The Post-June 5 Air Force
You may change names on E-ring doors in the Pentagon, but the problems don’t just go away.
July 2008
Vol. 91, No. 7
Highlights from the July 2008 Issue
Bets Down on Lightning II
The F-35 appears to be on track and even slightly ahead of the game in terms of cost.
The Gates Case
Having acted swiftly, the Pentagon chief outlined his reasons for the firing of USAF’s leadership.
Counterinsurgency From Above
A prominent analyst makes the case for emphasizing airpower in the nation’s “small wars.”
Tankers Through the Years
Vintage photos of the aircraft behind USAF’s worldwide reach.
Pacific Choke Point
The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.
The Warhead Wars
The issue isn’t the weapon; the issue is which side will win the latest nuclear argument.
The Big B
Berlin was the prize. The Allies paid a fearful price to pulverize the Nazi capital.
AFSO21 Progress Report
Common-sense ideas that improve Air Force operations—the concept is finally sinking in.
The Teaball Tactic
Late in the Vietnam War, a top-secret program gave US pilots an edge in air combat.
Washington Watch
Wynne, Moseley out; Donley, Schwartz in; Schlesinger on deck ....
The 100-Wing Air Force
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...
Air Force World
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...
Verbatim
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...
F-80 Shooting Star
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“The Bomber Will Always Get Through”
“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...
How O&M Ate the Defense Budget
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Letters
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....
AFA National Report
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.,...
Complete Contents of July 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.The Post-June 5 Air Force
You may change names on E-ring doors in the Pentagon, but the problems don't just go away.
Bets Down on Lightning II
The F-35 appears to be on track and even slightly ahead of the game in terms of cost.
The Gates Case
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates outlines his reasons for the firing of USAF's leadership.
Counterinsurgency From Above
A prominent analyst makes the case for emphasizing airpower in the nation's "small wars."
Tankers Through the Years
Vintage photos of the aircraft behind USAF's worldwide reach.
Pacific Choke Point
The US military now feels a need to keep a wary eye on the Strait of Malacca and its neighborhood.
The Warhead Wars
The issue isn't the weapon; the issue is which side will win the latest nuclear argument.
The Big B
Berlin was the prize. The Allies paid a fearful price to pulverize the Nazi capital.
AFSO21 Progress Report
Common-sense ideas that improve Air Force operations-the concept is finally sinking in.
The Teaball Tactic
Late in the Vietnam War, a top-secret program gave US pilots an edge in air combat.
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