Air Mobility
A new Pentagon study paints a rosy picture but glosses over lots of worrisome factors.
Army Change, Air Force Change
The Army is going through a turbulent period of change, but the Air Force also feels the effect.
Determination of a Sandy
Badly burned when an explosion set his cockpit afire, Bill Jones refused to quit the mission.
Responsive Space
Making space launch faster, easier, and cheaper sounds simple. It’s not.
Tough Old Birds
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Magic and Lightning
For US pilots, Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto was a “high-value” target but also a fleeting one.
DOD Senior Leadership
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The “Doctor” Is In
Patrick A. Welsh is the Aerospace Education Foundation’s National Teacher of the Year.
The Rise and Fall of Donald Douglas
The personality that built an aviation empire also contributed greatly to its downfall.
Washington Watch
Next, the Unmanned Bomber?; Getting Congress To Go Along; To Organize, Train, and ... and ....
Aerospace World
C-17 Line Imperiled The Pentagon requested $389.6 million in its 2007 budget plan to end production of the C-17 advanced airlifter. Unless Congress intervenes, the line will shut down in 2007. The move would signal the closure of Boeing’s Long...
Verbatim
Cut Active Force First “Should the American people calculate the threat to their security is better served by reducing military manpower as a cost-savings measure, then it seems obvious that the most expensive forces (the active component) should be sacrificed...
Action in Congress
Battle Over Tricare; What The Military Coalition Wants; Lower Taxes ....
P-40 Warhawk
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Truman’s “Parity” of Airpower
“Army-Navy Merger” President Harry S. Truman Message to Congress Washington, D.C. Dec. 19, 1945 FULL TEXT VERSION For most of 1945, President Harry S. Truman listened as Army and Navy officers debated whether and how the US armed services should...
America’s Defense Burden””
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Letters
Battle Damage From the QDR Thank you for [the] excellent summary of the QDR battle taking place in Washington [“Editorial: Battle Damage From the QDR,” January, p. 2]. I am continually amazed that the Air Force must keep justifying its...
Complete Contents of March 2006 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.The QDR Has Landed, Sort Of
The question is: What forces will be available to support this broad national defense strategy?
Washington Watch
Next, the Unmanned Bomber?; Getting Congress To Go Along; To Man, Train, and ... and ... hmmmmmm ....
Rising Risk in Air Mobility
A new Pentagon study paints a rosy picture but glosses over Jots of worrisome factors.
Army Change, Air Force Change
The Army is going through a turbulent period of change, but the Air Force also feels the effect.
Determination of a Sandy
Badly burned when an explosion set his cockpit afire, Bill Jones refused to quit the mission.
Responsive Space
Making space launch faster, easier, and cheaper sounds simple. It's not.
Tough Old Birds
These amazing photos from the US National Archives leave you wondering: How on Earth did they ever make it back?
Magic and Lightning
For US pilots, Adm. lsoroku Yamamoto was a "high-value" target but also a fleeting one
DOD Senior Leadership
Who's who in the Bush Administration Pentagon.
The "Doctor" Is In
Patrick A. Welsh is the Aerospace Education Foundation's National Teacher of the Year.
The Rise and Fall of Donald Douglas
The personality that built an aviation empire also contributed greatly to its downfall.
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