August 2008

Past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.

Six big changes have produced a new kind of Air Force.

The new Pacific Air Forces commander seeks to bring a measure of calm to this big USAF command.

The US military space operation in facts and figures.

The KC-X program, though critical, just can’t seem to get started.

At Incirlik, the aircraft come and go, binding together far-flung US forces.

British courage and capability might not have been enough to win; German mistakes were also key.

Daring work over the Atlantic brought this tanker crew the 1986 Mackay Trophy.

Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors.

Now you know; Pay no attention to China; Lights go on in the Army ....

Adm. Michael G. Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recently told the New York Times the US should spend four percent of gross domestic product (GDP) on defense. In 2000, DOD critic Chuck Spinney said spending four percent...

Guardsmen Pull Disaster Duty Thousands of Air and Army National Guardsmen assisted local communities in June to deal with severe flooding that devastated large areas of the Midwest. On June 19 alone, more than 5,700 National Guard members were engaged...

The Strategic Imbalance “The imbalance between our readiness for future global missions and the wars we are fighting today limits our capacity to respond to future contingencies and offers potential adversaries, both state and non-state, incentives to act. We must...

Bad Medicine After the embarrassing firings of [Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley] it should be clear to all that some serious changes are needed in our Air...

Team of the Year The Air Force Association held a reception and awards banquet in May to honor five enlisted personnel as the AFA 2008 Team of the Year. The team comes from the Air Force Office of Special Investigations,...