Outsourcing Heavy Airlift
For the logistician, more than anyone, the ending of the Cold War brought a wholly unforeseen benefit. When the former …
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An Interview With Col. Walter J. Boyne, USAF (Ret.)
The classic melody “Ode to Joy” from the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony welled up in the mind of …
The Stealth Debate
The importance of stealth as it applies to modern combat aircraft is at the center of a growing debate. Framed …
The Battle of Midway: The Sole Survivor of Torpedo Squadron 8
Then-Ensign George Gay, U.S. Navy Reserve, was the pilot of one of the 15 Douglas TBD-1 Devastators of Torpedo Squadron …
XF-11 Was Howard Hughes’ “Might Have Been” Reconnaissance Aircraft
On July 7, 1946, a young Marine on leave, Sgt. William Lloyd Durkin, was relaxing next door to an unoccupied …
Chuck Gumm, the First Mustang Ace in the War Against Germany
First Lt. Charles F. Gumm, Jr. looked out from his cockpit, scanned the sky and scanned again.
He was called …
Interview With Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF (Ret.), CEO, Mav6
In July 2006, Lt. Gen. David Deptula was appointed as the U.S. Air Force’s first deputy chief of staff for …
A-10s, Live Munitions
As the A-10 is once more in the news, with Congress and the Air Force wrangling over its retirement, here …
A-10 Thunderbolt II Anniversary I Photos
Considering the amount of support the A-10 Thunderbolt II has provided ground troops over the course of its 40 years, …
The A-10 Is at War on Its 40th Anniversary
This summer, Lt. Col. Brian “B. T.” Burger will take command of the 184th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron in Afghanistan and …