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Why Worry About Conventional Capability? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Paul Neslusan   
Thursday, 02 September 2010 09:15

F-22s are expensive; so are F-35s.  Why bother spending so much money on planes? 

We can easily save money by using old fighter technology...

 

...Except when foreign capabilities rival ours, such as:
 The Su-27, operated by Algeria, Belarus, China, Eritrea, Ethiopia,

India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Russia, Ukraine,

Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Vietnam.


MiG-29 operated by Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus,

Bulgaria, Cuba, Eritrea, Hungary, India, Iran, Kazakhstan,

Malaysia, Myanmar, North Korea, Peru, Poland, Russia, Serbia,

Slovakia, Sudan, Syria, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, and

Yemen.


5th-generation fighters are currently being developed by Russia

and China to challenge the F-22 and F-35:  and they will then

likely be sold to the countries operating the Su-27 and Mig-29.

S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles being deployed around the world.


A Chinese Anti-Aircraft Carrier missile is under development.

...But who needs conventional capability?

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Bringing It Home: Air Conditioning PDF Print E-mail
Written by Airpower Advocacy with Mike Dunn   
Tuesday, 10 August 2010 09:24

    What does the Air Force have in common with Air Conditioning in the summer?  Quite a bit, come to find out.  The Air Force Association CEO, Mike Dunn (Lieutenant General, USAF, Retired), sent out an email this morning which does a good job explaining how supporting less-functional legacy systems is costly and time consuming (which ultimately means "even more costly").  Read his note after the 'read more' break.

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AFA Statement of Policy PDF Print E-mail
Written by AFA Advocacy   
Monday, 09 August 2010 11:19

Did you know that the AFA publishes an annual Statement of Policy?  Your feedback is important--whether you are an AFA member or a concerned citizen.  Please see the attached statement of policy, and understand the issues that concern our Air Force and the Air Force Association today.

 

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AFA Top Issues for 2010 PDF Print E-mail
Written by AFA Advocacy   
Monday, 09 August 2010 11:17

Many members--not to mention the general public--may be unaware of the top issues being spearheaded by the AFA in 2010.  Please see the attached, or the text after 'read more' to peruse more detail about what the Air Force Association considers to be its top issues for 2010, to include the Nuclear Enterprise, Securing Space and Cyberspace, Developing People, and Investing in Airpower.

    Though there may be some people surprised at "Investing in Airpower" at the bottom of the list, this simply demonstrates how much the Air Force Association does for its members and for the Air Force "behind the scenes."

 

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A Good START? PDF Print E-mail
Written by APA   
Thursday, 29 July 2010 07:33

Negotiators from the U.S. and Russia recently completed a nuclear weapons treaty cleverly called “New START.” The treaty mandates limits of 1,550 nuclear warheads and 700 delivery systems (bombers and ballistic missiles) for each side.  While the treaty is certainly a step in the direction of reducing nuclear weapons, an important question remains: does it make us safer?  An opinion, and more facts, after the READ MORE break.

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