October 2009

Back-to-Back in Alabama Air Force Association Chairman of the Board Joseph E. Sutter was keynote speaker for both the Montgomery Chapter (Ala.) Community Partner Appreciation Luncheon and the Alabama State Convention, hosted by the chapter in August. The events took...

Without “prudent worrying,” we run a greater risk of a nasty military surprise.

The expeditionary air war is drawing in more airmen and aircraft for the long haul.

This new type of warfare aligns closely with US Air Force strengths.

The technologies are emerging, but what’s needed is a program to pull them together.

Afghanistan is a logistician’s nightmare, and air mobility is the solution.

Space once was ours. Then came the space junk, collisions, and dangerous interlopers.

On an October day a half-century ago, the ICBM era was born.

USAF leaders call it “rebalancing,” but others warn the cuts have gone too far.

Every bomb, bullet, and gallon of gas—to say nothing of Army mules and at least one piano—had to be fl

Not so fast on the C-17; Can USAF trade platforms?; Carve two “tracks,” says Gansler ....

B61 life extension: caught up in a debate. (USAF photo) When it comes to the political debate in Washington, nuclear weapon programs now fall into two broad categories—those that would “modernize” existing capabilities, and those that would create new ones....

B-52 Squadron Activated The Air Force on Sept. 3 activated the 69th Bomb Squadron at Minot AFB, N.D., its newest operational B-52H unit that will be part of Minot’s 5th Bomb Wing that already has the 23rd BS. Initially, the...

No Long Slog “After the Iraq experience, nobody is prepared to have a long slog where it is not apparent we are making headway. The troops are tired; the American people are pretty tired.”—Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates, Los...

The United States Strategic Bombing Survey: Summary Report (European War) United States War Department, Washington, D.C. Sept. 30, 1945 FULL TEXT VERSION The war with Hitler was in its final months when President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered up a survey....

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Arrogance From the Secretary Kudos to Robert Dudney for his editorial in the August 2009 issue titled, “The No-Brainers of Robert S. McNamara,” [p. 2]. In the early days of Robert McNamara’s tenure as Defense Secretary, I was one of...

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