Air & Space Forces Magazine
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Air & Space Forces Magazine November/December 2026 issue.
The Space Force Goes to War
The Space Force has spent the past few years preparing for war. Now, it has fought one. The U.S. military has chronicled its strikes by sea and air on Iranian military sites in Operation Epic Fury, as well as its...
The Future of Civilian Contract Air Refueling
For over two decades the United States Navy has been contracting for commercial air refueling services for itself and a other users, including the U.S. Marines Corps, U.S. Air Force, and the air arms of at least five partner militaries....
Finding Basher 52
The first Friday of the month was usually a welcome break for the pilots of the 510th and 555th Fighter Squadrons, both part of the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base in northern Italy. The pilots and families would...
SATCOM AT WAR SPEED
Modern warfare depends on the ability to move, integrate, protect, and exploit data at speed and scale. Yet operational timelines continue to compress, and military sensors, autonomous systems, and proliferated satellite constellations are generating increasing volumes of data. Designed for...
The Space Force: GROWING—AND ARMED IN SPACE
Thousands more Guardians. Hundreds of new satellites. Newly disclosed on-orbit weapons. At AFA’s Air, Space & Cyber Conference in September, Space Force leaders laid out how the service is in the process of transforming from a small, secretive pocket of...
Editorial: Whose Risk Is It Anyway?
There is risk in any endeavor: a chance of loss, danger, even harm. In business, it could mean losing money. In combat, human lives. Geopolitically, decisions about war and peace carry unseen, unmeasurable risks, ripple effects that can stretch around...