August 2018

Vol. 101, No. 8

Forward Deployed

US and allied paratroopers make their descent as one of their many jumps throughout International Jump Week 2018 near Ramstein AB, Germany, May 22, 2018. USAF photo by A1C Kristof J. Rixmann. International Jump Week In Europe, US troops and...

Wingman: Rosie the Riveter

Girl Scout Troop 750 strikes a “Rosie the Riveter” pose. Photo: courtesy On Dec. 7, 1941, the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and America was drawn into World War II. During the years that followed, America would send 16.1 million men...

Aperture

T-38s from the 560th Flying Training Squadron over JB San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, in March. Photo: SrA. James Crow THE T-X, AT LONG LAST June 11, 2018: Any minute now, the Air Force is set to finally conclude its almost quixotic...

From the Daily Report

Staff illustration: Mike Tsukamoto AFRICOM TO INCREASE ISR SUPPORT AND LIMIT MISSIONS IN WAKE OF 2017 AMBUSH. REAPERS ARE THERE TO HELP. US special operations forces in Africa are paring down their operations and will be supported by an increase...