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September 2003, Vol. 86, No. 9


Editorial: Framework for Victory
By Robert S. Dudney
Air and space power set the conditions for success in Iraq. (PDF version)

Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
Bombers in the Spotlight; Rumsfeld and the Reserves; the Boeing Case ... (PDF version)

Total Force In a Search for Balance
By Adam J. Hebert
Allocation of active, Guard, and Reserve missions and forces is under scrutiny once again. (PDF version)

Saddam’s Elite In the Meat Grinder
By Rebecca Grant
Republican Guard divisions looked pretty bold—until they got sliced and diced by coalition airpower. (PDF version)

Setting a Course for the Airborne Laser
By John A. Tirpak
The ABL will be ready in two years. Planners think it might be possible to expand the mission.
(PDF version)

Controllers
By Bruce D. Callander
Modern airpower owes much to the elite USAF commandos who hang out with the ground forces. (PDF version)

The Heritage of the Force
By John T. Correll
At the Air Force Museum, veterans are drawn to the vintage airplanes, but youngsters head straight for the F-16. (PDF version)

Jewel of the Air
By Peter Grier
One hundred years on, the aura of the 1903 Wright Flyer is more powerful than ever. (PDF version)

The Tactical School
By Walter J. Boyne
In the beginning, intrepid airmen set out to define the shape and substance of airpower.(PDF version)

Photochart of USAF Leadership
By Chequita Wood
Air Force Magazine’s annual pictorial directory of Air Force leaders. (PDF only)

AFA/AEF Almanac
By Frances McKenney
A compendium of facts and figures about the Air Force Association and the Aerospace Education Foundation.

Aerospace World
By Adam J. Hebert
(PDF version)

Verbatim
By John Correll (PDF version)

Action in Congress
By Tom Philpott (PDF version)

 


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