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Air Force Magazine
Daily Report
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This Month in Air Force Magazine
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The President's Corner
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Note from AFA President -- Industrial Base, Aircraft Costs
November 18, 2009 -- AFA Members, Congressional Staffers, Civic Leaders, DOCA Members, one concern I have had, following SECDEF's April decisions to shut-down or truncate seven aircraft production lines, is the continued vibrancy of the aerospace industrial base...More
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Note from AFA President -- CSAR, Sorties, Afghan, PRC Cyber, ABL
November 13, 2009 -- AFA Members, Congressional Staffers, Civic Leaders, and DOCA members, one of our staff members pointed me to a piece in Aimpoints - a pictorial about Combat Search and Rescue in Afghanistan - which is focused...More
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Note from AFA President -- 2010 Stmt of Policy, Airpower in Afghanistan
November 4, 2009 -- AFA Members, Congressional Staffers, Civic Leaders, DOCA Members, In Sept AFA decided on its Statement of Policy for 2010. Its focus is on a Balanced Air Force - balanced in terms of capabilities today ...More
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Note from AFA President -- Cyber, Iran, Airpower
October 29, 2009 -- ...last week I ran across three interesting pieces. The first appeared in Foreign Affairs, is written by Gen (R) Wesley Clark and Peter Levin. It describes the nature and depth of the cyber threat to the US...More
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Note from AFA President -- Debt, Friedman, Heroes
October 20, 2009 -- AFA Members, Congressional Staffers, Civic Leaders, DOCA members, a while back I wrote, in concern, about my worries over the rising national debt...More
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Previous Notes from the President
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AFA’s 2009 Pitsenbarger Awards Help 400 Graduates
November 20, 2009 -- Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association (AFA) today announced a total of $160,000 was awarded to 400 graduates of the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF) this year through AFA’s Pitsenbarger Awards. Under this program, each of the recipients receives a $400 check and a certificate of achievement...More...
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36-Team Medalist Flight Set for National High School Cyber Defense Competition
November 17, 2009 -- Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association (AFA) today announced 15 teams advanced through a wild card round of nearly 100 competing teams to join the Medalist...More...
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AFA Highlights USAF Milestone: 100,000 Air Sorties This Year
November 12, 2009 -- Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association (AFA) today highlighted the Air Force milestone of 100,000 air sorties so far this year as part of joint operations in Iraq and Afghanistan...More...
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AFA Honors Veterans
November 11, 2009 -- Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association (AFA) today released the following Veterans Day statement:
“Today, the Air Force Association honors our nation’s veterans....More...
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AFA Announces Fall 2009 JROTC Instructor Grants
November 9, 2009 -- Arlington, VA – The Air Force Association (AFA) today announced 10 recipients of the AFJROTC Instructor Grants for the Fall of 2009, an AFA education initiative promoting the development of aerospace professionals...More...
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This Week In Airpower History
| | Saturday, November 19, 1932 -- National monument to Wilbur and Orville Wright is dedicated at Kitty Hawk, N.C.
| | | Monday, November 22, 1943 -- At the Cairo Conference, President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill, along with Chiang Kai-Shek, agree that B-29s will be based in the China-Burma-India theater for strikes on the Japanese home islands.
| | | Tuesday, November 22, 1988 -- Northrop and the Air Force roll out the B-2 stealth bomber at Air Force Plant 42 in Palmdale, Calif.
| | | Saturday, November 23, 1929 -- After visiting Robert H. Goddard, Charles A. Lindbergh arranges a grant of $50,000 from the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics to support Goddard's work with rockets.
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