Air & Space Forces Magazine
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Check out the September/October 2024 issue of Air & Space Forces Magazine.
Defending NATO’s Flank
Operations in Europe aren’t a summer holiday. The war in Ukraine has turned up the heat. OVER WESTERN GERMANY Our F-16 burst through the clouds above Spangdahlem Air Base on a crisp early morning in June, one of several Fighting Falcons...
Q&A: Re-Optimizing from the Top
The Air Force’s ambitious effort to overhaul its organization, deployment model, and training to better prepare for great power competition with China was just six months old when Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David W. Allvin returned from Exercise...
Still Delivering … After All These Years
The Civil Reserve Air Fleet is almost as old as the Air Force. It’s still going strong. In a potential fast-moving future conflict, spread widely across the Pacific, the U.S. would depend on mighty Air Force C-5 and C-17 airlifters to...
Fighting the Air Base
Front-line air bases are like any other weapon system: They are only effective if they can function under enemy fire. Air bases at forward locations in the Indo-Pacific, Europe, or other theaters must be able to fend off complex integrated air and missile strikes, rapidly reconstitute operational capabilities when damaged, and continue to generate combat effects.
SmallSats: Answering the Call for Space Superiority
Small satellites lend themselves to many more applications than simply low-Earth orbit resilience. Russian and Chinese offensive spacepower ambitions are making headlines and are intent on erasing the vital advantage the United States has in space. U.S. defense leadership now...
Editorial: Relearning Old Lessons
The risk of world war today has never been greater since 1940—and the United States has arguably never been less ready. Waking the nation up to that fact should be a top priority for our national leaders, though precious little has been said or will be said over the remaining days of the 2024 presidential campaign.