Tomcats Over the Desert: Naval Aviation Through the Decades
When Operation Desert Storm began, the F-14 Tomcat was the only in-service fighter in the U.S. inventory to have scored …
Conflicts & Operations
China Military Power Report Details Nation’s Desire to Become a World Class Economic and Military Power
What does China want? Why are they growing their military reach and capability, and is China the next big threat …
Air Force Chief Talks About Future Capabilities, Uncertainties
“We will do it, or we’ll die trying,” said Gen. Norton Schwartz.
The Air Force chief of staff spoke in …
AFSOC Begins a Long War – Special Operations Forces and Operation Enduring Freedom
Editor’s Note: Maj. Gen. Rich Comer, who is well known to our readers, wrote the following piece from memory and …
Why Staff Sgt. Robert Gutierrez Should Receive the Medal of Honor
Staff Sgt. Robert Gutierrez, Jr. took a bullet and saved a dozen troops in an Oct. 5, 2009 firefight in …
The Copenhagen Meeting of Heisenberg and Bohr
September 1941 was a high water mark for Nazi Germany. Though defiant, Great Britain was reeling. The Soviet Union appeared …
“Serious People” Are Looking at New Plan to Merge Air Force Reserve, Air Guard
A proposal to combine the Air Force Reserve and the Air National Guard (ANG) is being circulated in the Pentagon …
Field Marshal Sir John Dill and Gen. George C. Marshall
“. . . I propose writing to you personally and very frankly whenever any matters arise which I think merit …
The Capture of U-570 and its Enigma Cipher Machine
The use of secret messages to communicate sensitive information is as old as the art of war itself. The ancient …
Phantom Over North Vietnam
Caught up in the largest air battle ever waged over North Vietnam on May 10, 1972, Showtime 106 was a …