How is it, the public wondered, that our military trusts people so young with secrets so large? ... The fact is, the military could not function if it didn’t trust volunteers in their teens and early 20s with security clearances.
Tobias Naegele
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.
Andrew P. Hunter, the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition Technology and Logistics, and Maj. Gen. Steve Whitney, the Military Deputy of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Space Acquisition and Integration discussed the present and future of acquisition at the ...
All the best satellite intelligence and ground-based radars in the world can still miss threats if they don’t know what they’re looking for.
Americans are waking up to the fact that our military is not as ready or as capable as it needs to be. Just two years ago, 62 percent of Americans thought U.S. military strength was “about right” and 25 percent thought it was “not strong ...
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News that the Air Force has begun to draw down its two F-15 squadrons at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, shows the cascading effect of decisions made years ago.
The Space Force needs the scale and means to assert authority. This is not just about money, though that is important. And it’s not about numbers of people. It’s about establishing world-leading expertise.
To deter war, we must demonstrate both superior capability and sufficient capacity to endure a fight.
Air Force Magazine becomes Air & Space Forces Magazine with the release of our September issue. The magazine’s digital address will change Sept. 8, when all the content will migrate to the new AirAndSpaceForces.com home page.
Changing the title of a storied publication—and association—is not something to be taken lightly. A title must define who we are and what we’re about. Air & Space Forces magazine does the job.
The Air Force turns 75 on Sept. 18, a momentous three-quarters of a century.
