February 2008

The Schwalier injustice has been eliminated, but the Khobar Towers case goes on.

USAF’s 27,000-man force in Southwest Asia is showing the value of today’s expeditionary airpower.

Some call it “Predator on steroids,” but that doesn’t begin to describe this new aircraft.

Their attack on complex, high-technology weapons such as the F-15 stirred great excitement in Congress

The A-10 was always a beast. Now, the Maryland Guard’s A-10Cs have precision weapons, too. Photography by Rick Llinares

Air Force leaders want longer, tougher basic training to instill warrior values.

The American military is edging cautiously into complicated territory.

For six decades, it has colored—some say distorted—opinion about airpower.

Specialized Search Dogs, trained at Lackland, are the stars of the canine corps.

Their professional discipline turned ad-hoc test flights into superb testing techniques.

Let those geezers go; Up front on C-17s; F-15 options ....

A recent lapse in Air Force nuclear security brought some peculiar terms into the public consciousness. When six nuclear-tipped AGM-129 cruise missiles were accidentally loaded aboard a B-52H and flown across the country last summer, what USAF had on its...

USAF Targets 850 Officers The Air Force plans to hold its first force-shaping board for Fiscal 2008 on March 31. In the crosshairs are some 120 lieutenants in eight specialties. The number changes almost daily as officers opt to take...

The Airpower Advantage “It’s true that there aren’t many boots on the ground in Afghanistan. The buzzword among military types there is ‘under-resourced.’ At the same time, given the circumstances, the use of airpower has been highly effective. It allows...

What’s in the defense bill?; Moving ahead on Wounded Warriors; Tricare fee proposals ....

“Expeditionary Aerospace Force” Gen. Michael E. Ryan USAF Chief of Staff DOD News Conference, Washington, D.C. Aug. 4, 1998 FULL TEXT VERSION It had been eight years since Iraq invaded Kuwait, but stressed-out USAF units were still in the Gulf...

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For Short-Reach Airlift Your editorial on “The Last Tactical Mile” [December, p. 2] is right on target. Which military service is the most competent in air transport, the aerodynamics of STOL, and maintenance-mission readiness of aircraft, the Army or Air...

Los Angeles Ball Lt. Gen. Michael A. Hamel, commander of Space and Missile Systems Center at Los Angeles AFB, Calif., received the prestigious Gen. Thomas D. White USAF Space Award at the Air Force Ball in Los Angeles in November....