Failure Is an Option
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.
August 2008
Vol. 91, No. 8
Highlights from the August 2008 Issue
A Force Remade by War
Six big changes have produced a new kind of Air Force.
PACAF Between War and Peace
The new Pacific Air Forces commander seeks to bring a measure of calm to this big USAF command.
2008 Space Almanac
The US military space operation in facts and figures.
Travail of the Tanker
The KC-X program, though critical, just can’t seem to get started.
The Turk Connection
At Incirlik, the aircraft come and go, binding together far-flung US forces.
How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain
British courage and capability might not have been enough to win; German mistakes were also key.
White Knuckles To the Azores
Daring work over the Atlantic brought this tanker crew the 1986 Mackay Trophy.
AFA Nominees for 2008-09
Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors.
Washington Watch
Now you know; Pay no attention to China; Lights go on in the Army ....
The “Four Percent of GDP” Thing
Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently told the New York Times the US should spend four percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. In 2000, DOD critic Chuck Spinney said spending four percent...
Air Force World
Guardsmen Pull Disaster Duty Thousands of Air and Army National Guardsmen assisted local communities in June to deal with severe flooding that devastated large areas of the Midwest. On June 19 alone, more than 5,700 National Guard members were engaged...
Verbatim
The Strategic Imbalance “The imbalance between our readiness for future global missions and the wars we are fighting today limits our capacity to respond to future contingencies and offers potential adversaries, both state and non-state, incentives to act. We must...
P-47 Thunderbolt
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Letters
Bad Medicine After the embarrassing firings of [Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley] it should be clear to all that some serious changes are needed in our Air...
AFA National Report
Team of the Year The Air Force Association held a reception and awards banquet in May to honor five enlisted personnel as the AFA 2008 Team of the Year. The team comes from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations,...
Complete Contents of August 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Failure Is an Option
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.
A Force Remade by War
Six big changes have produced a new kind of Air Force.
PACAF Between War and Peace
The new Pacific Air Forces commander seeks to bring a measure of calm to this big USAF command.
2008 Space Almanac
The US military space operation in facts and figures.
Travail of the Tanker
The KC-X program, though critical, just can't seem to get started.
The Turk Connection
At lncirlik, the aircraft come and go, binding together far-flung US forces.
How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain
British courage and capability might not have been enough to win; German mistakes were also key.
White Knuckles To the Azores
Daring work over the Atlantic brought this tanker crew the 1986 Mackay Trophy.
AFA Nominees for 2008-09
Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors
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