Failure Is an Option
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.
August 2008
Vol. 91, No. 8
Highlights from the August 2008 Issue
A Force Remade by War
Six big changes have produced a new kind of Air Force.
PACAF Between War and Peace
The new Pacific Air Forces commander seeks to bring a measure of calm to this big USAF command.
2008 Space Almanac
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe US military space operation in facts and figures. Audio of this...
Travail of the Tanker
The KC-X program, though critical, just can’t seem to get started.
The Turk Connection
At Incirlik, the aircraft come and go, binding together far-flung US forces.
How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain
British courage and capability might not have been enough to win; German mistakes were also key.
White Knuckles To the Azores
Daring work over the Atlantic brought this tanker crew the 1986 Mackay Trophy.
AFA Nominees for 2008-09
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgCandidates for national offices and the Board of Directors. Audio of this...
Washington Watch
Now you know; Pay no attention to China; Lights go on in the Army ....
The “Four Percent of GDP” Thing
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgAdm. Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently...
Air Force World
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgGuardsmen Pull Disaster Duty Thousands of Air and Army National Guardsmen assisted...
Verbatim
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgThe Strategic Imbalance “The imbalance between our readiness for future global missions...
P-47 Thunderbolt
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Letters
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgBad Medicine After the embarrassing firings of [Secretary of the Air Force...
AFA National Report
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Complete Contents of August 2008 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Failure Is an Option
Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.
A Force Remade by War
Six big changes have produced a new kind of Air Force.
PACAF Between War and Peace
The new Pacific Air Forces commander seeks to bring a measure of calm to this big USAF command.
2008 Space Almanac
The US military space operation in facts and figures.
Travail of the Tanker
The KC-X program, though critical, just can't seem to get started.
The Turk Connection
At lncirlik, the aircraft come and go, binding together far-flung US forces.
How the Luftwaffe Lost the Battle of Britain
British courage and capability might not have been enough to win; German mistakes were also key.
White Knuckles To the Azores
Daring work over the Atlantic brought this tanker crew the 1986 Mackay Trophy.
AFA Nominees for 2008-09
Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors
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