May 2007

Vol. 90, No. 5

 
Highlights from the May 2007 Issue

Major Commands

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Air Force World

The Raptor Steps Out The F-22 Raptor, USAF’s front-line air superiority fighter, chalked up numerous successes at its first Red Flag exercises, held Feb. 3-16 at Nellis AFB, Nev. According to the Air Force, the F-22 forces made quick work...

Verbatim

Solutions From Deep Space “Climate change is the No. 1 problem facing the world today. I’m not discouraging anyone from being green conscious, but I would like to see what (alien) technology there might be that could eliminate the burning...

FDR Shatters the Illusion

“The Quarantine Speech” President Franklin D. Roosevelt address at the dedication of the Outer Link Bridge Chicago Oct. 5, 1937 FULL TEXT VERSION By the 1930s, many Americans had come to believe that the US should have kept out of...

B-36

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Letters

The Lavelle Affair Your article in the February 2007 issue [“Lavelle, Nixon, and the White House Tapes,” p. 82] is not fair to former Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John D. Ryan or to our commander in Vietnam, Gen....
 
Complete Contents of May 2007 PDF
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The Feldstein Solution
The decision to increase national security spending is a question of politics and budgets rather than available resources.
By Robert S. Dudney

Washington Watch
Dumped From the Portfolio; Congress Talks, but Doesn't Walk; The New Bomber Shuffle ....
By John A. Tirpak

USAF Almanac 2007

The Air Force in Facts and Figures


Structure of the Force

People

Budgets

Equipment

USAF Grades and Insignia

Air Force Magazine's Guide to Aces and Heroes

Major Commands


Hq. Air Force

Air Combat Command

Air Education and Training Command

Air Force Materiel Command

Air Force Space Command

Air Force Special Operations Command

Air Mobility Command

Pacific Air Forces

US Air Forces in Europe

Air Reserve Components


Air Force Reserve Command

Air National Guard

Field Operating Agencies


Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation, Air Force Audit Agency, Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Air Force C2ISR Center

Air Force Communications Agency, Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Air Force Flight Standards Agency, Air Force Frequency Management Agency, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Inspection Agency, Air Force Legal Operations Agency

Air Force Logistics Management Agency, Air Force Manpower Agency, Air Force Medical Operations Agency, Air Force Medical Support Agency, Air Force National Security Emergency Preparedness Agency

Air Force News Agency, Air Force Nuclear Weapons and Counterproliferation Agency, Air Force Office of Special investigations, Air Force Operations Group, Air Force Personnel Center, Air Force Personnel Operations Agency, Air Force Real Property Agency

Air Force Review Boards Agency, Air Force Safety Center, Air Force Security Forces Center, Air Force Services Agency, Air Force Technical Applications Center

Air Force Weather Agency, ANG Readiness Center

Direct Reporting Units


Air Force District of Washington, Air Force Doctrine Center

Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, US Air Force Academy

Auxiliary


Civil Air Patro

Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide

Major Active Duty Installations

Minor Active Duty Installations

ANG and AFRC Installations

Records and Trophies

Gallery of USAF Weapons
A directory of US Air Force aircraft, missiles, and other aerospace assets.
By Susan H.H. Young

Letters

Aerospace World

Index to Advertisers

Senior Staff Changes

Verbatim

Action in Congress

The Chart Page

The Keeper File

AFA National Report

Unit Reunions

This Is AFA

Airpower Classics