On September 18, 1947, a new chapter in American military history began with the official establishment of the United States Air Force (USAF). This milestone came as the National Security Act of 1947 ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The origins of the USAF lie in a decision made just four years after the Wright ...

Cover title: U.S. Air Force oral history catalog. https://siris-libraries.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=liball&source=~!silibraries&uri=full=3100001~!128289~!0#focus ...

At dawn on Oct. 25, President Ronald Reagan sent 7,600 troops, including two Army Ranger battalions, the 82nd Airborne, the ...