Today’s recruiting challenges are systemic to our national circumstances. The military is in a more competitive environment than ever, at a time when other societal changes are also working to the services’ disadvantage.
Air Force Magazine editorial
The Air Force turns 75 on Sept. 18, a momentous three-quarters of a century.
“World’s Greatest Air Force” is not a lifetime title like “Supreme Court Justice.”
AFA became the Air & Space Forces Association April 7, a historic shift more than two years in the making.
We find ourselves today on the other side of the deterrence challenge, intimidated by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s threats of possible nuclear war. Putin’s willingness to break norms others take for granted are destabilizing.
Terrible mistakes happen in war. When life and death is at stake and time is short, some judgments will inevitably prove wrong.
In playing the victim, Putin evokes Adolf Hitler in September 1938.
Winding down to the end of 2021 and looking forward to the year ahead gives us an opportunity to count our blessings and take note of what ails us.
Modernization has never been more essential, nor the funds more elusive.
Lessons we can learn from Gates, Kendall, Brown, and Milley.
It was airpower that kicked in the door to Afghanistan in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks and it was airpower that closed out the campaign 20 years later these past few weeks.
Secrecy and surprise are to warfare what water and salt are to survival: You might get by without them, but your chances are vastly diminished.