March 2009

Under the new regime, weapon buying “is going to be more of a Wal-Mart approach than a Gucci approach.

The world has yet to see all-out cyber-war, but it’s getting closer.

New ISR systems and techniques put awesome intel at the fingertips of practically any warfighter.

In Iraq, airmen see progress, but no one’s celebrating just yet. There’s too much hard work that remai

The European war that began 10 years ago this month was fought—and won—with airpower alone.

The Air Force’s PJs are a tough breed and always ready to jump into action.

For USAF, the defense of air bases was mission-critical. And it still is.

To deal with ballistic missiles, the US has assembled an impressive defense system. Will it work as ad

The B-29 was rushed into production and sent to India to strike at Japan through staging bases in Chin

The nation was divided about the thermonuclear weapon, but Truman concluded, “We have no choice.”

In the schools around Eglin AFB, Fla., Leo Murphy has created a regional aviation hotbed and a pipelin

Lawmakers and the F-22; The Chinese doppelganger; Taiwan, the major irritant ....

Civilian casualties are endemic to war. In World War I, death claimed not only 8.5 million troops but also some 13 million noncombatants. Disease and starvation dominated. Still, many were killed by military forces—unintentionally or by design. The problem, on...

Airman Dies in Iraq SrA. Omar J. McKnight, 22, of Marrero, La., died Jan. 17 in a noncombat incident in Iraq. McKnight was deployed to Joint Base Balad from the 6th Security Forces Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla. As of...

Really Shrewd Question “Can We Get the Nuclear Genie Back in the Bottle?”—Headline, USA Today, Dec. 15. Not a Choice “We would do well to avoid notions that we can pick and choose the kinds of wars in which we...

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The Downdraft [Regarding Air Force Magazine’s December editorial, “Air Supremacy in a Downdraft,” p. 2]: The Air Force must recognize that it has to change its culture to eliminate all resistance to being open to meaningful change so it, like...

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Bigger and Better Air Education and Training Command’s symposium, carried out with the Alamo Chapter in San Antonio in January, set an attendance record when more than 3,300 crowded into the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center to attend seminars, the...