May 2008

Vol. 91, No. 5

 
Highlights from the May 2008 Issue

Major Commands

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End Strength Bipolarity

(Illustration by W.C. Pope) Does the Air Force want to shrink to an active duty end strength of 316,000 airmen, or does it actually want to expand to 330,000 troops The answer is: Yes. In Feb. 27 testimony before a...

Aerospace World

F-16 Crash Claims Pilot Second Lt. David J. Mitchell, 26, of Amherst, Ohio, died March 14 when the F-16 he was piloting crashed during a training mission in a remote area three miles south of Alamo Lake, Ariz. His body...

Verbatim

Just Some German Dude “Nearly a quarter cannot identify Adolf Hitler, with 10 percent thinking Hitler was a munitions manufacturer.”—Survey of 1,200 high school students by Common Core, a nonprofit educational research organization, Feb. 26. Losing in Afghanistan “Make no...

F/RF-101 Voodoo

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Letters

A Question of Influence Robert S. Dudney’s editorial [“Beyond the F-22 Problem,” March, p. 2] and Rebecca Grant’s article [“Why Airmen Don’t Command,” March, p. 46] lament the decline in Air Force political clout which they claim limits command opportunities...

AFA National Report

History Lesson Air Force Senior NCO Academy students met Air Force Association officials twice during the course of seven weeks of instruction at Maxwell AFB, Ala. AFA Chairman of the Board Robert E. “Bob” Largent attended the graduation ceremony for...
 
Complete Contents of May 2008 PDF
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Questions for the Candidates
The nation's military enters "a period of consequences."
By Robert S. Dudney

USAF Almanac 2008

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 Command


Hq. Air Force

96 Air Combat Command

99 Air Education and Training Command

102 Air Force Materiel Command

105 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 Communications Agency

Air Force Cost Analysis Agency, Air Force Financial Services Center, Air Force Flight Standards Agency, Air Force Frequency Management Agency, Air Force Global Cyberspace Integration Center, Air Force Historical Research Agency, Air Force Inspection Agency

Air Force Intelligence Analysis Agency, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance 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 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 Petroleum 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 Operational Test and Evaluation Center, US Air Force Academy

Auxiliary


Civil Air Patrol

Guide to Air Force Installations Worldwide

Major Active Duty Installations

Minor Active Duty Installations

35 ANG and AFRC Installations

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

Departments


Letters

Washington Watch

Air Force World

Senior Staff Changes

Index to Advertisers

Issue Brief

Verbatim

AFA National Report

Unit Reunions

168 Airpower Classics