June 2006

Are critics all that interested in long-ago deeds, or are they actually targeting today’s US Air Force

USAF wants its three components to do at home what they do on deployments: Blend together in a seamles

Space superiority cannot be taken for granted, so the Air Force is making plans to defend it.

For US airmen, the Long War with terrorists began on June 25, 1996 in a place called Khobar Towers.

At Osan AB, South Korea, A-10s and F-16s of the 51st Fighter Wing “Mustangs” keep the edge perpetually sharp.

In a long-awaited analysis, Rand says the Air Force should seek variety in its refueler fleet.

The US now has become the target market for some of Europe's biggest defense firms.

The Air Force is thinking about laser gunships and other amazing things.

The B-70 project lasted only a few years, but the airplane itself was the stuff of legend.

Development of realistic radar bomb scoring opened up new vistas for bomber effectiveness.

Finding and marking targets was dangerous business, as Charlie Neel and Guy Gruters learned firsthand.

Eight Bomber Prospects; Poke in the Eye to Airbus; Up and Down With the F-22 ....

IED Kills Airman in Iraq The Defense Department announced the death of an airman in Operation Iraqi Freedom. TSgt. Walter M. Moss Jr., of Houston, died March 29 in Baghdad when an improvised explosive device detonated while he was working...

Don’t Call Them Evil “It is sometimes convenient, for purposes of rhetorical effect, for national leaders to talk of a globe neatly divided into good and bad. It is quite another, however, to base the policies of the world’s most...

Is Reserve GI Bill Inequitable?; Pentagon Blinks on Tricare; Pushing for HSAs ....

“DOD Must Thoroughly Overhaul the Services’ Roles and Missions” Sen. Sam Nunn Address to the US Senate Washington, D.C. July 2, 1992 FULL TEXT VERSION Not long after the fall of the Soviet Union, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) shook up...

The Schwalier Case I was the commander, JTF Southwest Asia, at the time of the Khobar Towers bombing and observed firsthand the exceptional force protection efforts undertaken by Brigadier General Schwalier. Additionally, he and I were closely involved with the...