February 2006

The United States, unlike any other nation, is a global power with worldwide interests, responsibiliti

There is hard power, soft power, and airpower, and the greatest of these may be airpower.

The Air Force will update many of its old warhorses and throw in an exotic new system or two.

Will the new center of excellence in Nevada succeed in bringing order out of chaos?

A testing capability that was once the envy of the world has begun to suffer from the drift and sag of

At USAF’s 23rd Flying Training Squadron, chopper pilots will train on the new Huey II for another 20 years.

Merlyn Dethlefsen pressed the attack on the SAM sites through the heaviest flak ever seen in North Vie

The Air Force has perfected its techniques for getting the most out of remote air bases.

Some 800,000 volunteers at 16,000 observation posts scanned the sky for hostile aircraft.

Civilian workers will be put through tactical, operational, and strategic training programs.

Another QDR, Another Cut; Why an F-22 Stretch Out?; The UAV Factor ....

Raptor Declared Operational … The F-22A Raptor was officially declared operational on Dec. 15, meeting a target set years ago. Gen. Ronald E. Keys, head of Air Combat Command, certified that he has enough aircraft, maintenance crews, spares, and pilots...

Rumsfeld’s Operational Focus “I think if I had to pull out one lesson that we’ve learned over the past four or five years, it would be that in the 21st century we’re going to have to stop thinking about things,...

Unexpected Gains; Items In the $441.5 Billion Budget; Boosting Tricare’s Fees ....

“Strategic Forces” James R. Schlesinger Annual Defense Department Report Washington, D.C. March 4, 1974 FULL TEXT VERSION A massive Soviet ICBM buildup had fatally undercut the nuclear policy of “assured destruction,” and Washington needed options “other than suicide or surrender.”...

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Perspectives on Khobar Towers Editor in Chief Robert Dudney says in his November editorial [“The Shadow of Khobar Towers,” p. 2] that the Clinton Administration “appeased” Iran after the Khobar Towers bombing. But doing nothing is not appeasement. By definition,...