Vindication + Vengeance
The Schwalier injustice has been eliminated, but the Khobar Towers case goes on.
February 2008
Vol. 91, No. 2
Highlights from the February 2008 Issue
The Air Legion
USAF’s 27,000-man force in Southwest Asia is showing the value of today’s expeditionary airpower.
Rise of the Reaper
Some call it “Predator on steroids,” but that doesn’t begin to describe this new aircraft.
The Reformers
Their attack on complex, high-technology weapons such as the F-15 stirred great excitement in Congress
Wonder Warthogs
The A-10 was always a beast. Now, the Maryland Guard’s A-10Cs have precision weapons, too. Photography by Rick Llinares
The Harder Line in Training
Air Force leaders want longer, tougher basic training to instill warrior values.
On African Ground
The American military is edging cautiously into complicated territory.
The Long Arm of the US Strategic Bombing Survey
For six decades, it has colored—some say distorted—opinion about airpower.
Mighty Dogs of the Military
Specialized Search Dogs, trained at Lackland, are the stars of the canine corps.
The McCook Pilots
Their professional discipline turned ad-hoc test flights into superb testing techniques.
Washington Watch
Let those geezers go; Up front on C-17s; F-15 options ....
Of Bent Spears and Broken Arrows
A recent lapse in Air Force nuclear security brought some peculiar terms into the public consciousness. When six nuclear-tipped AGM-129 cruise missiles were accidentally loaded aboard a B-52H and flown across the country last summer, what USAF had on its...
Air Force World
USAF Targets 850 Officers The Air Force plans to hold its first force-shaping board for Fiscal 2008 on March 31. In the crosshairs are some 120 lieutenants in eight specialties. The number changes almost daily as officers opt to take...
Verbatim
The Airpower Advantage “It’s true that there aren’t many boots on the ground in Afghanistan. The buzzword among military types there is ‘under-resourced.’ At the same time, given the circumstances, the use of airpower has been highly effective. It allows...
Action in Congress
What’s in the defense bill?; Moving ahead on Wounded Warriors; Tricare fee proposals ....
F-104 Starfighter
Artwork by Zaur Eylanbekov
Ryan’s Expeditionary Airpower
“Expeditionary Aerospace Force” Gen. Michael E. Ryan USAF Chief of Staff DOD News Conference, Washington, D.C. Aug. 4, 1998 FULL TEXT VERSION It had been eight years since Iraq invaded Kuwait, but stressed-out USAF units were still in the Gulf...
The Generations of Veterans
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Letters
For Short-Reach Airlift Your editorial on “The Last Tactical Mile” [December, p. 2] is right on target. Which military service is the most competent in air transport, the aerodynamics of STOL, and maintenance-mission readiness of aircraft, the Army or Air...
AFA National Report
Los Angeles Ball Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander of Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., received the prestigious Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Award at the Air Force Ball in Los Angeles in November....
Complete Contents of February 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Vindication+ Vengeance
The Schwalier injustice has been eliminated, but the Khobar Towers case goes on.
The Air Legion
USAF's 27,000-man force in Southwest Asia is showing the value of today's expeditionary airpower.
Rise of the Reaper
Some call it "Predator on steroids," but that doesn't begin to describe this new aircraft.
The Reformers
Their attack on complex, high-technology weapons such as the F-15 stirred great excitement in Congress and the news media.
Wonder Warthogs
The A-10 was always a beast. Now, the Maryland Guard's A-10Cs have precision weapons, too.
The Harder Line in Training
Air Force leaders want longer, tougher basic training to instill warrior values.
On African Ground
The American military is edging cautiously into complicated territory.
The Long Arm of the US Strategic Bombing Survey
For six decades, it has coloredsome say distorted-opinion about airpower.
Mighty Dogs of the Military
Specialized Search Dogs, trained at Lackland, are the stars of the canine corps.
The McCook Pilots
Their professional discipline turned ad-hoc test flights into superb testing techniques.
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