June 2015

USAF cannot succeed in ever-expanding missions with fewer airmen, less equipment, older airplanes, and curtailed training.

By Marc V. Schanz

At long last, the Air Force is buying a new rescue helicopter.

By John A. Tirpak

Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works division has become a model for DOD acquisition.

By Rebecca Grant

USAF is developing the tactics and technology needed for operations against targets in the vast Pacifi

Luke AFB, Ariz., is the future home of 144 F-35A Lightning IIs. Some have already arrived.

By John A. Tirpak

The Air Force is finally moving forward with a program to replace the venerable T-38.

By Peter Grier

Airmen aboard a shot-up Mi-17 saved the lives of several Afghans—and one of their own.

Photo and film adventurers of the day recorded the Bikini Atoll atomic tests.

Spectre and Stinger flew rings around the enemy on infiltration routes in Southeast Asia.

Hoog’s airpower optimism; Stillion’s bigger airplane” solution; Navy intelligence on PLA weapons. …”