Editorial: The Dragon and the Snakes
By Robert S. Dudney
The Cold War was long and expensive. The Global War on Terror will be no different.
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Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
Plan B for F/A-22; Mother of All Concepts; Britain Overhauls Defense; Aerospace Prescription .... (PDF version)

New Orbit for American Space Power
By Robert S. Dudney and
Peter Grier
At AFA’s Los Angeles Symposium, senior Air Force leaders addressed the future course of military space.
(PDF version)

Tanker Twilight Zone
By John A. Tirpak
The USAF–Boeing tanker accord is a landmark deal, but it has now been thrust into uncharted territory.
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The “War” Before the War
By Suzann Chapman
Long before the actual invasion, Iraqi forces were taking a ferocious beating from the air. (PDF version)

A Plague of Accidents
By Adam J. Hebert
Top leaders warn that USAF “cannot tolerate nor sustain” the current level of loss.
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Revolution by Adaptation
Secretary of the Air Force James Roche says USAF is deep into its second “post-Cold War” transformation.
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A Line in the Ice
By Peter Grier
It has been half a century since the “Dew Line” first started rising in the Arctic waste.
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Big Fella
By Bruce D. Callander
USAF built only one XC-99, in 1947. Soon, this enormous aircraft will have a new home at the US Air Force Museum.
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Trenchard at the Creation
By Rebecca Grant
The father of the RAF was one of the first to grasp that aviation would radically change warfare. (PDF version)

Aerospace World
By Adam J. Hebert
(PDF version)

Action In Congress
By Tom Philpott
(PDF version)

Verbatim
By John Correll (PDF version)

Chart Page
By Tamar Mehuron (PDF only)