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2,008 No. 4
April 2008

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Editorial: Lurching Toward a Cliff

By Robert S. Dudney

At some point, we will have put ourselves irrevocably on course for the failure of American arms.

The Redefinition of Airpower

By John A. Tirpak

Speakers at AFA’s Orlando Symposium said USAF is committed—really committed—to a new “flight path.”

The Heavy Toll of High Optempo

By Marc V.Schanz

At AFA’s Orlando Symposium, senior airmen spell out what’s happening to a force constantly in motion.

Fighting for Air Dominance

By John A. Tirpak

The US hasn’t worried about command of the air for more than 50 years, but the trend lines all are negative.

Ramenskoye, Past and Present

Photography by Aleksey Mikheyev

Curtain Up on White Space

By Jeremy Singer

The trend is toward military use of unclassified satellite data.

Defense Budget at a Glance (Fiscal 2009)

By Tamar A. Mehuron and Heather Lewis

Toward the Totally Educated Airman

By Rebecca Grant

The Air Force has pushed airpower education higher on the list of service priorities.

When the Draft Calls Ended

John T. Correll

The all-volunteer force was a return to—not a departure from—the nation’s tradition of military service.

Bullets Between the Blades

By Dik A. Daso

The fixed, forward-firing aerial machine gun marked the start of true air-to-air combat.

Washington Watch

Issue Brief: The Fighter Numbers Flap

Air Force World

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Airpower Classics: Ju 87 Stuka

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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.

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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.