Editorial: The Guns of August 1964
By Robert S. Dudney
The overall Air Force effort in the Vietnam War was enormous. (PDF version)

Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
The Air Boss’s Plan; Moseley’s Handshake Deal; the Bomb Catalog; BDA Fades Away .... (PDF version)

Space Almanac
By Tamar Mehuron
Facts, figures, agency and system profiles, budget data, and other information about US and foreign space programs. (PDF only)

Operational Acquisition
By John A. Tirpak
Air Force Materiel Command will mirror the operational Air Force, not the business world. (PDF version)

Longer Deployments
By Adam J. Hebert
The Chief says the demand for airmen is high, and it won’t decline “for some time.” (PDF version)

Test by Trial
Photography by Guy Aceto and Paul Kennedy
The unique 46th Test Group tries out a wide range of weapons systems over the white sands of southern New Mexico. (PDF only)

Dien Bien Phu
By Rebecca Grant
The great 1954 battle sucked US airmen into Indochina and helped set the stage for the Vietnam War. (PDF version)

To Honor a Generation
The new National World War II Memorial on the mall is a striking tribute in bronze and granite. (PDF only)

The Immortal Hercules
By Walter J. Boyne
The C-130 has turned out to be an airplane for the ages. (PDF version)

AFA Nominees for 2004-05
Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors. (PDF version)

The Chart Page
By Tamar Mehuron (PDF only)

Aerospace World
By Adam J. Hebert (PDF version)

Action In Congress
By Tom Philpott (PDF version)

Verbatim
By John T. Correll (PDF version)

The Keeper File (PDF version)