July 2008

You may change names on E-ring doors in the Pentagon, but the problems don’t just go away.

The F-35 appears to be on track and even slightly ahead of the game in terms of cost.

Having acted swiftly, the Pentagon chief outlined his reasons for the firing of USAF’s leadership.

A prominent analyst makes the case for emphasizing airpower in the nation’s “small wars.”

Vintage photos of the aircraft behind USAF’s worldwide reach.

The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.

The issue isn’t the weapon; the issue is which side will win the latest nuclear argument.

Berlin was the prize. The Allies paid a fearful price to pulverize the Nazi capital.

Common-sense ideas that improve Air Force operations—the concept is finally sinking in.

Late in the Vietnam War, a top-secret program gave US pilots an edge in air combat.

Wynne, Moseley out; Donley, Schwartz in; Schlesinger on deck ....

It seemed like a throwaway line. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, in an April speech at Maxwell AFB, Ala., asked the airman audience to “think through what more we might do … to enhance the air capabilities of other...

Airman Dies in Afghanistan SrA. Jonathan A. V. Yelner, 24, of Lafayette, Calif., died April 29 near Bagram AB, Afghanistan, from wounds he received when his vehicle struck an improvised explosive device. Yelner, a weapons load crew member assigned to...

Keep ’Em Flying “We can never forget that our gains on the ground are possible because of our superiority in the sky. Our Air Force is essential to that different form of warfare that we have had to learn—or perhaps...

“The Air Threat” Stanley Baldwin, Lord President of Council Remarks to House of Commons London November 10, 1932 FULL TEXT VERSION Few famous speeches have been more misunderstood than that by Stanley Baldwin, Britain’s once and future Prime Minister, on...

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Let’s Ask Them [In reference to “Editorial: Questions for the Candidates,” May, p. 2]: I recommend posing those questions to each candidate and asking for their written responses, which would then be published in Air Force Magazine. MSgt. Boyd A....

Field Trip! Backed by an AFA Chapter Matching Grant, the Gen. Bruce K. Holloway Chapter in Tennessee helped offset the cost of a field trip that students from Knoxville made to the US Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.,...