Catastrophic Failure
Washington’s apathy toward USAF’s geriatric fleet comes close to outright negligence.
January 2008
Vol. 91, No. 1
The Dogs of Web War
US armed forces face “peer” adversaries in only one area—military cyberspace.
Guam, All Over Again
The island is the pivot of a sweeping realignment of US forces in the Pacific.
Beyond “Back to Basics”
At AFA’s Los Angeles Space Symposium, leaders say the Air Force has set a strong new course in space.
Scarce Flying Hours
Desperate to save money, USAF will cut 10 percent from its flying hours program this year.
Red Flag Alaska
Airmen from USAF and foreign nations come to Alaska for realistic air combat training.
Tet
North Vietnam’s 1968 offensive failed, but public opinion converted it into a defeat for the United St
Laser Links in Space
TSAT will pass huge amounts of data at speeds that are truly staggering.
The “Redheaded Stepchild”
Rep. Ellen Tauscher (D-Calif.), a key member of the Congressional defense establishment, sees some neg
The Years of Wheelus
Recent events spark memories of what had been USAF’s jewel in North Africa.
First Shirts
Their lineage goes back a long way, and they play a vital role in today’s Air Force.
Washington Watch
Fighter worries; McCaffrey’s conversion; Back to 381 ....
“AFSO 21,” Explained
F-16 crew chiefs at Kunsan AB, South Korea, had a problem. To begin work on a fighter, each had to push a heavy tool box from a central storage area out to a hardened shelter, a trip up to half...
Air Force World
OSI Agents Killed In Iraq Two airmen and one civilian assigned to the Air Force Office of Special Investigations were killed in Iraq on Nov. 1. They died near Balad Air Base from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device....
Verbatim
The Seat of Government “In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.”—Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, Oct. 19. Cut Too Much “The Air Force … in 2005 made...
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Air Doctrine by Sir Arthur
“Army-Air Operations” Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham Talk to Assembled British and American General and Senior Officers Tripoli, Libya Feb. 16, 1943 FULL TEXT VERSION By early 1943, British forces had been dueling German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel across...
The Three Lines
Did the US in late 2007 finally turn a corner in Iraq?
Letters
That Nuclear Safety Stand-down Regarding the foul-up at Minot [“Washington Watch: Nuclear Safety Stand-Down,” November, p. 13]: Could it have happened in Strategic Air Command? Nuke safety and procedures were part of everything we did. One thing you were on...
AFA National Report
The Airfield in Afghanistan Rocket attacks were common. Suicide bombers attempted to kill perimeter patrols. At a September meeting of the Lexington Chapter (Ky.), ANG Col. Steven P. Bullard described such incidents in his firsthand account of his assignment at...
