Air Supremacy in a Downdraft
The Air Force brand of air dominance has been around quite a while, so long that many now view it as a
December 2008
Vol. 91, No. 12
Highlights from the December 2008 Issue
Losing Air Dominance
The Gulf War was a turning point—of a negative kind. It’s been downhill from there.
High Stress Numbers Game
Demand is high. Systems and forces are few. How will the Air Force square the circle?
Focused Lethality
USAF seeks weapons with less boom but more precision and flexibility.
Armed Overwatch
In recent years, close air support has undergone something like a revolution.
McGuire Means Mobility
The 305th Air Mobility Wing’s thousands of airmen keep the airlifters and tankers in constant motion.
Rendezvous With the Rex
They bucked storm after storm, and turbulence tossed them around, but the lead navigator was Curtis Le
Up From “Flying Club”
In the beginning, the Air Guard got no respect. Then along came Winston Wilson.
Forceful “Argument”
In the famous “Big Week” bombing campaign, America’s crushing advantage was leadership.
Washington Watch
Nuclear “Roadmap”; The big six themes; Is industry sinking? ....
On Military Health Care
A long and frequently tense national debate over the cost of military health care once again is gathering force, threatening to become a divisive issue for President Obama in his first months in office. On one side of this argument...
Air Force World
Donley Becomes USAF Secretary Michael B. Donley formally became the 22nd Secretary of the Air Force Oct. 17 during a swearing-in ceremony at the Air Force Memorial in Arlington, Va. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates administered the oath of office....
Verbatim
The Scholar-Secretaries “For the first time, both the United States Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense have doctorates in Russian studies. A fat lot of good that’s done us.”—Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, speech at Oxford Analytica (United...
Action in Congress
Ten years in a row; Ounces of prevention; Speeding up the VA ....
C-119 Flying Boxcar
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A Flagging Nuclear Enterprise””
The warhead count has been sliding for 20 years.
Letters
Airlift on Thin Ice With “Airlift on Thin Ice” [October, p. 32], John Tirpak continues his valuable series of annual updates on air mobility. But I think he underemphasized the real challenges to initiating a successful fix to the national...
Books
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AFA National Report
Speaking to AMC Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter addressed Air Mobility Command leaders at an AMC commander’s conference at Scott AFB, Ill., in October. Invited to the three-day meeting by the head of AMC, Gen....
Complete Contents of December 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Air Supremacy in a Downdraft
The Air Force brand of air dominance has been around quite a while, so long that many now view it as a birthright.
Losing Air Dominance
The Gulf War was a turning point of a negative kind. It's been downhill from ther9e
High Stress Numbers Game
Demand is high. Systems and forces are few. How will the Air Force square the circle?
Focused Lethality
USAF seeks weapons with less boom but more precision and flexibility.
Armed Overwatch
In recent years, close air support has undergone something like a revolution
McGuire Means Mobility
The 305th Air Mobility Wing's thousands of airmen keep the airlifters and tankers in constant motion.
Rendezvous With the Rex
They buc.1:ed storm after storm, and turbulenc9 tossed them around, but the lead navigator was Curtis LeMay.
Up From 'Flying Club"
In the beginning, the Air Guard got no respect. Then along came Winston Wilson.
Forceful "Argument"
In the famous "Big Week" bombing campaign, America's crushing advantage was leadership.
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