September 2014

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ISIS was on a roll until the US moved to support Iraq with airpower

By Amy Hudson

US Air Forces in Europe is much smaller than it was in the Cold War, but it is once again compelled to

By John A. Tirpak

The Air Force acquired a handful of C-27Js—and then they were gone.

By Marc V. Schanz

Japan’s more assertive security posture may accelerate a growing partnership with the US Air Force.

By Gabe Starosta

The F-15Es at Seymour Johnson typify many of USAF’s problems in keeping an old fleet ready for frontli

Air Force Special Operations Command has a key role in the small and secretive war against Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army.

The F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano AB, Italy, are key to NATO’s southern tier defenses and US forward deployed airpower.

The high-tech systems ordered during the 1980s revitalized the Air Force and helped win the Cold War.

By Richard P. Hallion

Airpower shaped the early battles of World War I, with profound consequences.

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

At the Chino Air Show, World War II enthusiasts help cultivate the next generation of aviation advocates.

A misread war game, colored by Cold War suspicion, brought the world a hair’s breadth from accidental nuclear war.

The Air Force Outstanding Airman program annually recognizes 12 enlisted members

The Air Force’s Mach 3 interceptor that almost was.

The pursuit into Mexico included the horse cavalry as well as Benny Foulois and his eight-plane air force.