July 1957

By year’s end, the Strategic Air Command’s timetables for instant retaliation at the far ends of the earth will undergo sweeping revision. The list of targets SAC can reach, if the need arises, will be lengthened and the time needed...

Whereas, the pursuit of this policy by Col. William Mitchell in connection with the development of airpower as a potential weapon of national defense ultimately led to his court-martial and conviction; and Whereas, subsequent events demonstrated the accuracy of Colonel...