June 2010

Who will stand in judgment of US troops and leaders?

The legendary SAC is the benchmark for the Air Force’s new nuclear deterrent force.

For US military aircraft producers, the lone and level sands stretch far away.

Intelligence and operations are no longer viewed as separate entities; that has brought huge changes.

Air Force special operators are in heavy demand, but there can be no letup in force transformation.

Breaking up airpower into smaller, ground-controlled units was a bad idea in World War II. It hasn’t g

In the quandaries of World War II, one finds the origins of Operations Research.

In 1966, Israel got its hands on a MiG-21, with major benefits for itself and the US Air Force.

The indomitable La Guardia led American airmen on the Italian Front in World War I.

QDR mission impossible; No-die zone; IW isn’t cheap ....

In its Nuclear Posture Review, DOD unveiled its decision to convert all Minuteman IIIs into single-warhead ICBMs. Today, USAF has 450 of them. Many have one warhead, but some are “MIRVed,” meaning their nosecones have multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles....

CV-22 Crash Kills Two Airmen Maj. Randell D. Voas, 43, of Lakeville, Minn., and SMSgt. James B. Lackey, 45, of Green Clove Springs, Fla., perished in the April 9 crash of an Air Force Special Operations Command CV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor...

It Never Happened “Sept. 11 was a big lie and a pretext for the War on Terror and a prelude to invading Afghanistan.”—Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Washington Post, March 7. Not a War “There is no cyberwar. I think that...

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At Razor’s Edge I’ve been a member of the Air Force Association since 1968, and I have never been more concerned about our ability to retain future air superiority [“A Force at Razor’s Edge,” April, p. 24]. No doubt that...

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Air Force Orientation In March, Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter helped the Gen. Bruce K. Holloway Chapter in Knoxville, Tenn., introduce its Community Partners to a nearby Air National Guard facility. A small group of...

The New Hampshire ANG boosts its power through a