ADVERTISEMENT

Face Off

April 24, 2007

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

Defense Secretary Robert Gates traveled to Moscow April 22 to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials to discuss the planned deployment of US missile defense systems in Eastern Europe. Despite repeated assurances from US officials that the deployment poses no threat to Russia, Putin and other Russian officials have remained in strong opposition. US officials have been in negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic as sites to position long-range ground-based interceptors and missile defense radars to help counter potential threats from Iran or any rogue nation.

Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.org

Trending Stories

Air Force Backtracks on Boot Height Standards

Second B-21 Flies for the First Time

The Right Military Leader for the Air Force  

The Air Force Wants Your Input on Its Plan to Transform the Maintenance Career Field

Related Content

Second B-21 Flies for the First Time

Sept. 11, 2025
A second B-21 bomber has flown from Palmdale to Edwards Air Force Base in California, ramping up the Air Force’s test effort for its new fleet.

Natalie Crawford, Icon of USAF Analysis and Modernization, Dies at 86

Sept. 10, 2025
Natalie Crawford, whose analysis helped shape and build Air Force modernization for decades, has died at 86. Crawford, who joined RAND Corp. in 1964 and spent more than 60 years as an analyst and expert there, was an influential and instrumental voice in the development of almost every innovation pioneered…

SDA’s First Operational Data Satellites Launch Successfully

Sept. 10, 2025
The U.S. military launched 21 satellites from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., Sept. 10, carrying out the first phase of the Space Development Agency’s plan to put more than 100 operational “Tranche 1” data transport spacecraft in orbit over the next year.