USAF looks to push more Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape instructors through the pipeline as focus shifts to great power competition.
March 2021
Vol. 104, No. 3
The B-21 is progressing to roll out and first flight, as the Air Force wrestles with how many to buy.
Multi-capable Airmen are the key to Agile Combat Employment. Here’s how the Air Force is trying to make the force less specialized.
Air, Space, and the Biden Administration
Priorities for the Pentagon’s new leadership must begin with aerospace power.
Lone Eagle
Over the open ocean, Lindbergh struggled to stay alert. He had not slept for more than two days.
Editorial: Go All In
It should not have taken longer to defeat the Islamic State group in the desert than Germany and Japan in World War II.
Q&A: Humans in the Loop
Richard J. Joseph is Chief Scientist of the Department of the Air Force, advising the Secretary and Chiefs of the Air Force and Space Force on their $2.8 billion science and technology enterprise. He speaks with John A. Tirpak about the structure of the S&T enterprise, emerging game-changing technologies, and the future of humans in the loop.
Prime Investments: Electronic Aircraft
The Air Force is investing in electronic aircraft, hoping to jumpstart a nascent market.
Know Thy Enemy
USAF wants Airmen to develop a deeper understanding of China and other adversaries.
Heroes and Leaders: Jimmy Doolittle
It was the first good war news in months. American B-25s successfully bombed the capital of Japan.
Letters
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Strategy & Policy
The Austin Era
Verbatim
A collection of quotes on air power and national security issues.
Air Force World
New Space Force ranks; USAF Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. discusses the electromagnetic spectrum; KC-46 fixes; and much more
Faces of the Force
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