Can contracting out the adversary air mission ease the pilot shortage and enhance combat training? An
January/February 2019
Vol. 102, No. 1
The B-52 is supposed to serve through 2050. To last that long, it needs new power.
The Mitchell Institute argues for a new generation of weapons that can instantly tailor their effects
U-2 Down
“We have parts of the plane,” Khrushchev said. “We also have the pilot.” The US could no longer deny t
EDITORIAL: US Needs a Cyber Deterrence Plan
Effective cyber deterrence requires the will and capacity to respond to cyber attacks with an equal or
Letters
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA FOURTH LEG FOR THE TABLE Your editorial in the December 2018...
AFA Elected National Leaders
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgNATIONAL OFFICERS BOARD CHAIRMAN F. Whitten Peters Washington, D.C. VICE CHAIRMAN, FIELD...
Namesakes: Tom McGuire
He wrote the book.
Airman For Life
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA portrait of the daughters of then-Maj. Arthur S. Means, who was...
The Future of Pilot Training
Low-cost simulators, new trainers, and Red Flag reforms aim to help USAF gear up for future great powe
From Cybernetics to Cyberspace
The roots of digital warfare date back to the birth of the US Air Force.
Saving a Blackbird
Four Swedish pilots put themselves between a crippled USAF SR-71 and Soviet air-to-air missiles, poten
Verbatim
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA KC-46A takes off during a system evaluation at Yokota AB, Japan,...
Aperture
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA B-2 Spirit takes on fuel from a KC-135 over Anderson AFB,...
World
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgA KC-46A takes off during a system evaluation at Yokota AB, Japan,...
His Story: 2nd Lt. Laurence Gulick Masters the B-24 Catwalk
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgCrew 704 completed 30 missions. It was the third mission (and Gulick’s...
Faces in the News
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgLynch and Walsh, AFSOC airmen and members of the Air Force World...
Forward Deployed
Audio of this article is brought to you by the Air & Space Forces Association, honoring and supporting our Airmen, Guardians, and their families. Find out more at afa.orgPACAF Commander Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., left, prepares for an orientation...
