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- Warren Kozak, Wall Street Journal -- The Real Rules of War
- AFA President’s Reading List – Dec 2009
- Rodric Braithwaite, Financial Times -- The Familiar Road to Failure in Afghanistan
- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer -- Bringing the Taliban Back into the Fold
- Danielle Pletka, Wall Street Journal -- The Right Sanctions Can Still Stop Iran
- Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Los Angeles Times -- Hit Iran Where It Hurts
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- www.jihad.com
- Fred Hiatt, Washington Post -- Does Japan Still Matter?
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- America vs. The Narrative
- General Barry R McCaffrey USA (Ret), After Action Report -- Gen McCaffrey's Report on Afghanistan
- John Ramsey, Fayetteville Observer -- Report from Kandahar: Maintaining the Mission
- Richard Halloran, Honolulu Advertiser -- The Strategy of Waiting
- Wall Street Journal -- The Welfare State and Military Power
- Seth G. Jones, New York Times -- Take the War to Pakistan
- Mary Elise Sarotte, New York Times -- Enlarging NATO, Expanding Confusion
- Jim Webb, Washington Post -- A Plan In Need of Clarity
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- Who Loses the Iran Game
- Max Boot, Los Angeles Times -- Obama’s Strategy is Sound, But What About ‘Winning’?
- Michael O’Hanlon and Bruce Riedel, USA Today -- Afghanistan: How Long Until We Know?
- John Michael Loh, Omaha World Herald -- Ensure Nuclear Deterrence by Developing New Bomber
- Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova, Newsweek -- The New Red Army
- Gen. Craig McKinley, Federal Times -- Why I Tweet…
- Tom Cotton, Weekly Standard -- Afghanistan Myths
- Fareed Zakaria, Washington Post -- Don’t Neglect India
- David Ignatius, Washington Post -- Afghan Tribes to the Rescue?
- Trudy Rubin, Philadelphia Inquirer, U.S. -- Pakistan Must Fight Militants Together
- Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal -- Exit Plan Critical to Afghan Buildup
- Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Post -- A Blue Line in Afghanistan
- Robert Haddick, SmallWarsJournal -- The Upside of the Proxy War in Yemen
- Marc A. Thiessen, USA Today -- ‘Years of Delay’ Saved Lives
- Nicholas Burns, Boston Globe -- Why Obama Can Tend Bonds with India
- Louis Rene Beres, Thomas McInerney and Paul E. Vallely, Washington Times -- Prologue For A Mistaken Policy
- Richard E. Hawley, General (Ret), USAF -- Why Weapons Systems Cost So Much
- Larry Wortzel, Asian Wall Street Journal, -- China’s Cyber Offensive
- Gian P. Gentile, New York Times -- Chimera of Victory
- Washington Post -- The Threat from Somalia
- Tom Donnelly and Tim Sullivan, Weekly Standard -- McChrystal Lite
- Ray Takeyh, Washington Post -- Iran’s Nuclear Diversion
- Evan Thomas and John Barry, Newsweek -- The Surprising Lessons of Vietnam
- Wall Street Journal -- Why the Berlin Wall Fell
- Aris Candris, Wall Street Journal -- Why the U.S. Needs Nuclear Power
- Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street Journal -- Global Warming as Seen from Bangladesh
- Larry Wortzel, Wall Street Journal -- China’s Cyber Offensive
- Gian P. Gentile, New York Times -- Chimera of Victory
- General Lester Lyles, The Washington Examiner -- Canceled in its prime: the Airborne Laser
- Victor Sebestyen, New York Times -- Transcripts of Defeat
- Leo Michel and Robert Hunter, Los Angeles Times -- Keeping Our Allies On Our Side
- Phillip S. Meilinger, Armed Forces Journal -- Lowering Risk
- Wesley K. Clark and Peter L. Levin, -- Securing the Information Highway
- Ed Timperlake, Washington Times -- What If Israel Strikes Iran from the Air?
- liam McGurn, Wall Street Journal -- What Singapore Can Teach the White House
- Shuja Nawaz, Wall Street Journal -- The Battle for Pakistan
- Chuck Crumbo, thestate.com -- Air Power Can Reach Any Outpost
- Ike Skelton and Joe Lieberman, Washington Post -- Don’t Settle for a Stalemate in Afghanistan
- Lawrence Kadish, Wall Street Journal -- Taking the National Debt Seriously
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- The Peace (Keepers) Prize
- New York Post -- American Heroes
- Robert Haddick, smallwarsjournal.com -- McChrystal Report Unwittingly Slays Counterinsurgency Doctrine
- Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post -- Go All-In or Fold
- Max Boot, Los Angeles Times -- We Can’t Downsize to Success in Afghanistan
- Ross K. Baker, USA Today -- A War President’s Delicate Footing
- Michael Gerson, Washington Post -- Decision Time for Obama
- Ed Hooper, Washington Post -- Leave the Medal of Honor Alone
- Andrew Nagorski, Washington Post -- Reagan’s Missile Defense Triumph
- David Wood, PolitcsDaily.com -- Missile Defense: Who’s Jeering Now
- General Barry R. McCaffrey (USA, Ret.), -- Transnational Drug Enterprises: Threats to Global Stability and U.S. National Security from Southwest Asia, Latin America, and West Africa.
- Chester A. Cocker, New York Times -- Terms of Engagement
- Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and James M. Dubik, Washington Post, -- The Afghan Illusion
- Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- Policy Has To Match Sacrifice
- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald -- Venezuela’s Iran Ties Raise Eyebrows
- Omar Fadhil Al-Nidawi and Austin Bay, Wall Street Journal -- Iraq Needs A Real Air Force
- Wall Street Journal -- Obama’s Missile Offense
- Ronald D. Asmus, Washington Post -- Shattered Confidence in Europe
- David Petraeus, London Times -- Afghanistan is Hard All the Time, But It’s Doable
- Lindsey Graham, Joseph I. Lieberman and John McCain, Wall Street Journal -- Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan
- Robert M. Gates, New York Times -- A Better Missile Defense for A Safer Europe
- Matt Armstrong, Mountain Runner -- Preparing to Lose the Information War?
- Ansar Rahel and Jon Krakaucer, New York Times -- To Save Afghanistan, Look to Its Past
- Mary Kissel, Asian Wall Street Journal -- Is the U.S. Losing the Pacific?
- David J. Kramer, Washington Post -- Placating Russia Won’t Work
- Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald -- Despite Crisis, Latin Countries’ Military Spending Rising
- L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal -- Information as the New Arms Race
- Wall Street Journal -- The War on Terror Goes On
- Kimberly Kagan, Washington Examiner -- Can Iraq Awakening Be Repeated in Afghanistan?
- Thomas E. Ricks, Ricks.ForeignPolicy.com -- McMaster Speaks: What Went Wrong in Iraq
- Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal -- A U.S.-Gulf Alliance Against Iran?
- Afghan Tanker Strike and Airpower Implications
- The Imperative for a New Tanker Now
- David H. Petraeus - General, USA (Ret), -- Petraeus' apology to the Air Force
- Barry R. McCaffrey - General, USA (Ret), -- Strategic Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
- Lawrence E. Pence - Colonel, USAF (Ret), -- "Air Story" Out of Vietnam
- Robert Kagan, Washington Post -- The President and the ‘Necessary War’ Myth
- Peter Siner, Washington Examiner -- Fueling our Security: The Need For A Defense Energy Strategy
- Bing West, Wall Street Journal -- How We’ll Win in Afghanistan
- David Miliband, London Daily Telegraph -- Three Vital Steps to Rebuild Afghanistan
- Michael V. Hayden, Washington Times -- Time for the CIA to Move Ahead, Not Back
- Bing West, Small Wars Journal -- Tactics or Strategy?
- Noah Shachtman, Wired.com -- Ancient Jet Keeps the U.S. Air War Flying
- Wall Street Journal -- A Laser Defense Hit
- Randy Schriver, Washington Times -- People’s Army Not Standing Still
- Carol Graham and Jeremy Shapiro, Washington Post -- Why Are Afghans Smiling?
- Merrill A. McPeak, Wall Street Journal -- Why We Need the F-22
- Henry A. Kissinger, Washington Post -- The North Korea Fallout
- Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard -- The Ultimate Demise of the F-22
- Tony Blankley, Washington Times -- Empower The Local Tribal Chiefs
- RIA Novosti, Rubric: Military news -- Commander outlines future of the Russian Air Force
- Peter W. Singer, Washington Examiner -- Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Chinese Aircraft Carrier?
- John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal -- It’s Crunch Time for Israel on Iran
- David Miliband, Financial Times -- How to Help Afghans Defeat the Insurgency
- Michael Hayden, New York Times -- Warrantless Criticism
- Bing West, The Wall Street Journal -- How We’ll Win in Afghanistan
- CRS Report on Defense Authorization and Appropriations
- Getting Around in Afghanistan
- Dietsch: Without additional F-22s, American dominance of airspace over all future battlefields in jeopardy
- Obama errs on F-22 fighter jets
- Air Force Association Response to 7/16/09 Speech by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
- Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal -- Why We Don’t Want a Nuclear-Free World
- Wall Street Journal -- Predators and Civilians
- Wall Street Journal -- Grounding the F-22
- Paul S. Giarra and Michael J. Green, Wall Street Journal Asia -- Asia’s Military Balance at a Tipping Point
- Richard Halloran, Washington Times -- Valuable Defense Lesson for U.S.
- Ed Timperlake, Washington Times -- Need for 21st-Century Upgrades
- Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- U.S. Military Needs The F-22 Raptor
- The Economist -- Hold Your Nerve
- Opinion, Investors.com, July 21, 2009 -- Shooting Down The Raptor
- Paul Tobey, Letter to the Editor -- Congress' Fighter Jet Overkill
- Richard D. Fisher Jr., Washington Times -- F-22 Fighters for Japan
- Senator Hatch Floor Speech on F-22
- Sens. Orrin G. Hatch and James M. Inhofe -- Misinformation spread about F-22
- Micheal M. Dunn, President/CEO -- Supporting the F-22
- AFA Letter to Senator Levin
- F-22 Assertions and Facts
- Principles of Airpower
- Oscar Arias, Washington Post -- Fuel for a Coup
- Trey Obering and Eric Edelman, Washington Post -- Defense for a Real Threat
- Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Examiner -- We Might Still Need More Troops in Afghanistan
- Wall Street Journal -- Putin’s Russia
- John Nagl and Daniel Rice, Wall Street Journal -- A Jump Start for Iraq’s Private Sector
- Wall Street Journal -- A Troubling START \
- Richard Halloran, Honolulu Advertiser -- U.S. Reluctantly Remains World’s Policeman
- Keith B. Payne, Wall Street Journal -- Arms Control Amnesia
- Mike Dunn, The New York Times -- We Do Need the F-22
- Jon Kyl and Richard Perle, Wall Street Journal -- Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent
- Michael Rubin, Wall Street Journal -- The Troop Drawdown Could Be Costly for Iraq
- Gordon G. Chang, Wall Street Journal -- How to Stop North Korea’s Weapons Proliferation
- Michael E. O’Hanlon, Washington Times -- Building a Basis for Success
- Fred Kaplan, Slate.com -- Leaving Iraq
- FY10 Force Structure Announcement (Powerpoint)
- FY10 Force Structure Announcement (Narrative)
- John R. Guardiano, The American Spectator -- Modernize the Military Now
- MacKenzie Eaglen and Rebecca Grant, McClatchy Newspapers -- Commentary: A misguided quest to reform the Pentagon
- Michael M. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- AFA President Written Statement to the SAC-D
- Michael M. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- AFA President Oral Statement to the SAC-D
- William S. Cohen, Washington Times -- No Time to Cut Missile Defense
- Joseph I Lieberman, Wall Street Journal -- There’s No Room for Partisanship on Iran
- Ann Applebaum, Washington Post -- Shadow Boxing in Pyongyang
- Investors Business Daily -- Saving the Raptor
- Leo Thorsness, Honolulu Advertiser -- Vietnam POW’s Can Explain What Torture Means
- Heather Wilson, Washington Post -- A Weak Spot in Our Defenses
- Kirk Lippold, Washington Times -- Obama’s Invisible Terror Victims
- Chinese Air Forces
- Roger D. Graham -- More Raptors: Obama
Can Make Win-Win Decision for Economy
- Paul Wolfowitz, Wall Street Journal -- How to Help North Korea’s Refugees
- General Lawrence A. Skantze -- The Invisible Air Force
- Gregory S. Martin -- "Balance" Over Time
- Edward N. Luttwak, Wall Street Journal -- North Korea Serves The Diplomacy of Silence
- Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal -- Some Victories Emerge in Fight Against Islamic Extremism
- Tom Brokaw, Wall Street Journal, -- Sacrifice and The Greatest Generation
- Evan Bayh, Chicago Tribune -- Getting Tough With N. Korea
- Wendy Chamberlin and Marvin Weinbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer -- The Cost of Commitment
- Phillip Smucker, USA Today -- Winnable? Yes. Bloody? Count on It.
- Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post -- Hearts on the Line in Pakistan
- Mackenzie Eaglen, Heritage (Think Tank) -- America's Air Force Is in the Fight
- Richard Aboulafia -- The Counter-Insurgency Delusion
- Air Force 2010 Budget Aircraft Procurement
- Richard B. Myers , Washington Times -- Time Propitious For Space Strategy
- HERBERT LONDON , The Wall Street Journal -- The Meaning of Bloody Omaha
- Kimberly Kagan, Washington Examiner -- In Afghanistan, New Team Faces Daunting Challenges
- William J. Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles D. Ferguson, The Wall Street Journal -- How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat
- Fiscal Year 2010 Air Force Posture Statement
- Victoria Toensing, The Wall Street Journal -- Critics Still Haven’t Read the ‘Torture’ Memo
- Michael Evans, The London Times -- The Yanks and Their Fire Power are Coming
- Wall Street Journal -- The Nuclear Realists
- Cal Thomas, Washington Times -- Loose Lips or Loose Pics
- Abdel Monem Said Aly, Wall Street Journal -- Iran’s New Target: Egypt
- Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post -- Torture? No Except…
- John R. Bolton, Wall Street Journal -- The Taliban’s Atomic Threat
- Peter Brookes, New York Post -- The Cyberspy Threat
- Kim R. Holmes, Baltimore Sun -- Risky Cuts
- Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Wall Street Journal -- How to Handle the Guantanamo Detainees
- Bing West, Wall Street Journal -- Give the Afghan Army a Governance Role
- Wall Street Journal -- A Pacific Warning
- William (Hack) Alexander CMSgt. USAF Ret. -- We Must be Prepared
- Gen. Schwartz, Chief of Staff and Gen. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- New York Times, Letters to the Editor
- Gary Harmon, AFA Member -- Air and Space Sufficiency
- Dan Blumenthal, Asian Wall Street Journal -- Coming To Asia's Defense
- Gates at Maxwell, 15 April 2009
- Simi Air Force captain describes heated U.S. battle in Afghanistan
- Gates Cuts Leading to ‘Strategic Drawdown:’ Wynne
- Bret Stevens, Wall Street Journal -- Hiroshima, 2.0
- Hap Arnold’s Grandson speaks out -- Remarks to the Arnold Air Society April 2009
- Joseph E. Sutter, Chairman of the Board, AFA --
Are We One Day Closer…?
- AFA Promotes Aerospace Education through Junior ROTC Grants
- AFA Awards Aerospace Education Grants to Civil Air Patrol Squadrons
- General Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Retired -- Modern Dedicated CSAR
Helicopter Needed
- John R. Bolton, The Wall Street Journal --
Iran Clenches Its Fist
- John McCain and Joseph Lieberman, The Washington Post --
Our Must-Win War
- The Wall Street Journal --
Declining Defense
- Ronald D. Asmus, The Wall Street Journal --
A New NATO Bargain
- The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF --
Women’s History Month
- Norton A. Schwartz, General, USAF and Timothy R. Kirk, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, --
Policy and Purpose
- Merrill A. McPeak and Kurt Bassuener, The Washington Post --
Grounding Sudan's Killers
- John McHugh, The Washington Times --
Cutting Defense Too Deeply
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Budget Stats
- Jack David, The Wall Street Journal --
There's No Reason For A Nuclear Test Ban
- The Wall Street Journal --
Winning A Cyber War
- Uzi Rubin, The Wall Street Journal --
Yes, We Should Worry About Iran's Satellite
- The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF --
Service Before Self
- Mark Bowden, The Atlantic --
The Last Ace
- Robert Kagan, The Washington Post --
No Time To Cut Defense
- Eugene Kim, The Harvard Crimson --
Why We Need the Raptor
- Mackubin Thomas Owens, The Wall Street Journal --
Let's Have Flexible Armed Forces
- Joseph E. Sutter, --
Nuclear Challenges Require Careful Thought
- 2004-2008 Combined Forces Air Component Commander Airpower Statistics
(As of 31 December 2008)
- Air Force Fighters: Dwindling Purchases, Rising Age
- Jacques S. Gansler,
The Baltimore Sun -- Security for the 21st Century
- New York Daily News
-- In Deep Gratitude
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