Lt. Gen. David A. Deptula USAF (Ret.)

The roles and missions executed by Air Force warriors are essential to the nation’s security. Yet after three decades of constant demand and minimal replenishment, our Air Force is too small and too old. It needs to be rebuilt. The Trump administration and Congress must ...

“Sept. 30 marks the 75th anniversary of the end of the Berlin Airlift. In the first victory of the Cold War, U.S. and U.K. Airmen flew 278,000 sorties, rescuing the people of West Berlin from starvation. Yet the strategic significance of this crucial air campaign ...

Currently, neither Russia nor Ukraine is using combat aircraft to conduct deep strikes, relying instead on missiles and drones. The lethal air defenses on both sides have resulted in a state of air parity, in which neither force has control of the air.

The U.S. must reverse decades of underfunding its Air Force. 

A framework for understanding and developing autonomy in unmanned aircraft. The Air Force is rapidly evolving new concepts for teaming manned fighters and bombers with autonomous unmanned aircraft to perform strikes, counter-air, electronic warfare, and other missions.

USAF is ill-prepared to absorb combat losses in a peer fight.

Introducing unknowns to how adversaries understand U.S. operations can throw a wrench into adversarial decision-making.

America needs an offset strategy built on speed, adaptability and a robust, dynamic aerospace industry.

Air Force Global Strike Command boss Gen. Timothy M. Ray talks about the high demand for USAF bombers and the value bomber task force missions bring to the nation.

Priorities for the Pentagon’s new leadership must begin with aerospace power.

Conventional measures mask the true cost of operations—cost-per-effect does not.

The case for a new version of the F-22, reborn with the brains of the F-35.

Designing a new way of war to restore America’s military competitiveness.

Airpower can counter naval threats in the Asia-Pacific.

The case for 5th generation fighters is built on all-aspect stealth; superior aerodynamic performance; advanced automated sensors; and the power of automated information fusion.