November 2008

Pentagon spending didn’t cause the economic crisis, and drastic cuts will not end it, either.

AFA’s Air & Space Conference featured blunt talk from the Air Force’s new top leaders.

Job 1 is to extract more power out of today’s small force, commanders told AFA’s Air & Space Conferenc

Six of USAF’s top enlisted chiefs air out the problems and prospects of today’s force.

Billy Mitchell saw its great potential in 1935, and now the rest of the world has finally caught on.

Sixty years after it was forged, the famous Key West agreement is in for a basic reconsideration.

Meet Edgar Gorrell, author of what may be the “earliest, clearest, and least known statement” of US st

The Luftwaffe chief must take the blame for the momentous Me 262 screwup.

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The lastest and best in aerospace technology was on display at AFA’s annual showcase.

Fixing the “nuclear enterprise”; Air Force and Army shake hands on UAVs ....

“None of the funds in this act may be used to approve or license the sale of the F-22A advanced tactic

Airman Dies in Pakistan Blast Maj. Rodolfo I. Rodriguez, 34, of El Paso, Tex., died Sept. 20 in Islamabad, Pakistan, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device detonated during a suicide attack on a hotel. Rodriguez was assigned to...

New Mission Statement “The enduring responsibility of the United States Air Force is to provide strategic deterrence for the nation and [to] fly, fight, and win as an integral part of the joint team.”—Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, Air Force Chief...

Needed: UAV Instructor Course [I am writing in regard to the item in “Air Force World: Weapons School UAV Courses Postponed,” September, p. 22.] Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates’ plan to shut down the UAV instructor course for six...

AFA’s Teacher of the Year Florida teacher Leo F. Murphy was honored as the 2008 National Aerospace Teacher of the Year at the Air Force Association’s Air & Space Conference and National Convention in September. The Hurlburt Chapter and AFA...

Policy recommendations drawn from AFA’s 2009 Statement of Policy, Air Force Airpower: Year of Decision adopted by the delegates to the AFA National Convention meeting on September 14, 2008 in Washington, D.C.