March 1997

Joint force planners undervalue airpower in the critical first stage of conflict.

Information warfare is no longer the stuff of futuristic role-playing exercises. It's already here.

The first hot conflict in the Cold War was a turning point in the Air Force’s first 50 years.

Gen. Walter Kross talks about airlift requirements, readiness, and more.

The drawdown continues in both aircraft and manpower. There is no end in sight to the budget crisis.

The organizational charts at Headquarters USAF have shifted again.

Television coverage of defense reveals both preconceived attitudes and lapses in journalistic standard

Problems still exist, but patient satisfaction and other approval ratings are on the way up.

There's new interest in a reusable aerospace vehicle that could be anywhere on Earth in less than an h

Cohen Confirmed as Defense Secretary On January 22, the Senate unanimously confirmed William S. Cohen to be the nation’s twentieth Secretary of Defense. He was sworn in January 24. He is the only Republican in President Bill Clinton’s new Cabinet....

Seek Modernization . . . “I worry that the Department [of Defense] has maintained force structure and readiness but has deferred modernization to near the breaking point.”–William S. Cohen, the new Secretary of Defense, at a January 22, 1997, hearing...

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