September 2014

Vol. 97, No. 9

Looking East

US Air Forces in Europe is much smaller than it was in the Cold War, but it is once again compelled to

On the Hunt for Kony

Air Force Special Operations Command has a key role in the small and secretive war against Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army.

Out from Italy

The F-16s of the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano AB, Italy, are key to NATO’s southern tier defenses and US forward deployed airpower.

The Reagan Buildup

The high-tech systems ordered during the 1980s revitalized the Air Force and helped win the Cold War.

Able Archer

A misread war game, colored by Cold War suspicion, brought the world a hair’s breadth from accidental nuclear war.

Chasing Pancho Villa

The pursuit into Mexico included the horse cavalry as well as Benny Foulois and his eight-plane air force.

Aperture

Clawing back from the precipice; USAF’s credibility gap; Total Force future; Flex and stretch….

Air Force World

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Verbatim

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RC-135

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The Flash Boys

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Letters

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Letters

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