August 2009

His lack of integrity was deeply troubling, but it was the world-class arrogance that did the real mil

USAF pushes application of advanced airpower to challenges of untraditional warfare.

A year ago, USAF had a fully funded modernization program. That program has unraveled.

The Air Force hasn’t thought about air base defense for a while. Now, things are changing.

The Kremlin seeks to exorcise the humiliation of its post-Soviet collapse.

If all goes as planned, this new initiative will cut the time that airplanes are out of service.

His spectacular combat run lasted just 18 days before he flew into myth and mystery on his last missio

The US military space operation in facts and figures.

Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors.

Fight of the century over?; USAF’s “calculated risk”; Thumbs-up for Corley ....

At a recent Pentagon briefing, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates remarked, “This notion that I’m tilting the scale dramatically against conventional capabilities … is just not accurate. You know, $1 trillion for the Joint Strike Fighter … is not a...

F-16 Pilot Killed in Crash Capt. George B. Houghton, 28, of the 421st Fighter Squadron at Hill AFB, Utah, died June 22 when the F-16 that he was flying crashed at the Utah Test and Training Range during a routine...

Stern Warning “We will not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapons state. … We will not stand idly by as North Korea builds the capability to wreak destruction on any target in the region—or on us.”—Secretary of Defense Robert...

“What is Airpower?” Alexander P. de Seversky Air Force Magazine Arlington, VA August 1955 FULL TEXT VERSION “Most everyone is for airpower these days, yet the term means different things to different people.” So said the editors of Air Force...

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Move On the Deterrent I read with interest your editorial in the June 2009 issue of Air Force Magazine (“Defending the Deterrent,” p. 2) on the report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States. Both...

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Air Force Week in Utah Air Force Association chapters have celebrated Air Force Week in two cities so far, this year—the Northern Utah Chapter, Salt Lake Chapter, and Ute-Rocky Mountain Chapter in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the Langley Chapter...