November 2009

In the B-2 program, one can find lots of mistakes not to repeat, but they aren’t as Robert Gates descr

At AFA’s Air & Space Conference, Pentagon and USAF leaders point the way to comprehensive airpower.

The word at AFA’s Air & Space Conference is don’t expect help, don’t expect any relief, and don’t fail

Some of USAF’s top command chief master sergeants explained the need to treat airmen like family.

A new study looks at whether combat search and rescue should get a “specialized” aircraft.

The task for the US air commandos was to insert Orde Wingate and his Chindits far behind enemy lines a

The Air Force’s E-8 Joint STARS is proving to be a powerful force in the Afghanistan war.

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Aerospace technology of a high order went on display at AFA’s annual showcase.

These are the Air Force Association National Awards for 2009.

Air Force and AFA councils appointed for 2009-10.

Triumph of hope over experience; Easy as X-Y-Z; Reach for your guns ....

In Afghanistan, the US faces a choice between two types of war. One is a traditional military operation centered on finding, tracking, and killing terrorists and insurgents. The second war would defend Afghans from those same terrorists and insurgents. The...

Airmen Killed in Southwest Asia First Lt. Joseph D. Helton, 24, of Monroe, Ga., died Sept. 8 near Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered when an improvised explosive device went off near his vehicle. He was assigned to the 6th Security...

The Essential Airplane “The F-35 is at root the core of our combat tactical aircraft in the future. … My view is we cannot afford, as a nation, not to have this airplane.”—Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, touring Lockheed...

The Heavyweight Raptor In his editorial “Requiem for a Heavyweight” (September, p. 2), Editor in Chief Robert S. Dudney borrows his title from the 1956 play, but his theme is from Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar,” specifically Mark Antony’s speech with the...

National Teacher of the Year At September’s Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and National Convention outside Washington, D.C., a retired senior master sergeant received AFA’s highest honor for teachers. William L. Austin, from Pocalla Springs Elementary School in...

The following recommendations for the federal government are drawn from AFA’s 2010 Statement of Policy, A Balanced Air Force