January 2013

Very few lawmakers won re-election on the strength of their support for the military.

USAF is adapting its global intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance network to a new security e

The US must shake off complacency about the space arena. Challengers abound.

China has learned a lot from USAF.

The Air Force Test Pilot School is reinventing itself to keep pace with emerging technologies.

The cardinal sin of Effects-Based Operations was that it threatened the traditional way of war.

Gen. Thomas White triumphed in an epic battle to develop and field the Atlas, overcoming fierce resist

A 747 heading from the US to Seoul strayed into Soviet airspace. The USSR shot it down.

The fog of war can be deadly and tragic.

The D-Day invasion was forced on a reluctant Churchill by the Americans.

Haunted halls for years; Adversaries doubling down; Going deaf and blind in space; Undersea cables vul

Selva Takes Over AMC Gen. Paul J. Selva took command of Air Mobility Command from Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr. in a ceremony at Scott AFB, Ill., Nov. 30. Selva now leads the nearly 134,000 members of the mobility air...

Money for Nothing “The Air Force has lost confidence in the Expeditionary Combat Support System (ECSS) and has canceled the program. After spending more than a billion dollars, the Air Force determined that the ECSS program has not yielded any...

“Arms Reduction and Nuclear Weapons“ President Ronald Reagan Address to the National Press Club Washington, D.C. Nov. 18, 1981 FULL TEXT VERSION The Soviet Union in the 1970s deployed hundreds of SS-4, SS-5, and SS-20 intermediate-range nuclear missiles against targets...

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Sexual Misconduct The Air Force suffered serious repercussions in the media and Congress from the sex abuse scandal at JBSA-Lackland [“Sexual Misconduct at BMT,” November, p. 48]. Three basic military training instructors received prison sentences while 12 others remain under...

Honored in LA At the Air Force Ball sponsored by the Gen. B. A. Schriever Los Angeles Chapter in November, Lt. Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski received the prestigious Gen. Thomas D. White Space Award. This Air Force Association national-level award...

The Nevada school has expanded its offerings whenever USAF