December 2008

The Air Force brand of air dominance has been around quite a while, so long that many now view it as a

The Gulf War was a turning point—of a negative kind. It’s been downhill from there.

Demand is high. Systems and forces are few. How will the Air Force square the circle?

USAF seeks weapons with less boom but more precision and flexibility.

In recent years, close air support has undergone something like a revolution.

They bucked storm after storm, and turbulence tossed them around, but the lead navigator was Curtis Le

In the beginning, the Air Guard got no respect. Then along came Winston Wilson.

In the famous “Big Week” bombing campaign, America’s crushing advantage was leadership.

Nuclear “Roadmap”; The big six themes; Is industry sinking? ....

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...

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....

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...

Ten years in a row; Ounces of prevention; Speeding up the VA ....

The warhead count has been sliding for 20 years.

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...

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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....