PICTORIAL | “X” airplanes and missiles—flown by various combinations of military and civilian organiza
March 2018
Vol. 101, No. 3
The Air Force keeps electronic eyes peeled for sniffers, phishers, spoofers, and hackers. To defend the full Air Force Network (AFNET)—which the service uses for daily business such as emails and file sharing—the 33rd Network Warfare Squadron operates and relies...
Verbatim
The Brando Solution “We [the US Air Force] have to stop thinking like the champion and start thinking like the contender. Our competitors are not only imitating us; they are improving upon what we’ve done.”—USAF Lt. Gen. Mark C. Nowland,...
Strained Relations
Things appear to be getting a bit better, but there’s still a long way to go in improving the relation
Strategic Deterrence in 2018
How to deal with nukes in a complex and evolving threat environment.
Coming to Terms with “Forever War”
Manning and money are needed to maintain what has become USAF’s permanent war footing.
5th Generation Comms
The Air Force is working to improve communications between the two aircraft and its larger networks
Grand Forks Experiment Aims to Avoid North Dakota Base Cuts
To keep Congress from shutting down facilities, stakeholders are trying something new: military, indus
Targeting the Luftwaffe
When Spaatz and Doolittle changed the fighter strategy, it was the beginning of the end for German air
Aperture
Jan. 11, 2018 AMERICA FIRST The United States’ new National Security Strategy (NSS) marks a departure from that of previous administrations. It is unapologetically about promoting American wealth and prosperity, with less attention paid to whether its friends and allies...
Editorial: In Case You Missed It: Airpower Killed ISIS
EDITORIAL | ISIS as we know it is dead, defeated by USAF-led airpower.
Namesakes: Offutt
Airman From the Heartland In today’s Air Force, Offutt is a famous name, indelibly linked to Strategic Air Command. Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, was the home of SAC headquarters for 44 years. Offutt was a name of distinction...
Letters
There I Was … in Cambodia While reading “The Shadow War In Cambodia,” which referred to March 18, 1969, I realized that I was there [January, p. 54]. As a FAC billeted with the Army in An Loc, our AOR...
Forward Deployed
BIG DOINGS IN RAQQA Before he deployed to Incirlik AB, Turkey, last summer, Capt. Brendan Lanphear’s longest sortie in the A-10 was four hours with one tanker refueling. His first combat sortie, in support of the liberation of Raqqa, Syria,...
