Net Force
The Air Force should ignore the complainers and press on toward its goal.
November 2007
Vol. 90, No. 11
The Future Is on the Line
At AFA’s Air & Space Conference, leaders warn USAF could lose its edge.
The Struggle Over UAVs
The drone war continues, and USAF will have much to say about the last four big topics.
The Command Chiefs Speak
The interests of the enlisted force are as varied as their jobs.
When Bombers Will Be Decisive
The mix of range, payload, and networked sensors may well bring radical new results.
The Sandbox Sentries
The E-3 AWACS aircraft are back in the desert, this time with new missions.
The Visions of “Soviet Military Power”
The artwork in those famous Pentagon booklets provided an offbeat view of Soviet forces.
The Military Meets Madison Avenue
A new RAND study argues the Pentagon could use some salesmanship.
Way of a Technocrat
John McLucas left a deep imprint on the post-Vietnam Air Force.
AFA National Convention 2007
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World Gathering of Air Chiefs
The air forces are different, but many problems are the same.
Technology Exposition
The latest and best in aerospace technology was on display at AFA’s annual showcase.
Air Force Airpower: The Indispensable Instrument
The Air Force Association 2008 Statement of Policy adopted by the delegates to the AFA National Conven
Washington Watch
Wynne peers into the abyss; Skunked on UAVs; When the nukes got loose ....
Aerospace World
Airman Killed in Afghanistan An airman assigned to Aviano AB, Italy, died Sept. 4 in a noncombat incident in Bagram, Afghanistan—the location of Bagram Air Base. MSgt. Patrick D. Magnani, 38, of Martinez, Calif., was assigned to the 31st Medical...
Verbatim
Weinberger-Powell OBE “The Weinberger-Powell Doctrine is a nostalgic yearning for the days when wars were wars (and men were men); when states fought each other force-on-force in open battle; when progress could be measured by divisions destroyed, factories bombed, and...
P-39 Airacobra
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Letters
Compass Call in Afghanistan As an Air Force Association life member, I receive your magazine monthly. In your September issue, your article titled, “Watch on Afghanistan” [p. 46] caught my attention and I immediately turned the pages to read it....
AFA National Report
AFA’s Teacher of the Year At the Air Force Association’s Air & Space Conference and National Convention, Jennifer L. Sinsel, a fifth-grade science teacher from Wichita, Kan., received the Christa McAuliffe Memorial Award as National Teacher of the Year. Sinsel...
