October 2009

Vol. 92, No. 10

AFA National Report

Back-to-Back in Alabama Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter was keynote speaker for both the Montgomery Chapter (Ala.) Community Partner Appreciation Luncheon and the Alabama State Convention, hosted by the chapter in August. The events took...

New Nukes, Old Nukes

B61 life extension: caught up in a debate. (USAF photo) When it comes to the political debate in Washington, nuclear weapon programs now fall into two broad categories—those that would “modernize” existing capabilities, and those that would create new ones....

Air Force World

B-52 Squadron Activated The Air Force on Sept. 3 activated the 69th Bomb Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D., its newest operational B-52H unit that will be part of Minot’s 5th Bomb Wing that already has the 23rd BS. Initially, the...

Verbatim

No Long Slog “After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared to have a long slog where it is not apparent we are making headway. The troops are tired; the American people are pretty tired.”—Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Los...

SBD Dauntless

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Airpower Was Decisive

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report (European War) United States War Department, Washington, D.C. Sept. 30, 1945 FULL TEXT VERSION The war with Hitler was in its final months when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered up a survey....

Letters

Arrogance From the Secretary Kudos to Robert Dudney for his editorial in the August 2009 issue titled, “The No-Brainers of Robert S. McNamara,” [p. 2]. In the early days of Robert McNamara’s tenure as Defense Secretary, I was one of...

Books

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