December 2007

It is unseemly to pretend the other services aren’t pushing beyond their traditional roles.

The wartime demand for airlift has been huge, and now the bill must be paid.

The American emphasis will be on air and sea power, with fewer boots on the ground.

Confounding the doomsayers, the services are attracting and holding sufficient numbers of high-quality

The Louisiana Air National Guard keeps on trucking in the land of gators, jambalaya, and all that jazz.

The Cold War is dead, but Vladimir Putin is very much with us.

Once again, as in 1938, the bombers show they can find ships at sea.

The Air Force was taken by surprise in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Nine hours later, it happened again

The Royal Air Force has amassed an operational record—and a reputation—that few can match.

It took sheer courage, and lots of it, for each bomber crew to press on into a huge cloud of flak at P

Mullen’s morose memo; Fly Army?; The tanker competition ....

Crash Kills USAF Officer An Air Force officer was killed in October when his civilian aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Long Beach, Calif. Lt. Col. Raymond Roessler, 43, of the 309th Maintenance Wing at Hill AFB, Utah, took...

The Best Ever “The most successful aircraft in the history of military aviation isn’t a supersonic fighter or a stealthy bomber. It is a propeller-driven cargo plane called the C-130 Hercules that has evolved into more variants than any other...

Sifting the benefits cornucopia; More to the reserve components; Helping the “Wounded Warrior” ....

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Irregular War During my military service, I was attached to or associated with Navy and Army units, as well as spending 21 years on Air Force active duty. In retirement the same has been true of my aerospace business associations....

Region, State Presidents Meet The Air Force Association’s region presidents and state presidents received a comprehensive orientation to AFA during two days in late October in Arlington, Va. The association has 10 new region presidents and 18 new state presidents...