June 2009 Issue
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In this month’s AFJ, we examine the potential of the unmanned era. Air Force Institute research professor Adam Lowther’s cover article asks whether it’s time to pursue a...
In this month’s AFJ, we examine the potential of the unmanned era. Air Force Institute research professor Adam Lowther’s cover article asks whether it’s time to pursue a...
The art of war
With regard to “New principles for new wars,” by Phillip S. Meilinger [January], I’m not convinced that Mr. Meilinger made his case, particularly when he implies that our...
With regard to “New principles for new wars,” by Phillip S. Meilinger [January], I’m not convinced that Mr. Meilinger made his case, particularly when he implies that our...
Maritime terrorism
Piracy is an act of terrorism and the U.S. should act multinationally, internationally or unilaterally to eliminate this exploitation in order to promote free and effective democracies,...
Piracy is an act of terrorism and the U.S. should act multinationally, internationally or unilaterally to eliminate this exploitation in order to promote free and effective democracies,...
Flashpoint: Satellite subterfuge
The famous Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is believed to have once said: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” meaning that at times you should take things at face value and...
By Peter Brookes
The famous Austrian psychiatrist Sigmund Freud is believed to have once said: “Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar,” meaning that at times you should take things at face value and...
By Peter Brookes
Essay: The rise of the tactical general
An amazing revolution is taking place in the history of war, and even perhaps of humanity. The U.S. military went into Iraq with zero unmanned systems on the ground and just a handful of...
By P.W. Singer
An amazing revolution is taking place in the history of war, and even perhaps of humanity. The U.S. military went into Iraq with zero unmanned systems on the ground and just a handful of...
By P.W. Singer
Unmanned and nuclear
In the wake of the August 2007 incident in which six air-launched cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force...
By Adam B. Lowther
In the wake of the August 2007 incident in which six air-launched cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads were mistakenly flown from Minot Air Force Base, N.D., to Barksdale Air Force...
By Adam B. Lowther
Why Gates is wrong
A year ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed a Heritage Foundation audience on the future requirements of the U.S. military. “Despite my job description,” Gates...
By Tom Donnelly
A year ago, Defense Secretary Robert Gates addressed a Heritage Foundation audience on the future requirements of the U.S. military. “Despite my job description,” Gates...
By Tom Donnelly
An armor opportunity
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the vehicle portion of the Army’s flagship Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, there was dismay among Army supporters on Capitol Hill and...
By Col. Robert Killebrew (Ret.)
When Defense Secretary Robert Gates canceled the vehicle portion of the Army’s flagship Future Combat Systems (FCS) program, there was dismay among Army supporters on Capitol Hill and...
By Col. Robert Killebrew (Ret.)
Carrier culture shock
As the Obama administration formulates its approach to national security policy, it would do well to start with reading “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” the...
By David W. Wise
As the Obama administration formulates its approach to national security policy, it would do well to start with reading “A Cooperative Strategy for 21st Century Seapower,” the...
By David W. Wise
Let’s do this!
The American military has become relatively self-congratulatory of late about our newfound aptitude for counterinsurgency. As the violence in Iraq remains low relative to the charnel house...
By Capt. Robert M. Chamberlain
The American military has become relatively self-congratulatory of late about our newfound aptitude for counterinsurgency. As the violence in Iraq remains low relative to the charnel house...
By Capt. Robert M. Chamberlain
Radio revolution
After World War I, the French built the Maginot Line, a series of defensive fortifications to guard against invasion by Germany or Italy. The French spent a lot of money building the Maginot...
By Col. Raymond Jones
After World War I, the French built the Maginot Line, a series of defensive fortifications to guard against invasion by Germany or Italy. The French spent a lot of money building the Maginot...
By Col. Raymond Jones
Do as I do
Suicide and access to mental health care in the military have drawn significant media attention over the last several years, resulting in increased focus on these issues by the public and...
By Maj. Eugene H. Kim
Suicide and access to mental health care in the military have drawn significant media attention over the last several years, resulting in increased focus on these issues by the public and...
By Maj. Eugene H. Kim
No mercy
The drama at sea that revolved around the taking of the Maersk Alabama ended April 12 with the deaths of three of the pirates holding merchant Capt. Richard Phillips and the capture of one...
By Col. Kevin C.M. Benson (Ret.)
The drama at sea that revolved around the taking of the Maersk Alabama ended April 12 with the deaths of three of the pirates holding merchant Capt. Richard Phillips and the capture of one...
By Col. Kevin C.M. Benson (Ret.)
All about the money
During a yearlong tour in Kuwait, where I came into regular contact with a wide variety of units at various stages of managing their contracts, I interacted with soldiers, sailors and airmen...
BY MAJ. DAVID BIGELOW
During a yearlong tour in Kuwait, where I came into regular contact with a wide variety of units at various stages of managing their contracts, I interacted with soldiers, sailors and airmen...
BY MAJ. DAVID BIGELOW
Industry pulse: Hypocrisy and hyperbole
People and companies don’t like change. Change means uncertainty, and uncertainty disturbs complacency and equilibrium.
By Scott Hamilton
People and companies don’t like change. Change means uncertainty, and uncertainty disturbs complacency and equilibrium.
By Scott Hamilton
Flight fright To the White House for authorizing the Air Force One photo op over Manhattan. For allowing something so indescribably stupid, White House Military Office director Louis Caldera was right to...
Silence speaks louder To Gen. Norton Schwartz. By responding to Paul Kane’s New York Times op-ed that called for the disbanding of the Air Force, the chief of staff added credibility to Kane’s...
Gitmo retreat To Congressman Jerry Moran for jumping on the Gitmo “not in my backyard” bandwagon. Ever since President Barack Obama ordered the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention...
Forum pick: From our online discussion board
Learning exercises, eh? To paraphrase a famous anti-war poem by a real warrior (Wilfrid Owen): ‘If you had to go door-to-door/& Inform the families of the deaths of fathers, sons,...
Learning exercises, eh? To paraphrase a famous anti-war poem by a real warrior (Wilfrid Owen): ‘If you had to go door-to-door/& Inform the families of the deaths of fathers, sons,...
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