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2018 MEDIA KIT Photo by Jim “Hazy” Haseltine HIGH-G Productions by Jim Photo AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION 2018 MEDIA KIT Photo by Jim “Hazy” Haseltine HIGH-G Productions by Jim Photo ADVERTISING SALES REPRESENTATIVES EAST COAST & MIDWEST WEST COAST Tom Buttrick, Account Manager Arthur Bartholomew, Account Manager 917-421-9051 213-596-7239 [email protected] [email protected] 2011 MEDIA KIT INSIDE: Middle East Bomber Deployments p. 30 | Behind the Scenes in Iraq p. 52 AIR SUPERIORITY INSIDE:FOR Training for Mobility THE p. 20 | A New Jet Trainer? p. 34 | The Rise of Special Tactics p. 40 FUTURE Can new combat aircraft, missiles, bombs, and other updates dominate future adversaries? The Air Force The Doolittle NORAD’s Nexton my Aggressors p. 66 Raid p. 78 Evolution p. 56 April/May 2017own$8 Published by the Air Force Association terms MSGT. ISRAEL DEL TORO says “the SOBs” who injured him don’t determine his future. He does. p. 26 December 2017 $8 Published by the Air Force Association Air Force Magazine celebrates 100 years as a top publication in the fields of airpower, space power, aerospace technology, national security, and the history of USAF operations and its heroes. It is a one-of-a-kind resource—a visually striking, in-depth, professionally produced news magazine. Air Force Magazine, the authoritative source of news and information about the US Air Force, turns 100 in September with a history dating back to 1918’s Air Service News Letter. No other publication has more Air Force decision-maker readership. All 4-star Air Force generals and MAJCOM commanders are active AFA Members and subscribe to Air Force Magazine.* *As of November 1st, 2017 ABOUT THE MAGAZINE 2011 MEDIA KIT READERSHIP AIR MAGAZINE FORCE INSIDE: Rolling Thunder p. 68 | Airmen at the Warrior Games p. 46 Total circulation is 85,000, including: H Active Duty Military H All Air Force 4-Star Generals* FUELING H All Air Force MAJCOM Commanders* H Guard & Reserve THE H Cadets through all ROTC detachments FIGHT H Retired & Former Military / NOVEMBER 2017OCTOBER USAF refuelers keep the pressure on ISIS H Aerospace Industry Leaders p. 30 EXTENDED READERSHIP H Air Force Magazine is sold in Barnes & Noble and Commissaries across the country Additionally, US Senators and US Representatives receive a copy of Air The Outstanding A Space Rebuilding Air Force p. 84 p. 42 Force Magazine each month. Key congressional staffers on Armed Services, WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM Airmen of the Year Corps? Squadrons p. 36 Appropriations, and Budget committees also receive the magazine, AFA’s October/November 2017 $8 Daily Report E-newsletter and Legislative Updates. The Air Force Association’s Published by the government relations team uses Air Force Magazine as a regular part of its Air Force Association information program on Capitol Hill. BROAD COVERAGE We present facts, figures, and straight analysis on many topics, reporting on these subjects from the Pentagon, Capitol Hill, and Air Force operating bases worldwide. EVERY NERVE IN HIS BODY CONTENT CATEGORIES CONVULSED WITH PANICKED THROBS, SEARCHING FOR HIS TWO H New systems, technologies, and hardware requirements MISSING LEGS AND MISSING RIGHT ARM. H Air Force combat and peacetime operations H Adversary advances and posture Devastation and Inspiration ere was no way Kolfage would let “giant voice”—those sirens installed “Oh shit oh shit.” Security forces airman Brian Kolfage Cortez go back to Iraq without him. He all over Iraq and Afghanistan in the Sight returned. “Is my hand blown survived injuries di icult to comprehend. looked for someone he could scare into following years that gave troops a four- o ? Oh shit oh shit I am hurt bad.” switching, to convince that Iraq was to eight-second head start to run for a Kolfage opened his lungs and yelled H By Tara Copp too dangerous, so that he could take bunker and escape incoming re. for help. He tried to move but Cortez Acqusition policy and organization his spot and be with Cortez. He found This was 2004, and Balad wasn’t and nearby soldiers were already on y rst journey into Iraq started with a sandy convoy, four airmen a new kid, a soon-to-be dad. Kolfage expecting the 107 mm rocket shell that him, they stu ed muscled hands and from Texas, and a Humvee named “Linebacker 10.” growled: You might lose your legs. He exploded ve feet from Linebacker 10’s forearms and towels into Kolfage’s low- It was March 26, 2003. e four guys were from the Air Force’s 17th scared the guy into staying back, and baby-faced airman. er bleeding half to try and save his life. Security Forces Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, San Angelo, Kolfage got his place next to Cortez. e blast attened Kolfage to the Kolfage looked at Cortez crazy with MTexas: A1C Valentine Cortez, 21; SSgt. Chad Wurm, 28; SrA. Daniel Holmes, 22; Cortez and Kolfage were only on sand. His eyes were stuck open but he blood on him. He pushed against his and A1C Brian Kolfage, 19. their rst weeks at Balad, but they al- only saw darkness as his body and hair battle buddy and yelled for Cortez to let H I was a 28-year-old embedded reporter along for the ride; I had no prior military ready had a system. Night shift. Sleep. disappeared into a cloud of sand and him see his legs. Cortez put his bloody Intelligence, Surveillance, Ronnaissance systems, trends, and concepts experience whatsoever. In my multiple trips to Iraq since, none of the experiences Gym. Eat. Repeat. smoke. Each of his senses knocked to hand over Kolfage’s eyes to protect him or people I’ve met or reported on have made as deep of an impact as those four “We did everything together,” Cortez black. from deadly shock. airmen made on my rst ride in. But in 2003, as the weeks wore on, I was called said. “I’m dreaming,” Kolfage thought, e attack and response was 30 sec- back to Washington, to my “real” job covering Congress. e guys stayed deployed. On this day, Kolfage awoke rst. He “those malaria pills give crazy, crazy onds, start-stop. Kolfage screamed for Our lives would not intersect again until a year later, when Wurm reached out: put on his shorts and a T-shirt and shuf- dreams.” water and Cortez dumped a bottle on “Have you heard about Kolfage?” ed out of the tent that he, Cortez, and a en his senses raced back, scream- his face and mouth as medics arrived ✪ ✪ ✪ handful of other men shared outside of ing, “You’ve been hit.” screaming, “don’t do that you’ll kill H Congressional and legislative issues Balad’s ight line. Cortez was slower to Hearing returned rst. Kolfage shud- him.” Kolfage slumped and told him Top: A severely injured A1C Brian SEPT. , : A streak of dust and Kolfage didn’t have to be there. He rise. As Kolfage opened the tent ap, he dered at the wail of a base siren. He he was tired. Cortez slapped him hard Kolfage receives the Purple Heart in sunlight pushed Kolfage awake. He and Cortez were both on a second de- asked Cortez if he wanted bottled water, heard a soldier who’d been not 10 feet again and again to piss him o and into Iraq in 2004. blinked to relieve dry eyes and with a ployment. ey had been assigned to and got only a mu ed, yawning reply. away start to shriek. consciousness. squint and a grunt Kolfage stretched Kuwait-based duty, but then Cortez’s en he stepped out into the sunlight “Oh shit ... wasn’t I just walking?” e medics slammed him onto a Top right: Kolfage tackles out of his Air Force tent bunk at Balad name was picked in a lottery to send and turned left in the sand toward the Next came taste. Kolfage sensed blue body board and it was not until rehabilitation at Walter Reed Army Air Base, Iraq. Time to hit the gym. additional Air Force security forces gym tent. sandy wet grit in his mouth. en he that very second Kolfage’s last sense H Medical Center in Washington, D.C. It was shortly after 2 p.m. forward to protect Balad’s ight line. ere was no “duck and cover,” no smelled smoke. returned. He started crying out and Photos: Courtesy Kolfage Brian USAF budgets OCTOBER / NOVEMBER ★ WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM OCTOBER / NOVEMBER ★ WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM H Blue-suit personnel issues H Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve H International air forces, partnerships, and alliances H History and heritage REGULAR COLUMNS H Editorial—informed opinion on topical issues, emphasizing AFA’s position USAF ALMANAC On the following pages appears a variety H of information and statistical material Aperture—covering major trends in defense concepts, policies, and programs about the US Air Force—its people, orga- nization, equipment, fund ing, activities, bases, and heroes. This Almanac section 2017 was compiled by Brendan McGarry and the staff of Air Force Magazine under the direction of Gideon Grudo. We especially H acknowledge the help of the Secretary Air Force World—key airpower news in capsule form of the Air Force Office of Public Affairs, Air Staff agencies, major commands, and reserve components in bringing up to date the comparable data from last year’s Almanac. H — The Editors Forward deployed—airpower news from the front lines, around the world Don Stewart illustration 38 JUNE 2017 H WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM JUNE 2017 H WWW.AIRFORCEMAG.COM 39 US AIR FORCE ALMANAC Perhaps Air Force Magazine’s best-known product, the Almanac is the definitive and indispensable annual source of information on Air Force weapons, systems, organization, bases, funding, and leadership.
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