Air Force Magazine
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Check out the September 2021 issue of Air Force Magazine.
Q&A: Welcome Back, Secretary Kendall
Frank Kendall became the 26th Secretary of the Department of the Air Force on July 28, 2021. An engineer, lawyer, and West Point graduate, Kendall was the Defense Department undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology, and logistics from 2012 to 2017. He spoke with Editor in Chief Tobias Naegele and Pentagon Editor Brian Everstine Aug. 6.
The Future is Now
The U.S. cannot wait for a crisis moment to address China's pacing threat.
The Asset Transfer Fight
There was an internal DOD struggle over which space capabilities and assets will leave the Army and Navy and become part of Space Force.
Choose Your PT Test
Airmen gained options as the Air Force dropped its one-size-fits-all approach to measuring fitness. Service leaders used the pandemic break to dig into the science of measuring fitness, rolling out a series of changes before testing resumed July 1. More changes are coming soon.
Accelerating the Air Force’s Ability to Adapt and Win
Introducing unknowns to how adversaries understand U.S. operations can throw a wrench into adversarial decision-making.
Editorial: Out of Afghanistan, Into the Fire
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.