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Perspectives on the War on Terror

The War on Terror *November 2001*	The Rediscovery of Danger (Editorial) November 2001
The War on Terror (Verbatim Special) December 2001	Strategy for Changing Times (Editorial) December 2001
War on Terror (Verbatim Special) January 2002	Tankers and Lifters for a Distant War January 2002
Blood and Thunder (Editorial) January 2002	4 Decades of Worldwide Terrorism February 2002
Enduring Freedom February 2002	Seeking Terrorists February 2002
The Little Predator That Could March 2002	The Nation at War (Editorial) March 2002
The Combination that Worked April 2002	The War Nobody Expected April 2002
Masters of Invisibility June 2002	The Defense of Fighters July 2002
The EAF in Peace and War July 2002	Beddown in Bishkek July 2002
Black September 11 September 2002	The Airpower of Anaconda September 2002
Reach-Forward October 2002	An Air War Like No Other November 2002
Loggie Power November 2002	The Red Horse Way February 2003
Afghan Duty September 2004	Sept. 11, Minute by Minute October 2004
The Fallujah Model February 2005	The Echoes of Anaconda April 2005
A Complex and Changing Air War January 2006	Holding on Through “The Long War” April 2006

The War on Terror November 2001
Photography by DOD photographers

Operation Enduring Freedom began in earnest in early October with air strikes against terrorist and military targets and humanitarian relief airdrops in Afghanistan.

The Rediscovery of Danger (Editorial) November 2001
By John T. Correll

Until the attack, Americans saw no threat to their security.

The War on Terror (Verbatim Special) December 2001
By Robert S. Dudney

Interesting and infamous statements about the war.

Strategy for Changing Times (Editorial) December 2001
By John T. Correll

Assumptions in effect on Sept. 11 may no longer be in effect.

War on Terror (Verbatim Special) January 2002
By Robert S. Dudney

Interesting and infamous statements about the war.

Tankers and Lifters for a Distant War January 2002
By Richard J. Newman

Air Mobility Command has been the glue holding the Afghanistan operation together.

Blood and Thunder (Editorial) January 2002
By John T. Correll

The peanut gallery was wrong again. Airpower did not fail in Afghanistan.

4 Decades of Worldwide Terrorism February 2002

The State Department provides a partial list of terror events since 1961.

Enduring Freedom February 2002
By John A. Tirpak

USAF's heavy bombers dominated events in Afghanistan, but the success story was much broader than that.

Seeking Terrorists February 2002
Photography by USAF photographers

US and coalition forces continue to search out pockets of resistance in Afghanistan and maintain combat air patrols in the States.

The Little Predator That Could March 2002
By Richard J. Newman

It is not officially operational, but it proved itself in Afghanistan. more...

The Nation at War (Editorial) March 2002
By John T. Correll

Either we get them or they get us.

The Combination That Worked April 2002
By Peter Grier

CENTCOM's Franks says air and space power have been pivotal in Afghanistan. more...

The War Nobody Expected April 2002
By Rebecca Grant

The US suddenly had to fight halfway around the world, in primitive conditions and without preparation. more...

Masters of Invisibility June 2002
By Richard J. Newman

In Afghanistan, the work of USAF Special Operations Forces was not seen but most assuredly felt. more...

Beddown in Bishkek July 2002
By John Hendren

American forces now are using a base that didn't exist in a country that, until recently, didn't exist. more...

In Defense of Fighters July 2002
By Rebecca Grant

Those who think fighters are finished do not understand basic operational requirements of war.

The EAF in Peace and War July 2002
By John T. Correll

The concept works. It has also led to a new way of life for the Air Force.

The Airpower of Anaconda September 2002
By Rebecca Grant

Strangling the enemy required more than encirclement and movement to contact; it took solid pounding from airpower, too. more...

Black September 11 September 2002
By Adam J. Hebert

After the attacks, USAF took a leading role in the terror war and changed the way it operates.

Reach-Forward October 2002
By Rebecca Grant

What happened to the idea that execution authority should be delegated to the lowest possible level? more...

An Air War Like No Other November 2002
By Rebecca Grant

Eighty percent of the time, American airmen received their targets only after they had taken off. more...

Loggie Power November 2002
By Peter Grier

Operation Enduring Freedom posed the most demanding Air Force logistics challenge since the Gulf War. more...

The RED HORSE Way February 2003
By Peter Grier

These USAF engineers are at the leading edge of one of the largest military construction efforts since Vietnam.

Afghan Duty September 2004
Photography by USAF combat camera photographers

In the badlands of Afghanistan, USAF airmen and their allies continue Operation Enduring Freedom.

Sept. 11, Minute by Minute October 2004
By Adam J. Hebert, Senior Editor

The 9/11 Commission Report clears up some misperceptions about that awful day.

The Fallujah Model February 2005
By Rebecca Grant

The operation has become the benchmark for airpower in urban joint force warfare.

The Echoes of Anaconda April 2005
By Rebecca Grant

As a new USAF report shows, the March 2002 battle in Afghanistan taught many lessons.

A Complex and Changing Air War January 2006
By Marc V. Schanz, Associate Editor

The top airman in Southwest Asia discusses air operations over Iraq and Afghanistan.

Holding on Through “The Long War” April 2006
By John A. Tirpak, Executive Editor

The war on terror dominates DOD thinking, but the Air Force must be ready to fight across the spectrum of conflict.

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