August 2011

Critics have been predicting USAF’s demise almost from the beginning.

The Joint Strike Fighter has to be affordable. Currently, it is not.

The Air Force, technically in a supporting role, has been front and center.

Legendary pilot, leader, and airpower advocate Johnny Alison died June 6 at the age of 98.

McGuire’s combat skills trainers prepare airmen to go overseas and into an environment with no front l

US Southern Command doesn’t expect major war, but it must deal with criminals, drug cartels, and natur

Air Force Space Command’s Gen. William Shelton feels USAF is making solid progress toward effectively

The airmen assigned to airborne nuclear alert faced a difficult and deadly serious mission.

North Vietnam’s Thanh Hoa Bridge was a critical but seemingly invincible target. It took years of brav

Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors.

These snapshots from the albums of Air Force Association members recall the Cold War from the perspect

Thinking ahead in the tanker business; USAF losing the MC-12?; F-35 program walking the edge ....

Airman Dies in Afghanistan TSgt. Daniel L. Douville, 33, of Harvey, La., died in Afghanistan June 26. Harvey died as a result of injuries suffered from an improvised explosive device on the border of the Nad Ali district of Helmand...

McCain on “Decisive” Airpower “I’ve always been in favor of the use of additional airpower [in Libya]. The AC-130 gunships and the A-10 are unique assets the United States has. … It’s wide open spaces, and airpower can have a...

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A Burr in Boeing’s Side John Tirpak’s article, “The Tanker Answer” [June, p. 40], is an interesting attempt to put together a very complex and often convoluted history of the Air Force tanker procurement. I was especially struck by EADS...

Smarter, Faster, at Lower Cost The biggest crowd in its 32-year history turned out for the Focus on Defense Symposium, co-hosted by the Ogden Air Logistics Center and Utah AFA: the Northern Utah Chapter, Salt Lake Chapter, and Ute-Rocky Mountain...