Valor: Triumph at Thai Nguyen
Jim Brickel's RF-101 was shredded by flak, but there could be no turning back on this mission.
July 1988
Vol. 71, No. 7
Highlights from the July 1988 Issue
Military Drugbusters
On patrol off the southern coast of Florida, an E-3 AWACS may be tracking 300 or more aircraft with its radar. Some of these are almost surely drug smugglers. Most of the cocaine entering the United States comes in through...
ESD Tunes Up For a Tactical Push
Emphasis has shifted in military electronics. The big effort now is systems for the AirLand Battle, an
Harmonizing the Networks
It would be easy to solve the interoperability problem in base-level communications if USAF could star
Foundations for the Future
A dozen science and technology programs, now cooking in the laboratories, will bound USAF capabilities
Pilot Report: AFTI F-111
Birds change the shape of their wings in flight. Now, aircraft designers have come up with the Mission
No Sitting Ducks
Survivability in the 1990s will boil down to five factors—but the main one is speed. Slow ducks will b
The Skyhook
In 1945, the military helicopter was still a novelty, and rescue methods were primitive by today's sta
DOD’s Top Weapon Programs
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ESD Tunes Up for a Tactical Push
In military electronics, the big effort is on the AirLand Battle.
A Checklist of Major ESD Systems
Work in progress at the Electronic Systems Division.
Harmonizing the Networks
Integration must solve the base-level communications interoperability problem.
Keeping Up in Electronic Combat 70
USAF updates its capability in the war of the waveforms.
Foundations for the Future
A dozen programs will bound USAF capabilities at the turn of the century.
Features
Military Drugbusters
This is not the solution to our national law-enforcement problem.
Pilot Report: AFTI F-111
The Mission Adaptive Wing gives advantages heretofore enjoyed only by birds.
No Sitting Ducks
Speed will be the main factor in achieving survivability in the 1990s.
The Assault on MWR
The Morale, Welfare, and Recreation program isn't what it used to be.
Viewpoint: The War That's Fizzling / By 102
Congress responds to voters demands with an unworkable grandstand play.
The Skyhook
In an early air rescue, a then-novel YR-4 got its man out of the Burmese jungle.
Valor: Triumph at Thal Nguyen
Despite murderous flak, Lt. Col. Jim Brickel completed his photo mission
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