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Reports on the survival of U.S. senior airman Brian Kolfage from a mortar attack in Iraq in September 11, 2004. Damages brought by the attack to Kolfage; Treatments received by Kolfage; Assistance given by the U.S. Air Force to Kolfage.

Focuses on changes that will be made in the U.S. Air Force in 2005. Decrease in the number of Air Force Specialty Codes eligible for selective re-enlistment bonuses; Deployment of airmen to an Air and Space Expeditionary Force element in Iraq; Reduction in expenditures for Air Force programs.

Reports on the actions taken by the U.S. Air Force to respond to the threat posed by improvised explosive devices in Iraq. Function of Predator unmanned aerial vehicles; Formation of a working group to back up the work of Colonel Robert Holmes, director of security forces and force protection, on the team; Use of Specialized Explosive Detection dogs.

Reports on a landing experience of U.S. Air Force Captain Michael Matesick, a member of the 310th Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona, using a damaged aircraft in Baghdad International Airport in Iraq on June 26, 2003. Award given by U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff General John Jumper to Matesick; Problems encountered by the fighter squadron in finding a runway; Views of Matesick on his experience.

Focuses on the difficulty of the U.S. Air Force in gathering data for the final report on its performance during the Operation Iraqi Freedom due to the unavailability of security clearance. Comments from Major Stephanie Holcombe, spokeswoman of the Air Force on the report; Details of the Gulf War Air Power survey released by the U.S. Air Force; Effect of the lack of public information about the Air Force's war efforts on analysts and military experts; Importance of the report to the Air Force according to Loren Thompson, chief operating officer of the Lexington Institute.

Reports on the destruction of a mobile Iraqi anti-aircraft artillery gun by a U.S. Air Force unmanned aerial vehicle in Iraq on March 22, 2003. Role of unmanned aerial vehicles in the war; Description of the operational capability of the vehicles; Achievements of such vehicles in the war on terrorism.

Reports on the delivery of new aircrafts. Manufacturer of the aircrafts; Use of the aircrafts to watch over oil pipelines, power lines, roads, and other important elements of Iraqi infrastructure; Payment of the aircrafts by the Coalition Provisional Authority.