September 2013

This is not over. The problems have just begun.

The massive drawdown effort is already underway.

The Alliance has long had a shortage of non-US ISR capability. Here’s the plan to address that.

As unrest ripples across the Middle East, Jordan strengthens its ties with the US.

Grounded units, canceled exercises, and a deepening maintenance backlog make everything the Air Force

The Air Force can learn a lot from what it has already seen in cyberspace.

COIN rose and fell in Vietnam, then returned 40 years later as the main mission in Iraq and Afghanista

Though a US treaty ally, Thailand has a long history of strategic expediency.

First generation American John Piotrowski began as an enlisted radio repairman and became Air Force vi

The legendary airman drew inspiration from many places.

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

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

The Air Force Outstanding Airman program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members.

Strategic miscalculations; Draconian steps on the horizon; Benefits next?; Competing for techies; Gene

F-16s Collide Midair Two Air Combat Command F-16Cs assigned to the District of Columbia Air National Guard’s 113th Wing collided in midair during an Aug. 1 routine training mission off the coast of Chincoteague, Va., about 70 miles southeast of...

Some Commander in Chief “Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Wednesday released a sobering report on the deep funding problems looming at the Pentagon, which is on track to fall tens of billions short of what it needs to fulfill the...

The Evolution of Foreign Policy Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Council on Foreign Relations New York Jan. 12, 1954 FULL TEXT VERSION President Eisenhower entered office convinced the USSR was seeking to bankrupt the US by fanning local wars...

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A Bigger Fix Needed As a retired marine who was a military lawyer in the Regular Marine Corps from 1981 to 1992 and in the Reserve Marine Corps from 1993 to 2009, I have the following comments about Adam Hebert’s...

“Low-Cost, High-Impact” The cause is dear to his heart. Robert E. Wiggins, New Jersey’s longtime Thomas B. McGuire Jr. Chapter member, has been regularly donating books on airpower topics to libraries and schools. His aim has always been to promote...

Pacific Air Forces drilled in February with airmen from Japan