September 5, 2014 - Air Force Magazine

Al Qaeda Publication Cites Air Force Academy as Terrorist Target

An English-language online publication produced by al Qaeda has cited the US Air Force Academy as a desirable target for a terrorist attack, among an array of American and international facilities and institutions. The 40-page publication, released Aug. 16 on...

Proposed Budgets Show A Shift to Airpower

By Otto Kreisher

The Air Force is the only one of the four armed services that would receive a real increase in funding in the Fiscal 2015 budget that is awaiting congressional action. Air Force funding would increase even more the next year,...

Analyst Sees $200-$300 Billion Gap between Defense Needs, Budgets

By Otto Kreisher

There is a $200 billion to $300 billion gap between the missions, force structure, and procurement programs called for in the national defense strategy and the funds allowed under sequestration, argued Todd Harrison, an analyst with the Center for Strategy...

Spotlight: TSgt. Toyre L. Hudson

TSgt. Toyre L. Hudson, mental health flight chief with the 6th Medical Operations Squadron at MacDill AFB, Fla., is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2014. Hudson provided exceptional leadership for 47 personnel delivering...

Three Successful Tests Move Raytheon’s SDB II Toward Production

Raytheon and the Air Force recently completed three successful tests of the Small Diameter Bomb II Guided Test Vehicle, passing the last trials required for the start of low-rate initial production of the GTV. In the test drops, the SDB...

Yokota Airmen Aid in Disaster Relief Simulation

Airmen from the 374th Airlift Wing at Yokota AB, Japan, recently participated in a simulated humanitarian and disaster relief exercise in Tokyo. The city launched its annual disaster prevention exercise on Aug. 30 and local Japanese governments, prefectures, and local...

NATO Consortium in Hungary Exceed 1,000 Missions

The Strategic Airlift Capability fleet at Papa AB, Hungary, has exceeded 1,000 missions. In Boeing’s five years of support, it has achieved a 94 percent mission-capable rate on the C-17 Globemaster IIIs, states a Sept. 3 release. Ten NATO countries,...