The USAF has been pissing off a lot of people lately. The first problem is the F-22. The Air Force insists that it needs a lot of them. Congress, footing the bill, isn’t so sure. The Air Force has at least half of a case on this. It’s true enough that the F-22 is useless […]
Tag: air power
The Russians seem desperate for attention. Alex: Russian air force out again, in some strength; and exercising a whole range of types, including the White Swan…sorry…Tu-160 BLACKJACK, BEAR
…for abolishing the Air Force better than I ever could. In a rather incoherent op-ed in yesterday’s NYT, Major General Charles Dunlap makes the following series of claims: The military suc
The roundtable for the Air Force article is now up at TAP. Participants included myself, David Axe, Jason Sigger, Michael Goldfarb, John of Op-For, Sharon Weinberger, and Noah Shachtman. The subscription wall for the original article is now down as well.
Got some good reactions out there to my Air Force abolition article: David Axe is participating in a roundtable on the article, the results of which will be available tomorrow. He’s also written
I have an article in this month’s American Prospect about the United States Air Force. An excerpt: But it’s time to revisit the 1947 decision to separate the Air Force from the Army. While