September 2007

Before it made itself separate from the Army, the air arm made itself independent of the Army.

The expeditionary US Air Force has taken some shots, but so far it is standing up to the surge.

When the western alliance moved to the east, things changed—radically.

Airmen at Bagram Air Base help deliver justice to the bad guys in the mountains.

The nation’s air arm, which began with three people and no airplanes, has marked its 100th anniversary.

US airpower was ready for its independence. The North African debacle kicked away the last obstacles.

USAF’s plan to quickly buy a new combat search and rescue helicopter is going nowhere fast.

These are the 12 all-stars of the enlisted force in 2007.

Air Force Magazine’s annual pictorial directory of Air Force leadership.

A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association. This article is only available in PDF format. Read the article.

The Air Force speaks up; Pay comparability arrives; Is it over for the C-17 Shuffle?

Airman Killed in Afghanistan The Pentagon announced July 11 that Air Force MSgt. Randy J. Gillespie, 44, of Coaldale, Colo., died in action in Operation Enduring Freedom. Gillespie, of the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., was killed...

Helicopters? What Helicopters “We don’t know if there were any helicopters, but we do know that there could not have been any helicopters from Russia. Observers have noticed lots of actions of a provocative nature from the Georgian side.”—Dmitry Peskov,...

“Roles & Missions” Gen. Colin L. Powell Pentagon News Conference Washington, D.C. Feb. 12, 1993 FULL TEXT VERSION In July 1992, Sen. Sam Nunn (D-Ga.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, reprised the clichéd charge that we are “the...

Well-postured I greatly enjoyed your article “Comeback in the Pacific” by Executive Editor John Tirpak [July, p. 24], as it shows that we are finally making some moves in the Pacific. I was somewhat surprised by Adm. [William J.] Fallon’s...