September 2010

Vol. 93, No. 9

Cliffhanger

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

AFA Almanac

A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association. This article is only available in PDF format. Read the article.

Washington Watch

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...

A Tanker for the Air Force

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...

Air Force World

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...

Verbatim

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...

A-4 Skyhawk

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Fogleman’s Big Six

“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...

Letters

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...

AFA National Report

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...