Without its growing fleet of unmanned aircraft, the Air Force would not be as effective. It's why Predators, Reapers and Global Hawks are in such demand on the battlefield.

Airman Magazine is published bi-monthly by the Air Force News Agency for the Secretary of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs. As the official magazine of the U.S. Air Force, it is a medium of information for Air Force people.

Readers may submit articles, photographs and artwork. The Airman staff welcomes suggestions and criticisms.

CONTENTS:
4 Into the Future
The Air Force’s top leaders outline how Airmen must redefine American airpower to meet the nation’s needs for tomorrow.

10 Airmen At War
Airmen continue to take the fight to America’s enemies in Iraq and Afghanistan. To do this takes a total force team effort.

12 C-130 hercules pilot
14 MQ-1 P redator Mai ntai ner
16 Weather f oreca ster
18 combat operations director
20 aerospac e medica l technicia n
26 Air T rafic Controller
28 ai r c omponent c oordinator
30 Air T ransportation specia list
32 Combat ca mera Videographer
34 C-17 L oadmaster
44 Cops

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On the Cover
Security forces Staff Sgt. Samaki Tonge typifies America’s many Airmen at war. The sergeant deployed to Camp Bucca, Iraq, where he helped provide base security. He also drove 18-wheelers in convoys or worked the turret guns that protected them. Sergeant Tonge is with the 37th Security Forces Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.

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Into the Future
Air Force secretary, chief of staff detail how Airmen will continue saf eguarding America tomorrow.

ow will the Air Force continue to safeguard the United States in the future? By flying and fighting of course. But charting the Air Force’s strategy for the future is not that simple.

What Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne and Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. T. Michael Moseley did — apart from dealing with the war on terrorism, procuring weapons systems and solving basing issues — was create a strategy to guide the Air Force into the future.

Their strategies not only redefine the nation’s air power for the 21st century, they also detail how to ensure the Air Force continues safeguarding the nation, its interests and ideals by dominating air, space and cyberspace. Why must the Air Force do that? How will it do it? The two answer these questions in their two leadership papers.

Secretary Wynne’s paper answers the why. It establishes policy and conveys the strategic vision for the Air Force.

General Moseley’s paper charts Air Force strategy for the next two decades and defines the Air Force’s indispensable role in promoting and defending the national interest.

Together, the plans support a strong, capable Air Force that’s ready to fight today, while at the same time preparing to fight in the future. That includes what Global Vigilance, Global Reach and Global Power provides the joint team. ...

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