Air & Space Forces Magazine
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Check out the March/April 2025 issue of Air & Space Forces Magazine.
WORLD: Combat Air Forces
The F-47: Next Generation Air Dominance Boeing Wins Contest to Build the Next Manned Fighter. By Chris Gordon and John A. Tirpak When President Donald Trump announced March 21 that Boeing would build the Next-Generation Air Dominance fighter, he unleashed a...
AWACS Enters the Homestretch
As USAF awaits the E-7, Airmen keep the E-3 flying. TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. Observers have called the plane aging, old, even geriatric. A few have described its current state as being in “hospice care,” as they look forward...
Risking America’s Long-Range Strike Capability
Why retiring the B-1 too soon could undermine U.S. security. The U.S. Air Force plans to start retiring the B-1 Lancer fleet to make room for the new, sixth-generation B-21 Raider. But the Air Force is planning to do that...
Battle of Takur Ghar Controversy Continues
New Medal of Honor Museum Plays Down 21st Century Air Force Hero. Twenty-three years after his heroic death on a frozen Afghan peak, John Chapman is still fighting against the odds. Chapman, a combat controller with the 24th Special Tactics...
Fixing the Air Force Pilot Crisis
Combat airpower requires more planes and more pilots to fly them. The U.S. Air Force is stretched thin by unrelenting rotational and contingency response demands, and its chronic pilot shortage just won’t go away. For more than a decade, the Air...
Editorial: Air and Space Dominance
The Trump administration arrived in Washington promising to restore America’s military, reinvigorate deterrence, and bring back its warrior ethos. These are not things that can change overnight, but there is evidence of progress. Topics that were gingerly avoided six months...