Degraded Benefit
The military retirement system is no longer the incentive it used to be for people to stay in service.
October 1998
Vol. 81, No. 10
Missile Threats and Defenses
The threat of ballistic missile attack is growing much faster than had been anticipated by US intellig
Baltic Guard
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 largest NATO exercise ever held in the Baltic region relied on...
Scoping Out the New Strike Fighter
The Joint Strike Fighter is moving from concept studies and designs toward real hardware.
The Access Issue
So far, "lockout" problems have never stopped an operation to which the US was seriously committed.
Inside the Berlin Airlift with the Chief of Staff of the Operation
Over the course of 15 months from June 26, 1948, to Sept. 30, 1949, American and British pilots flew 92 million miles on 277,000 flights as part of the Berlin Airlift to deliver nearly 2.3 million tons of supplies to the blockaded city. Air & Space Forces Magazine is republishing this retrospective from Gen. T. Ross Milton, chief of staff for the operation’s task force, which offers a personal account of the Herculean effort.
Russian Military Almanac
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.orgWho’s who and what’s where in the Russian armed forces. Audio of...
The Retention Problem Spreads
Too many Air Force people are deciding life might be better out of the service.
Do Not Adjust Your Set
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.orgPsychological warfare, as conducted by ANG’s Commando Solo unit, means taking control...
Blood Chit
In many languages and various forms—jacket patches, cards, letters—they were official IOUs to those wh
Aerospace World
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.orgF-22 Flies Cross-Country On Aug. 26, Raptor 4002, the second F-22 fighter,...
Verbatim
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.orgDark Days “The situation is worse than in 1917 [year of the...
Theater vs. Homeland
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.orgThis article is only available in PDF format. Read the article. Audio...
