The term "Chair Farce" is typically used in the derogatory by non-Air Force members of the uniformed military. It appears, however, that Air Force brass is trying to give the term some more substance:The Air Force's top leadership sought for three years to spend counterterrorism...
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Why does the Air Force have more trouble getting over the Cold War than either of the other services? The Army has rebuilt itself in response to the wars in.
I have to agree with Noah; the evidence for inter-service tension between the Army and the Air Force in this article is largely inferential. Shanker relates some anecdotes about Army.
Yes, its yet another in a series of "when is he coming back, I can't stand this new guy" posts. We probably all know Farley's views on the Air Force, and just why it needs to be folded back into the Army and Navy (and...
As is being reported everywhere,Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne have been asked to resign. The proximate cause appears to have been.
The Air Force thinks we're stupid:Noah:No one expects commercials to be word-for-word accurate -- not even ads from the U.S. military. But a new Air Force commercial, about the perils.
Redbeard writes in an e-mail:The F-22 is all over Iron Man. Probably gets as much screen time as the Audi driven by Tony Stark. Wonder if that will get Congress to buy a bunch of them.I don't know; the F-22 also got tooled pretty badly...
SecDef Gates at the Air Force Air University:Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Monday the Air Force is not doing enough to help in the Iraq and Afghanistan war effort, complaining.
Didn't we always really know? HT to Pinko Punko.
Noah summarizes the disputes between Gates and the Air Force to this point..Last fall, the Pentagon's civilian chiefs shot down an Air Force move to take over almost all of the military's big unmanned aircraft. "There has to be a better way to do this,"...
This is rather a surprise....Northrop Grumman and European partner EADS, parent company of Airbus, beat out presumptive favorite Boeing for the U.S. Air Force's $40 billion, 179-plane tanker deal, according.
It's not just that the Air Force is requesting $112.5 million for PR; it could buy a little more than half of one of the F-22s it so deeply covets.