April 2012

Enduring Freedom’s original goals have been accomplished.

To meet tough budget targets and a new national strategy, Air Force leaders looked a decade ahead in p

Top Air Force leaders spoke of the need to establish a proper mix of active, Guard, and Reserve forces

The Air Force and Lockheed Martin have a plan to make the most of the F-22 fleet. As always, money wil

Functional laser weapons are just five years away. Advocates hope that won’t always be the case.

USAF’s joint terminal attack controllers have helped transform counterinsurgency operations.

AFCENT is applying its lessons from Iraq and Afghanistan to the rest of the Middle East.

Bone 21 worked with embattled JTACs to successfully neutralize a hot spot, save numerous lives, and de

The US is pledged to help Taiwan defend itself, but must walk a fine line.

Iraq’s nuclear reactor was about to go hot. If the Israelis were going to take action, it had to be so

While one of the most famous people in the world, T. E. Lawrence enlisted under a pseudonym in the RAF

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Hollow force avoidance; Another acquisition snafu? C-27J was the last to go; BRAC again; China’s inves

Airman Killed in Afghanistan Lt. Col. John Darin Loftis, 44, of Paducah, Ky., was killed in an insurgent attack on the Afghan Interior Ministry in Kabul, Feb. 25, according to the Defense Department. Assigned to the Air Force Special Operations...

Readiness Over Size “We made a deliberate decision to avoid a ‘hollow force’ by prioritizing readiness over force structure. A smaller, ready force is preferable to a larger force that is ill-prepared because it lacks adequate resources.”—Gen. Norton A. Schwartz,...

Bean Counters Win, Again “The Last Raptor” article shows not only the continuing historical disregard of reality but the disregard also of those who in the future must pay for it, possibly with their blood [February, p. 36]. I cannot...

Air Force Gala at Orlando AFA Board Chairman Sandy Schlitt (right) welcomes Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz to the podium on the first day of the Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla. (Photos by Dan Higgins) Air...