The USS Kanawha, a 691-ton Unadilla-class screw steam gunboat, was commissioned in January 1862. (Navy)

From the archives: August 13, 1864

Effect of the Screw Propeller on Steering

…In our day, when …

In “What the QDR Should be asking, but isn’t: Lessons for leaders from the interwar years,” AFJ contributing editor Peter W. Singer writes, “When today’s leaders compare our turbulent times to the …

From the archives: August 12, 1899

Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis

Army officers are not altogether pleased that [Maj.] General [Elwell] Otis should have to apply to the Navy Department for rapid …

Lt. Harold B. Miller with his Curtiss F9C-2 “Sparrowhawk” fighter visits his hometown of Newton, Iowa, while en route from Lakehurst, N.J., to Moffett Field, Calif., in October 1933. (Navy)

From the …

From the archives: August 10, 1935

Gen. Douglas MacArthur

[Editor’s note: Gen. Douglas MacArthur, then the Army’s chief of staff, wrote to thank the editor of the Army and Navy Journal, John …

One of the last things Mark Maybury did before stepping down as the U.S. Air Force’s chief scientist was to put the finishing touches on a new vision for his service’s science …

From the archives: August 9, 1941

[Editor’s note: Five months before Pearl Harbor, the U.S. Navy was already adding ships by the day. This Naval Historical Center photo shows USS San Diego …

Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, who castigated “rosy official statements” in last year’s “Truth, Lies, and Afghanistan,” argues in AFJ that the Army’s strategic, procurement, and operational failures dictate bold action: a …

From the archives: August 1988

Interview: Gen. Alfred M. Gray

Commandant of the Marine Corps

By LuAnne K. Levens and Benjamin Schemmer

Gen. Alfred M. Gray

AFJI [the magazine was at the …

An F-20 Tigershark fires a Maverick missile. (Air Force)

From the archives: August 1983

The fighters that weren’t there

By Anthony H. Cordesman

Airshows are many things to many people, but to …