November 2012

Preserving a National Asset: Air Force Airpower The Air Force Association 2013 Statement of Policy was adopted by the delegates to the AFA National Convention Sept. 16, 2012. Americans expect that the nation’s armed forces will always deter or, if...

DOD, Congress, and the American public don’t fully understand airpower’s contributions to national def

Enemies adapt. The Air Force must also.

The Air Force and DOD are struggling to halt a disturbing trend of Afghans killing US troops.

The Air Force must reverse a troubling increase in sexual assaults at basic training and elsewhere.

While the US readies the F-35, Russia and China are developing their own stealth fighters.

The days of a monolithic Air Force general officer corps are long gone.

It was a rescue operation, but it also foiled a plan for Cuban-Soviet expansionism.

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

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Zero-defect mentality; Protecting taxpayer resources; Maintaining the science and technology base ....

Tyndall Joins ACC Tyndall AFB, Fla., transitioned from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command Oct. 1 as part of the Air Force’s F-22 fleet reorganization. Tyndall, home to one Raptor training squadron, is due to receive a...

Our Entitled Allies “The leader of the local [Afghan] police … insisted that a nearby compound be blown up because enemy snipers used it. The Bravo Company platoon commander, [Marine] Lt. Kurt Hoenig, explained that only the Afghan district chief...

A Shell Game I am replying to the editorial in September [“Five Months To Heal a Rift,” p. 6]. The Editor in Chief uses the economic woes of Michigan to show the impact of closing a Guard unit. He uses...

Teacher of the Year Lori B. Bradner, a science teacher from Lakeland, Fla., became the 27th recipient of the Air Force Association’s National Aerospace Teacher of the Year award during the AFA National Convention at National Harbor, Md. The Central...