James W. Canan

Top billing for bombers in the roles and missions review could lead to a larger bomber force. The Sena

The Air Force anticipates the bomber fleet dwindling to 100 aircraft over the next ten years. It is co

The Air Force held its own, and then some, in General Powell's roles and missions report. The debate,

The Navy's new vision of the future does not forsake blue water, but it does bring operations closer t

The central issue is whether the Air Force or the Navy should stand first in long range airpower.

In the wake of Operation Desert Storm, no one seriously doubts that airpower is the dominant—at times,

Forty years ago, the Air Force saw its missions as separate and organized accordingly. The question ha

Not long ago, they called EW "a disaster area," but, as Operation Desert Storm demonstrated, things ch

The Iraqis operated blind, their aircraft and radar out of action. The coalition had superb intelligen

Put to the test of combat, the weapons and the troops performed superbly. The Gulf War is a telling re

"The Air Force," says its new Chief, "must adapt or go the way of the dinosaurs."

The Air Force, having made its strongest-ever commitment to space, has now appointed its first-ever As

The F-111 has become a mechanic's nightmare, but Lakenheath kept its mission-capable rate above comman

General Piotrowski makes no bones about it: "We don't have a surveillance system worthy of the name."

A new doctrine is taking shape. The Air Force of the future may eliminate artificial divisions of labo