United States Air Force - Air Power Yearbook 2018
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Язык: Английский
Год издания: 2017
United States Air Force - Air Power Yearbook 2018
4 WELCOME
Once again, readiness is at the forefront of the concerns for USAF leaders. It’s a word that has many in uencing factors, not least manpower — the USAF says it is short by nearly 2,000 pilots
6 STATE OF THE FORCE
In November, Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson and Chief of Sta Gen David Goldfein gave their State of the Air Force address, which touched on a number of important issues that are at the top of their list of concerns
14 YEAR IN REVIEW
Combat Aircraft reviews the major news stories around the USAF in 2017
24 EXPERIMENT OR LIP SERVICE?
Initially dubbed OA-X, the USAF’s Light Attack Experiment is designed to evaluate once and for all whether a new close air support platform might help reduce the burden on front line ghter squadrons
32 HIGH ROLLERS
A mountain ying course, a specialist re ghting role, disaster relief missions, and not to mention its regular airlift mission, the ‘High Rollers’ of the Nevada Air National Guard is a unit with a diverse and impressive mission
42 BAD GUYS ON DEMAND
Although the US leads the eld when it comes to Red Air aggressor units, it remains woefully short of what it requires to challenge its fth-generation ghters. It’s a problem that’s being tackled via recruiting contractor air service providers on a huge scale
50 LANCER FORCE
The US Air Force’s B-1B Lancer eet has seen many changes, notably its adaptation to the conventional role and its transfer to Air Force Global Strike Command. Through all of this, the units that form part of the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota, have remained heavily committed to the front line
64 LIGHTNING’S GLOBAL PRESENCE
Having marked initial operating capability in 2016, the F-35As of Hill AFB have been making their presence known on the world stage via two high-pro le deployments
70 UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AIR POWER REVIEW 2018
Tom Kaminski provides an extensive overview of the USAF’s structure including a detailed directory of current squadrons, bases and aircraft types
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