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Louis Rene Beres, Thomas McInerney and Paul E. Vallely, Washington Times -- Prologue For A Mistaken Policy
Richard E. Hawley, General (Ret), USAF -- Why Weapons Systems Cost So Much
Larry Wortzel, Asian Wall Street Journal, -- China’s Cyber Offensive
Gian P. Gentile, New York Times -- Chimera of Victory
Washington Post -- The Threat from Somalia
Tom Donnelly and Tim Sullivan, Weekly Standard -- McChrystal Lite
Ray Takeyh, Washington Post -- Iran’s Nuclear Diversion
Evan Thomas and John Barry, Newsweek -- The Surprising Lessons of Vietnam
Wall Street Journal -- Why the Berlin Wall Fell
Aris Candris, Wall Street Journal -- Why the U.S. Needs Nuclear Power
Bjorn Lomborg, Wall Street Journal -- Global Warming as Seen from Bangladesh
Larry Wortzel, Wall Street Journal -- China’s Cyber Offensive
Gian P. Gentile, New York Times -- Chimera of Victory
General Lester Lyles, The Washington Examiner -- Canceled in its prime: the Airborne Laser
Victor Sebestyen, New York Times -- Transcripts of Defeat
Leo Michel and Robert Hunter, Los Angeles Times -- Keeping Our Allies On Our Side
Phillip S. Meilinger, Armed Forces Journal -- Lowering Risk
Wesley K. Clark and Peter L. Levin, -- Securing the Information Highway
Ed Timperlake, Washington Times -- What If Israel Strikes Iran from the Air?
liam McGurn, Wall Street Journal -- What Singapore Can Teach the White House
Shuja Nawaz, Wall Street Journal -- The Battle for Pakistan
Chuck Crumbo, thestate.com -- Air Power Can Reach Any Outpost
Ike Skelton and Joe Lieberman, Washington Post -- Don’t Settle for a Stalemate in Afghanistan
Lawrence Kadish, Wall Street Journal -- Taking the National Debt Seriously
Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- The Peace (Keepers) Prize
New York Post -- American Heroes
Robert Haddick, smallwarsjournal.com -- McChrystal Report Unwittingly Slays Counterinsurgency Doctrine
Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Washington Post -- Go All-In or Fold
Max Boot, Los Angeles Times -- We Can’t Downsize to Success in Afghanistan
Ross K. Baker, USA Today -- A War President’s Delicate Footing
Michael Gerson, Washington Post -- Decision Time for Obama
Ed Hooper, Washington Post -- Leave the Medal of Honor Alone
Andrew Nagorski, Washington Post -- Reagan’s Missile Defense Triumph
David Wood, PolitcsDaily.com -- Missile Defense: Who’s Jeering Now
General Barry R. McCaffrey (USA, Ret.), -- Transnational Drug Enterprises: Threats to Global Stability and U.S. National Security from Southwest Asia, Latin America, and West Africa.
Chester A. Cocker, New York Times -- Terms of Engagement
Frederick W. Kagan, Kimberly Kagan and James M. Dubik, Washington Post, -- The Afghan Illusion
Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times -- Policy Has To Match Sacrifice
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald -- Venezuela’s Iran Ties Raise Eyebrows
Omar Fadhil Al-Nidawi and Austin Bay, Wall Street Journal -- Iraq Needs A Real Air Force
Wall Street Journal -- Obama’s Missile Offense
Ronald D. Asmus, Washington Post -- Shattered Confidence in Europe
David Petraeus, London Times -- Afghanistan is Hard All the Time, But It’s Doable
Lindsey Graham, Joseph I. Lieberman and John McCain, Wall Street Journal -- Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan
Robert M. Gates, New York Times -- A Better Missile Defense for A Safer Europe
Matt Armstrong, Mountain Runner -- Preparing to Lose the Information War?
Ansar Rahel and Jon Krakaucer, New York Times -- To Save Afghanistan, Look to Its Past
Mary Kissel, Asian Wall Street Journal -- Is the U.S. Losing the Pacific?
David J. Kramer, Washington Post -- Placating Russia Won’t Work
Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald -- Despite Crisis, Latin Countries’ Military Spending Rising
L. Gordon Crovitz, Wall Street Journal -- Information as the New Arms Race
Wall Street Journal -- The War on Terror Goes On
Kimberly Kagan, Washington Examiner -- Can Iraq Awakening Be Repeated in Afghanistan?
Thomas E. Ricks, Ricks.ForeignPolicy.com -- McMaster Speaks: What Went Wrong in Iraq
Robert Haddick, Small Wars Journal -- A U.S.-Gulf Alliance Against Iran?
Afghan Tanker Strike and Airpower Implications
The Imperative for a New Tanker Now
David H. Petraeus - General, USA (Ret), -- Petraeus' apology to the Air Force
Barry R. McCaffrey - General, USA (Ret), -- Strategic Challenges Facing the Obama Administration
Lawrence E. Pence - Colonel, USAF (Ret), -- "Air Story" Out of Vietnam
Robert Kagan, Washington Post -- The President and the ‘Necessary War’ Myth
Peter Siner, Washington Examiner -- Fueling our Security: The Need For A Defense Energy Strategy
Bing West, Wall Street Journal -- How We’ll Win in Afghanistan
David Miliband, London Daily Telegraph -- Three Vital Steps to Rebuild Afghanistan
Michael V. Hayden, Washington Times -- Time for the CIA to Move Ahead, Not Back
Bing West, Small Wars Journal -- Tactics or Strategy?
Noah Shachtman, Wired.com -- Ancient Jet Keeps the U.S. Air War Flying
Wall Street Journal -- A Laser Defense Hit
Randy Schriver, Washington Times -- People’s Army Not Standing Still
Carol Graham and Jeremy Shapiro, Washington Post -- Why Are Afghans Smiling?
Merrill A. McPeak, Wall Street Journal -- Why We Need the F-22
Henry A. Kissinger, Washington Post -- The North Korea Fallout
Michael Goldfarb, Weekly Standard -- The Ultimate Demise of the F-22
Tony Blankley, Washington Times -- Empower The Local Tribal Chiefs
RIA Novosti, Rubric: Military news -- Commander outlines future of the Russian Air Force
Peter W. Singer, Washington Examiner -- Who’s Afraid of the Big, Bad Chinese Aircraft Carrier?
John Bolton, The Wall Street Journal -- It’s Crunch Time for Israel on Iran
David Miliband, Financial Times -- How to Help Afghans Defeat the Insurgency
Michael Hayden, New York Times -- Warrantless Criticism
Bing West, The Wall Street Journal -- How We’ll Win in Afghanistan
CRS Report on Defense Authorization and Appropriations
Getting Around in Afghanistan
Dietsch: Without additional F-22s, American dominance of airspace over all future battlefields in jeopardy
Obama errs on F-22 fighter jets
Air Force Association Response to 7/16/09 Speech by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Melanie Kirkpatrick, Wall Street Journal -- Why We Don’t Want a Nuclear-Free World
Wall Street Journal -- Predators and Civilians
Wall Street Journal -- Grounding the F-22
Paul S. Giarra and Michael J. Green, Wall Street Journal Asia -- Asia’s Military Balance at a Tipping Point
Richard Halloran, Washington Times -- Valuable Defense Lesson for U.S.
Ed Timperlake, Washington Times -- Need for 21st-Century Upgrades
Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson, Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- U.S. Military Needs The F-22 Raptor
The Economist -- Hold Your Nerve
Opinion, Investors.com, July 21, 2009 -- Shooting Down The Raptor
Paul Tobey, Letter to the Editor -- Congress' Fighter Jet Overkill
Richard D. Fisher Jr., Washington Times -- F-22 Fighters for Japan
Senator Hatch Floor Speech on F-22
Sens. Orrin G. Hatch and James M. Inhofe -- Misinformation spread about F-22
Micheal M. Dunn, President/CEO -- Supporting the F-22
AFA Letter to Senator Levin
F-22 Assertions and Facts
Principles of Airpower
Oscar Arias, Washington Post -- Fuel for a Coup
Trey Obering and Eric Edelman, Washington Post -- Defense for a Real Threat
Michael O’Hanlon, Washington Examiner -- We Might Still Need More Troops in Afghanistan
Wall Street Journal -- Putin’s Russia
John Nagl and Daniel Rice, Wall Street Journal -- A Jump Start for Iraq’s Private Sector
Wall Street Journal -- A Troubling START \
Richard Halloran, Honolulu Advertiser -- U.S. Reluctantly Remains World’s Policeman
Keith B. Payne, Wall Street Journal -- Arms Control Amnesia
Mike Dunn, The New York Times -- We Do Need the F-22
Jon Kyl and Richard Perle, Wall Street Journal -- Our Decaying Nuclear Deterrent
Michael Rubin, Wall Street Journal -- The Troop Drawdown Could Be Costly for Iraq
Gordon G. Chang, Wall Street Journal -- How to Stop North Korea’s Weapons Proliferation
Michael E. O’Hanlon, Washington Times -- Building a Basis for Success
Fred Kaplan, Slate.com -- Leaving Iraq
FY10 Force Structure Announcement (Powerpoint)
FY10 Force Structure Announcement (Narrative)
John R. Guardiano, The American Spectator -- Modernize the Military Now
MacKenzie Eaglen and Rebecca Grant, McClatchy Newspapers -- Commentary: A misguided quest to reform the Pentagon
Michael M. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- AFA President Written Statement to the SAC-D
Michael M. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- AFA President Oral Statement to the SAC-D
William S. Cohen, Washington Times -- No Time to Cut Missile Defense
Joseph I Lieberman, Wall Street Journal -- There’s No Room for Partisanship on Iran
Ann Applebaum, Washington Post -- Shadow Boxing in Pyongyang
Investors Business Daily -- Saving the Raptor
Leo Thorsness, Honolulu Advertiser -- Vietnam POW’s Can Explain What Torture Means
Heather Wilson, Washington Post -- A Weak Spot in Our Defenses
Kirk Lippold, Washington Times -- Obama’s Invisible Terror Victims
Chinese Air Forces
Roger D. Graham -- More Raptors: Obama Can Make Win-Win Decision for Economy
Paul Wolfowitz, Wall Street Journal -- How to Help North Korea’s Refugees
General Lawrence A. Skantze -- The Invisible Air Force
Gregory S. Martin -- "Balance" Over Time
Edward N. Luttwak, Wall Street Journal -- North Korea Serves The Diplomacy of Silence
Gerald F. Seib, Wall Street Journal -- Some Victories Emerge in Fight Against Islamic Extremism
Tom Brokaw, Wall Street Journal, -- Sacrifice and The Greatest Generation
Evan Bayh, Chicago Tribune -- Getting Tough With N. Korea
Wendy Chamberlin and Marvin Weinbaum, Philadelphia Inquirer -- The Cost of Commitment
Phillip Smucker, USA Today -- Winnable? Yes. Bloody? Count on It.
Ahmed Rashid, Washington Post -- Hearts on the Line in Pakistan
Mackenzie Eaglen, Heritage (Think Tank) -- America's Air Force Is in the Fight
Richard Aboulafia -- The Counter-Insurgency Delusion
Air Force 2010 Budget Aircraft Procurement
Richard B. Myers , Washington Times -- Time Propitious For Space Strategy
HERBERT LONDON , The Wall Street Journal -- The Meaning of Bloody Omaha
Kimberly Kagan, Washington Examiner -- In Afghanistan, New Team Faces Daunting Challenges
William J. Perry, Brent Scowcroft, and Charles D. Ferguson, The Wall Street Journal -- How to Reduce the Nuclear Threat
Fiscal Year 2010 Air Force Posture Statement
Victoria Toensing, The Wall Street Journal -- Critics Still Haven’t Read the ‘Torture’ Memo
Michael Evans, The London Times -- The Yanks and Their Fire Power are Coming
Wall Street Journal -- The Nuclear Realists
Cal Thomas, Washington Times -- Loose Lips or Loose Pics
Abdel Monem Said Aly, Wall Street Journal -- Iran’s New Target: Egypt
Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post -- Torture? No Except…
John R. Bolton, Wall Street Journal -- The Taliban’s Atomic Threat
Peter Brookes, New York Post -- The Cyberspy Threat
Kim R. Holmes, Baltimore Sun -- Risky Cuts
Lindsey Graham and John McCain, Wall Street Journal -- How to Handle the Guantanamo Detainees
Bing West, Wall Street Journal -- Give the Afghan Army a Governance Role
Wall Street Journal -- A Pacific Warning
William (Hack) Alexander CMSgt. USAF Ret. -- We Must be Prepared
Gen. Schwartz, Chief of Staff and Gen. Dunn, President and CEO of AFA -- New York Times, Letters to the Editor
Gary Harmon, AFA Member -- Air and Space Sufficiency
Dan Blumenthal, Asian Wall Street Journal -- Coming To Asia's Defense
Gates at Maxwell, 15 April 2009

Simi Air Force captain describes heated U.S. battle in Afghanistan

Gates Cuts Leading to ‘Strategic Drawdown:’ Wynne

Bret Stevens, Wall Street Journal -- Hiroshima, 2.0

Hap Arnold’s Grandson speaks out -- Remarks to the Arnold Air Society April 2009

Joseph E. Sutter, Chairman of the Board, AFA -- Are We One Day Closer…?

AFA Promotes Aerospace Education through Junior ROTC Grants

AFA Awards Aerospace Education Grants to Civil Air Patrol Squadrons

General Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Retired -- Modern Dedicated CSAR Helicopter Needed

John R. Bolton, The Wall Street Journal -- Iran Clenches Its Fist

John McCain and Joseph Lieberman, The Washington Post -- Our Must-Win War

The Wall Street Journal -- Declining Defense

Ronald D. Asmus, The Wall Street Journal -- A New NATO Bargain

The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF -- Women’s History Month

Norton A. Schwartz, General, USAF and Timothy R. Kirk, Lieutenant Colonel, USAF, -- Policy and Purpose

Merrill A. McPeak and Kurt Bassuener, The Washington Post -- Grounding Sudan's Killers

John McHugh, The Washington Times -- Cutting Defense Too Deeply

Budget Stats

Jack David, The Wall Street Journal -- There's No Reason For A Nuclear Test Ban

The Wall Street Journal -- Winning A Cyber War

Uzi Rubin, The Wall Street Journal -- Yes, We Should Worry About Iran's Satellite

The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF -- Service Before Self

Mark Bowden, The Atlantic -- The Last Ace

Robert Kagan, The Washington Post -- No Time To Cut Defense

Eugene Kim, The Harvard Crimson -- Why We Need the Raptor

Mackubin Thomas Owens, The Wall Street Journal -- Let's Have Flexible Armed Forces

Joseph E. Sutter, -- Nuclear Challenges Require Careful Thought

2004-2008 Combined Forces Air Component Commander Airpower Statistics
(As of 31 December 2008)

Air Force Fighters: Dwindling Purchases, Rising Age

Jacques S. Gansler, The Baltimore Sun -- Security for the 21st Century

New York Daily News -- In Deep Gratitude

Thane Rosenbaum, The Wall Street Journal -- The War on Terror Has Not Gone Away:

Martin Feldstein, The Wall Street Journal -- Defense Spending Would Be Great Stimulus

The Wall Street Journal -- Feel Like a Trillion Bucks

December 2008 AAR from General McCaffrey

The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF -- We Care About You

Andrew J. Bacevich, Newsweek -- Afghanistan: What's Our Definition of Victory?

Richard Halloran, The Honolulu Advertiser -- U.S. Pacific Command Modifies Strategy

Brian T. Kennedy, The Wall Street Journal -- What a Single Nuclear Warhead Could Do

The Wall Street Journal -- Ray Kelly’s Wiretap Alarm

Max Boot, The Wall Street Journal -- Pirates, Terrorism and Failed States

General Kevin Chilton, The Wall Street Journal -- Sounding the Nuclear Alarm

Benjamin Bahney and Renny McPherson, The Washington Times -- Know Your Enemy

Richard N. Haass -- What The Recession Means For Foreign Policy

APA -- Waterfall Charts of ANG Aircraft (All_States_FY34CAFv2_3.xls)

APA -- Waterfall Charts of ANG Aircraft (All_States_FY34MAFa.xls)

APA -- Waterfall Charts of ANG Aircraft (All_States_FY34v2_3.xls)

APA -- Waterfall Charts of ANG Aircraft (All_States_FY34CAFvASA.xls)

General McCaffrey Visit to Iraq - November 2008

Frederick W. Kagan, The Wall Street Journal -- Security Should Be the Deciding Issue

Andrew J. Bacevich, The Los Angeles Times -- The Age of Triumphalism is Over

John R. Bolton, The Washington Post -- Russia Unromanticized

Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, Air Force Memorial, Arlington, VA, Friday, October 17, 2008 -- Swearing-In of Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley

General Barry R. McCaffrey, -- NORAD/NORTHCOM After-Action report

Henry A. Kissinger and George P. Shultz, The Washington Post -- Building on Common Ground With Russia

General Lawrence A. Skantze -- Reflections on the Evolution of Air Force Acquisition

Charles J. Dunlap Jr., Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Using Bad PR Is Taliban's Defense Against Airpower

The Enlisted Perspective, Rodney J. McKinley, CMSAF -- Outside the Wire

Gideon Rose, The Los Angeles Times -- Small Allies, Big Headaches

Jim Hoagland, The Washington Post -- A Baltic Response to the Bear

Lindsey Graham and Joe Lieberman, Wall Street Journal -- Russia's Aggression Is a Challenge to World Order

Tom Bowman, National Public Radio -- New Chief Aims To Restore Air Force's Reputation

James Lyons, The Washington Times -- LYONS: China's One World?

Peter Bergen, The Washington Post -- Al Qaeda at 20 Dead or Alive?

Air Force Key Talking Points

Bing West, The Wall Street Journal -- The War in Iraq Is Over. What Next?

General McCaffrey visit to Air Force Space Command

Editoral, The Washington Post, 8/2/2008 -- A Strategy for Pakistan

Ashton B. Carter and Robert G. Joseph, The Boston Globe -- Strengthening Our Strategy Against WMD

Ernesto Londoño, Washington Post Foreign Service -- Rebuilding an Air Force From The Ground Up

Siobhan Gorman, The Wall Street Journal Online -- Georgia States Computers Hit By Cyberattack

More Quotes on Airpower

Peter Mansoor, The Washington Post -- How The Surge Worked

The Wall Street Journal -- The EMP Threat

Peter Wood, The Chronicle of Higher Education -- How Our Culture Keeps Students Out of Science

AFA Chairman Tours Eielson

AFA Chairman Visits Elmendorf

Latest Report from General McCaffrey

Fixing DOD Acquisition

David Buckwalter, -- Tinker Visit Refreshing

Richard Andres, The Washington Times -- The New Role of Air Strike in Small Wars

Richard Lugar, The Washington Times -- Trust Still Needs Verification

Peter Huessy, The Washington Times -- Keep U.S. Nukes

AFA Chairman Visits Elmendorf

Michael M. Dunn, President/CEO of the Air Force Association -- The Pile-On Effect

James A. Baker III and Warren Christopher, The New York Times -- Put War Powers Back Where They Belong

From Michael B. Donley, Acting Secretary of the Air Force -- Rebuilding the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise

On a Wing and a Prayer

Caspar Weinberger Jr. , HumanEvents.com -- Gates and the Air Force

David Buck Buckwalter, Tucson Citizen -- Visit to D-M Leaves Former Chief Proud

AIR FORCE SPACE:

Commander’s Guidance and Intent for 2008 - 2009

AFSPC Achievements 2007

2008 Air Force Space Command Posture Statement

Los Angeles Times -- Candy Bombing for 2008

Rowan Scarborough, The Washington Times -- Air Force Firings Followed Budget Battle

Gates Approves New Defense Strategy Over Objections of Service Chiefs

Richard Halloran, The Washington Times -- COMMENTARY: North Korea Conundrum

Mike Daly, The New York Daily News -- GI Bill Wilts As Troops Face Heat

Mark Bowden, The Philadelphia Inquirer -- The Point: Handling a 21st-Century Threat

Stephen F. Cohen, The Nation -- The Missing Debate

Gates, Air Force leaders were at odds from start, analysts say

Robert Scheer, Los Angeles Times -- Letter to Los Angeles Times

Bob Kjar, President AFA Houston, San Jacinto Chapter AF233 -- Greatness Defined The Resignation of Secretary Wynne and General Moseley

Peter Brookes, The New York Post -- The Newest Trends in Terror

Richard Halloran, The Honolulu Advertiser -- In Asia-Pacific, U.S. 'Leads From the Middle'

Andrei Cherny, USA Today -- A Lesson from Berlin for Baghdad

Mark Helprin, The Wall Street Journal -- The Challenge From China

Brian M. Carney, The Wall Street Journal -- Air Combat By Remote Control

Predator CAPs Double in One Year

Fiscal Year 2009 Air Force Unfunded Requirements List

Jon Kyl, The Washington Post -- Hussein's Terrorism Links

Charles Krauthammer, The Washington Post -- Deterring the Undeterrable

Pat Condon, -- Mandatory vs. Discretionary Federal Spending – Who Says?

Information courtesy of National Journal - Procurement History and Average Age

Information courtesy of National Journal - Aircraft Procurement

The Sky Warrior Program … Building a House of Cards

Air Force VS Army Concepts for UAV Employment

Bill Croom, Aerospace Education Council -- The Data, The Whole Data...And Nothing But....

David Stafford, The Washington Post -- Iraq Is a Mess. But Germany Was, Too.

AFA Letter to Secretary of Defense

James Carafano, New York Post -- Right Way to View US Defense Costs

CMSAF Rodney J. McKinley -- The Enlisted Perspective - Caring is Free

Elizabeth Dole, The Washington Times -- Planning for America's Security

Louis Rene Beres, Thomas McInerney and Paul E. Vallely, The Washington Times -- Strategic Doctrine

Bret Stephens, The Wall Street Journal -- How al Qaeda Will Perish

Fighter & Attack Aircraft Inventory vs. Tanks

Richard Halloran, The Honolulu Advertiser -- China Looks to Modernize its Military

Peter Wehner, Financial Times -- Al-Qaeda is Losing the War of Minds

Military Power of the People’s Republic of China 2008

Jim Saxton, Washington Times -- The Price Of Peace And Strength

Joseph R. Tomczak -- The Away Game

Maj. Gen. Charles J. Dunlap Jr. -- Air Power Unsung Hero in Surge

Daniel Gallington, Washington Times -- Failure to Communicate

Zalmay Khalizad, Wall Street Journal -- Iran's Nuclear Threat

Ashley J. Tellis, Wall Street Journal -- Don't Panic About Space Weapons

Anthony H. Cordesman, Washington Post -- Two Winnable Wars

General Eugene E. Habiger -- Nuclear Weapons.........Getting Closer to Zero

Charles J. Dunlap Jr, New York Times -- We Still Need the Big Guns

Joseph F. Callo -- What About Our Military?

Aging Airframes in Perspective

Elizabeth Dole, Fayetteville Observer -- Keep Commitment to Defense

Bob Kjar, President, AFA Houston, San Jacinto Chapter AF233 -- Turning On Our Lights

General Barry R McCaffrey USA (Ret) After Action Report -- Visit Iraq and Kuwait 5-11 December 2007

General Barry McCaffrey USA (Ret) - After Action Report

War -- or Crime -- in Cyberspace

Henry Sokolski, Asian Wall Street Journal -- Atomic Non-Allies

Kim Holmes/Mackenzie Eaglen, The Washington Times -- Avoiding a Hollow Force

Air Force Issues Update -- January 2008

Tucker Fagan, Wyoming Tribune-Eagle - Letter to Editor -- Aging Aircraft

Scott P. Van Cleef, Brig Gen, USAF (Ret) - Your Aging Air Force

Richard Halloran, Honolulu Advertiser - 2008 Full Of Challenges For Asia Leaders

Gordon G. Chang, Wall Street Journal - China Flexes Its Muscles

Frank J. Gaffney Jr., Washington Times - Gordon England's War

John R. Bolton, Washington Post - The Flaws In the Iran Report

Max Boot, Wall Street Journal - The Gulf States And Iran

Richard Samp, USA Today - Opposing view: We're Still at War

Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins, Los Angeles Times - Pakistan's Dr. Doom

Michael Totten, New York Daily News - What I See Every Day in Iraq: Locals Turning Against the Insurgents

The Wall Street Journal - American Brain Drain

Michael M. Dunn, Lt Gen (Ret), President/CEO, Air Force Association - The Indispensable Invisible Force

Members of Congress Urge DOD to Boost F-22 Fleet

James A. Lyons Jr., Washington Times - Asymmetric Cyber Threat

Jim Saxton - Strategic Airlift On Artificial Life Support

Peter Huessy, Washington Times - America Becomes Safer

James G. Zumwalt - A Generation Lost?

Airmen's Creed

Lt. Gen. (ret.) Michael M. Dunn, President/CEO, Air Force Association - Drone Insanity

General T. Michael Moseley, 18th Chief of Staff, United States Air Force - Cherish the Past, Forge the Future: In the Company of Heroes

Loren B. Thompson, Ph.D., Issue Brief - Army Plans for Reconnaissance Drones Misuse a Vital Asset

Peter Zimmerman and Hans Binnendijk, Washington Times - New Nuclear Deterrents

Loren Thompson, Armed Forces Journal - Two Decades of Decay

Douglas A. Borer, Christian Science Monitor - From Belfast To Baghdad – What Have We Learned?

Chester E. Finn, Jr. and Diane Ravitch, Wall Street Journal - Not By Geeks Alone

Charles J. Dunlap, The Washington Times - Lawfare Amid Warfare

Gordon England, St. Paul Pioneer Press - High Praise And Thanks For The Work Of The Minnesota Guard

Peter Wehner, Wall Street Journal - General Petraeus Needs Time

Eric Margolis, The Toronto Sun - America's ace
Without the might of the U.S. Air Force, the battle would be lost

George Melloan, Wall Street Journal - Immigration Paralysis

Ashley J. Tellis, Wall Street Journal - China's Space Weapons

Col Jim Sutton, USAF (Ret) - What We Owe Our Sons & Daughters

General Richard E. Hawley, USAF, (Ret) - Our Vanishing Military Deterrent

Charles J. Hanley, Associated Press - The Other 'Surge': Air Force Boosts Its Air Fleet To Back Up Troops In Iraq

Nouri Al-Maliki, Wall Street Journal - Our Common Struggle

Gen Lawrence A. Skantze, USAF (Ret) - Recapitalizing Our Air Force – A National Imperative

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