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Airpower in Action

Sending a Signal

Shifting GPS assets will take about two years, but warfighters will begin to see improvements right away.

Beyond CAP Fixation

USAF's ISR czar says overhead ISR support is more than platform numbers.

Land-locked, Interesting Neighbors

US military planners are building transport options to support the Afghan surge.

Why Now?

USAF uncorked the bottle on its secret drone as it plans to ramp up Sentinel employment in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan and ISR

USAF's ISR force in Afghanistan was building prior to surge plan.

When the Time is Right

There will be no gap in reconnaissance coverage over the Korean peninsula.

Tough Questions about Joint Requirements

Despite a tightening of rules for engaging airpower, a JFCOM official says history suggests more will be needed for the fight in Afghanistan.

Beyond Outrageous

CENTCOM boss takes mindless shot at USAF.

Getting Afghan Air Into the Fight

US and coalition airmen are preparing their Afghan counterparts for self-sufficiency.

Rotary Operations, the Iraqi Way

Camp Taji is hub of the Iraqi Air Force’s expanding helicopter operations.

Building a Credible Air Force

The Iraqi Air Force is making significant strides but still needs time.

Cost in Airframes

The Air Force has lost 65 aircraft in the global war on terror.

Building an Iraqi Air Force

A Different Kind of Fight

Where Middle Eastern Meets West, According To North

Verbatim

Preemptive Action
"Since the [Defense] Department's acceptance of the independent estimates last fall, we've been, in just about every respect, acting as if the program were in a Nunn-McCurdy breach. ... We've been taking all of the mitigating and corrective action that we would take as if there were a Nunn-McCurdy breach."
—Air Force Secretary Michael Donley, discussing with reporters the restructure of the F-35 strike fighter program announced in February 2010 and the probability that the program will soon exceed Nunn-McCurdy cost-monitoring thresholds that would necessitate, per US law, a program review and corrective steps, Washington, D.C., March 2, 2010.

Verbatim

Message for Grandma
"She has working for her as a citizen in the United States an Air Force Reserve that has some very talented, capable, patriotic, and willing individuals doing the business to keep this nation free. Just like her generation—the 'Greatest Generation'—was, I am very proud of the folks that we have got. If not the second greatest, then they are an extension of the greatest generation and they are ready, willing, and able to do the things that she would want them to do to make sure we keep our freedoms."
—Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Air Force Reserve chief, responding to a reporter's question on what the reporter should tell his 85-year-old grandmother to convey to her the importance of Air Force Reservists to the nation's security, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 19, 2010.