Air and Space Power Journal

A Range-Balanced Force: An Alternate Force Structure Adapted to New Defense Priorities

Nowhere to Hide: The Growing Threat to Air Bases

Lt Gen Frank Andrews and the Role of Airpower in Hemispheric Security

Realizing Operational Planning and Assessment in the Twenty-First-Century Air Operations Center: How a Refined Planning Construct and Semantic Technologies Can Enable Delivery of the AOC's Last Unsupported Functions (Part 2)

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Tanker Acquisition: A Systems Engineering Perspective

Maj Sarah Lynch, USAF
Dr. Alan R. Heminger
Lt Col David D. Mattioda, PhD, USAF

This article highlights the need for a sound systems-engineering approach to tanker acquisitions. It first outlines the history of air refueling—specifically, the creativity and willingness to take risks exhibited by our forefathers in the field—and...

Warrior Feedback

Thanks, Chief

Written by a Retired USAF Colonel and Former Bomb Wing Commander

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh on Wednesday [5 December 2012] told commanders and supervisors throughout the Air Force to conduct a widespread sweep of all work spaces and public areas looking for pictures, calendars and other materials that...

Modernizing the Air Force's Computation of Spare Engine Requirements

Mr. Joe Huelsman

Inconsistent approaches to computing stock levels for engines and other aircraft spare parts continue to hinder the US Air Force’s ability to support the readiness of weapon systems effectively and efficiently. This problem makes the respective...

An Airman's Mission Statement

Brig Gen Robert P. Givens, USAF

The Airmen who fought for our independence as a separate service had relatively clear ideas on the subject of the United States Air Force and the use of airpower. They believed that the airplane gave us the opportunity to fight war differently....

Selected Air University Research

Fast Transients: Closing the Loop on Air Force Professional Military Education

Capt Walter Darnell, Capt David Gorman, Capt John Hamilton, Capt Matthew Hammerle, Capt Devin Ivy, Capt Julie Janson,Capt James Ketterer,Mr. Scott Knuteson, Capt Marcus McWilliams,Capt Gregory Tengco

This study intentionally limited its scope to address the Basic Developmental Education (BDE) portion of PME. Though findings and recommendations of this study could be partially extrapolated to address Intermediate Developmental Education (IDE) and...

Book Reviews

MacArthur's Airman: General George C. Kenney and the War in the Southwest Pacific

America's School for War: Fort Leavenworth, Officer Education, and Victory in World War II

Fast Tanks and Heavy Bombers: Innovation in the U.S. Army, 1917-1945

The Hump: American's Strategy for Keeping China in World War II

Mission to Berlin: The American Airmen Who Struck the Heart of Hitler's Reich

Death from the Heavens: A History of Strategic Bombing

Fighting for Afghanistan: A Rogue Historian at War

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