February 6, 2006 | Air & Space Forces Magazine

Pentagon Seeks $439.3 Billion:

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.orgPresident Bush today asked for a $439.3 billion defense budget for fiscal...

Weapons Spending Modestly Up:

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.orgThe new Pentagon plan envisions spending in 2007 of $84.2 billion for...

How Individual Services Fared:

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.orgIn terms of percentage increase, the Army was the winner, with its...

On Airpower, QDR Screams, “Go Long”:

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.orgThe Pentagon’s QDR report (here), released Feb. 3, dramatically elevates long-range strike...

Toward a “Deep-Strike” Air Force:

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.orgAs we reported, the QDR calls for a new land-based, long-range strike...

Will Deep-Strike Game Go to Sea?:

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.orgFor some 60 years, the Air Force—because it possessed heavy bombers—has dominated...

Operationalize This:

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.orgWith its new QDR, the Pentagon keeps in place the 2001 defense...

Cut Minuteman? Sure, Why Not:

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.orgThe QDR report announces, ex nihilo, that the Pentagon has decided to...

The Ron Keys Temporary Employment Agency:

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.orgGen. Ronald Keys, chief of Air Combat Command, had a few choice...

The New Look of Long Range Strike—Maybe:

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.orgAsked what he needs in order to deliver future long-range strike, General...

In Other Words, 183 Is Not Enough:

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.orgAsked if the Pentagon’s newly approved figure of 183 F-22s (down from...

Here Today, Guam Tomorrow:

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.orgAndersen Air Force Base on the US island territory of Guam is...

Singapore Rising:

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.orgPACAF’s General Hester, speaking at last week’s AFA symposium, emphasized the importance...

DOD IDs Air Force Vietnam MIA:

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.orgThe Defense Department has identified remains found in a search conducted in...

Boeing and SPECTRE II:

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.orgDick Banholzer, Boeing’s director of Global Strike Business Development, said the company...

JDAM to Get Laser Guidance, Too:

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.orgBanholzer also revealed at AFA’s Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando last week...

Pentagon Opens MOH Exhibit:

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.orgOfficials at the Pentagon on Feb. 3 unveiled an exhibit designed to...

Employment Up, But Not for Young Vets:

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.orgAccording to testimony at a Senate Veterans Affairs Committee hearing last week,...