September 2010

The notorious case from the 1970s has much in common with some more recent events.

Some 115,000 airmen—more than one-third of the active USAF—go on deployment at least once a year.

Across the Air Force, people are moving, courses are changing, and the cyber operator’s edge is growin

For aircraft, flying for four months in Afghanistan equals a year of flying at home station.

The US military needs 4.6 billion gallons of fuel each year. Somebody has to fetch it.

The soldiers, pinned down on the mountain slope, would have been overrun except for the air strikes ca

A confluence of technical and operational factors finally pushed RPAs to the forefront.

For the US, Uzbekistan’s big air base was an answered prayer that soon turned into a nightmare.

The Cold War produced some oddball weapons. Here are three of them.

In numerous campaigns and wars, airpower turned out to be the “force of decision.”

If “Off We Go ... ” hadn’t appeared at the last second, what would airmen be singing today?

Air Force Magazine’s annual pictorial directory of Air Force leadership.

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New Technology Horizons Autonomous systems … Computers plugged into the brain … Chemically or genetically enhanced airmen … Exotic new kinds of jet engines and directed energy weapons … These are among the advances the Air Force should aim for...

USAF’s tanker modernization odyssey has brought a decade of frustration. Boeing and EADS are now facing off in a competition to supply the Air Force with a critical “KC-X” tanker. US Aerospace would like to join them, and is protesting...

C-17 Crash Claims Four Airmen An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 3rd Wing, JB Elmendorf, Alaska, crashed near the base shortly after takeoff July 28, killing the four airmen on board and resulting in the total destruction...

Air Force Tempo “One of the biggest challenges we’ve had is our tempo. … We have pushed you, pushed the Air Force, pushed our airmen hard, and you have really met the task, time and time again. You’ve set the...

“Strategic Vision and Core Competencies” Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman Address to Air Force Association Symposium Beverly Hills, Calif. Oct. 18, 1996 FULL TEXT VERSION The notion of USAF “core competencies,” so-called, appeared in the mid-1990s. Both the Commission on Roles...

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Superpower No More I am in total agreement with the thesis of your [editorial] “Superpower No More?” only I think you have been overly kind to this current Administration’s policy as it deals with world conflicts [July, p. 4]. It...

Utah’s Focus on Defense Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter attended the 31st annual Focus on Defense symposium in Utah in June. The state’s three AFA chapters—the Northern Utah Chapter, Salt Lake Chapter, and Ute-Rocky Mountain...