Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
Compensation Reforms You May Not Like; Pay More for Tricare, They Said; Army and Air Force—Together on JCA .... (PDF version)

Expeditionary—and Seriously Extended
By John A. Tirpak
The Air Expeditionary Force may not be broken, but some weak spots need patching. (PDF version)

Presence, Not Permanence
By Adam J. Hebert
By changing its worldwide basing, the Air Force is striving to break out of the Cold War straitjacket. (PDF version)

Red Flag for a World Coalition
Photography by Richard VanderMeulen
The February Red Flag in Nevada featured Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, British, and Australian forces, with more than 130 aircraft and 2,500 troops taking part. (PDF only)

Tomorrow’s Combat Advantages
By John A. Tirpak
With technologies like these, USAF will sharpen its fighting edge. (PDF version)

Expeditionary—and Seriously Extended

Barrel Roll
By John T. Correll
In 1962, the United States began a “secret war” in Laos. The operation wasn’t revealed until 1970, by which time it consumed half of all US attack sorties in Southeast Asia. (PDF version)

The Famous Flying Lockheed Brothers
By Walter J. Boyne
The three inventive brothers got things rolling in the 1920s and 1930s. Then they checked out. (PDF version)

Space Almanac 2006
By Tamar A. Mehuron
The US military space operation in facts and figures. (PDF only)

AFA Nominees for 2006-07
Candidates for national offices and the Board of Directors. (PDF version)

Aerospace World
By Breanne Wagner (PDF version)

Action In Congress
By Tom Philpott (PDF version)

Verbatim
By John T. Correll (PDF version)

The Keeper File (PDF version)

The Chart Page (PDF only)

Airpower Classics
Artwork by Zaur Eylanbekov (PDF only)

Letters (PDF version)