June 2007

China’s ASAT shot was a “strategically dislocating event,” but it was not the only cause for alarm.

The push for integration is strong, but so are the pressures that could produce disintegration.

Tokyo and Washington have gotten serious—really serious—about joining forces and multiplying their pow

Gen. William T. Hobbins, head of USAFE, looks eastward to the Black Sea and southward into Africa.

It’s the Holy Grail, and the Air Force is taking big steps toward getting it.

Air Force leaders say the service had better get a grip on its huge energy costs.

The homeland defense operation is much reduced, but it’s starting to look permanent.

The Air Force’s ICBM plan keeps shifting, and the service keeps tinkering with the Minuteman fleet.

The Air Force’s largest strategic airlifter is working overtime at Dover AFB, Del.

The phosphorous bomb was loose inside the airplane, burning at 1,300 degrees. SSgt. Red Erwin seized i

It was an all-out race to seize the best German scientists and technologies. America won.

Let Airmen be Airmen; The Air Force and Navy Could Do It; More on the UAV Struggle ....

F-16 Pilot Awarded DFC Maj. Troy L. Gilbert, who died while strafing an enemy vehicle in Iraq last Nov. 27, posthumously received the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor device, the Air Force said in April. The Air Force attributed the...

Pork and Peanuts “I like peanuts as much as the next guy, but I believe the security of our troops should come before the security of the peanut crop.”—President Bush on $74 million proposal for secure peanut storage, one of...

Inconsistent Disability Ratings; Was the Army Cutting Costs?; Away With the Efficiency Wedges .....

The “Pre-emption” Speech President George W. Bush Graduation Address US Military Academy West Point, N.Y. June 1, 2002 FULL TEXT VERSION All US Presidents have reserved a right to pre-empt an urgent, imminent threat to the nation. Five years ago,...

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Is it Possible I read the [April] issue with a growing sense of amazement and frustration. The entire issue seems devoted to case after case of USAF (and USN and USMC) shortages that seem destined to get worse, maybe far...