Editorial: Battle Damage From the QDR
By Robert S. Dudney
The upshot is that the Air Force of future years will be smaller and less capable than it otherwise would be. (PDF version)
Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
Keeping a Full-Service USAF; Scoping Out the Mobility Requirement; The Japan Card .... (PDF version)
The Strategy of Desert Storm
By John T. Correll
Fifteen years ago this month, the Gulf War upset prevailing assumptions about airpower and its relationship to the “AirLand Battle.” (PDF version)
High Anxiety
By Adam J. Hebert
At AFA’s Los Angeles symposium, USAF leaders wondered: What happens if our space capabilities are ever compromised? (PDF version)
Eyes of the Fighter
By John A. Tirpak
Aircraft targeting pods—Litening, Sniper, LANTIRN—are turning the fighter force into an all-seeing eye. (PDF version)
Meet the New Boss
Photography by Rick Llinares
F-22 operations at Langley mark a transition away from the F-15 and toward a new heavyweight champ. (PDF only)
The Security Forces Rewrite
By Rebecca Grant
Wherein expeditionary air bases are considered maneuver elements in their own right. (PDF version)
