November 2010

There are ways to reduce defense spending, but the military cannot be asked to do what it does today w

Even with a calmer Iraq, USAF is still at war in Afghanistan— and with its budgets.

At AFA’s Air & Space Conference, top officials discuss the constant challenge of doing more with less.

With the other members of his team dead or wounded, Etchberger held the enemy at bay with his M-16 rif

The unchecked growth of China’s military seems designed to blunt US advantages.

The mission spent the 1990s adrift, but aircraft are again seen as a prime way to track and target thr

The Air Guardsmen performing AFSOC’s broadcast operations see a wider mission in contingency operation

For 30 minutes, James H. Howard single-handedly fought off marauding German fighters to defend the B-1

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The following recommendations for the federal government are drawn from AFA’s 2011 Statement of Policy, “An Air Force at the Edge,” adopted by the delegates to the AFA National Convention on Sept. 12, 2010, at National Harbor, Md.

Air Force and AFA councils appointed for 2010-11.

Aerospace technology of the highest order was on display at AFA’s annual showcase.

These are the Air Force Association National Awards for 2010.

In the waning days of World War II, the US turned worn-out bombers into missiles targeting Germany. It

Creeping obsolescence threatens bombers; “Will cost” vs. “should cost” contracting ....

Airmen Killed in Afghanistan SrA. Mark A. Forester, a combat controller assigned to Air Force Special Operations Command’s 21st Special Tactics Squadron, Pope AFB, N.C., died Sept. 29 during combat operations in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Forester, from Tuscaloosa, Ala., was...

Airpower, While It Lasts “The post-World War II world has been one shaped in no small measure by the power of the US Air Force. To lose air dominance through a series of budget cuts would change nearly every calculation...

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The End of the Road Richard P. Hallion certainly got it right in your October issue when he said we have reached an “inflection point” in the space race [“An Inflection Point in the Space Race,” p. 54]. After a...

AFA’s National Teacher of the Year The Air Force Association’s 25th recipient of the National Aerospace Teacher of the Year Award received honors at AFA’s National Convention, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center near Washington, D.C., on Sept....