August 2018
Vol. 101, No. 8
Realignments, reorganizations, and proposals are legion.
The All-in-One Kill Chain
The 379th AEW is like a scale model of the operational Air Force.
Science Projects with Purpose
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency remains at the frontier of scientific and technological
Old Bombers, Making History
PICTORIAL | The B-1s and B-52s have kept the heat on enemies in Syria, Iraq?, and Afghanistan.
Eisenhower’s Farewell Warning
Ike’s 23-word shot at the military-industrial complex took on darker meaning as it was picked up and r
For Korea, the Hard Part Comes Next
EDITORIAL | President Trump’s summit with Kim Jong Un broke the mold.
Forward Deployed
US and allied paratroopers make their descent as one of their many jumps throughout International Jump Week 2018 near Ramstein AB, Germany, May 22, 2018. USAF photo by A1C Kristof J. Rixmann. International Jump Week In Europe, US troops and...
Wingman: Rosie the Riveter
Girl Scout Troop 750 strikes a “Rosie the Riveter” pose. Photo: courtesy On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America was drawn into World War II. During the years that followed, America would send 16.1 million men...
Aperture
T-38s from the 560th Flying Training Squadron over JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, in March. Photo: SrA. James Crow THE T-X, AT LONG LAST June 11, 2018: Any minute now, the Air Force is set to finally conclude its almost quixotic...
From the Daily Report
Staff illustration: Mike Tsukamoto AFRICOM TO INCREASE ISR SUPPORT AND LIMIT MISSIONS IN WAKE OF 2017 AMBUSH. REAPERS ARE THERE TO HELP. US special operations forces in Africa are paring down their operations and will be supported by an increase...
The Great Hypersonic Race
The race is on to be the first great power to field hypersonic weapons. The US has already fallen behi
Mobility Boom
Air Mobility Command seeks strategic solutions to meet unrelenting, unpredictable demand.
