April 1970
Vol. 53, No. 4
Complete Contents of April 1970 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.We Will Not See Quite Their Like Again
The Iron Gate Chapter's Gala Seventh Annual Air Force Salute
"Men in Their Machines" was the theme of the glittering, white tie dinner in New York City on February 20, sponsored by AFA's Iron Gate Chapter. The proceeds went w Air Force-related charities.
The B-1: USAF's Most Versatile Bomber
The Air Force's next strategic bomber enters full-scale engineering development with a high degree of assurance that performance and reliability targets will be met. The prime reason: a gestation period involving eight years of planning and analysis.
B-1-Blue Chip in the Deterrent Stack
The B-1 adds to the credibility of US deterrence in a number of ways that have gotten a lot of attention and in some ways that haven't been much discussed. Recent Soviet technical developments and a new definition of US deterrent strategy combine to enhance the value of the coming new weapon system.
How Captain Blair Helped People Help Themselves
"If you give a man a fish, he will have one meal. If you teach a man to fish, he will eat all his life." That was the credo behind the community action program set up by USAF's first full-time, full-tour Civic Action officer in South Vietnam.
An All-Volunteer Force-The Plans, the Prospects, the Problems
Here's a special report on the recommendations of the special Presidential Commission, headed by former Secretary of Defense Thomas S. Gates. which has called for creation of an all-volunteer US military force, not in the remote future but soon.
British Missiles-A Versatile Armory
The British, whose aerospace skills have always been recognized as first-rate, have man11ged, against a complex and budgetary and policy background, to develop a broad array of missile systems. Some of these systems have been put into service by the forces of other nations. Here's a rundown on today's British missilery.
The ROTC Scene at Cincinnati
Herc's an account, from the field and by an Air Force Professor of Aerospace Studies, of ROTC's ups and downs on one midwestern campus. He concludes that while ROTC has survived the assaults, the odds on the program attaining its pre-Vietnam status on campuses are not favorable.
The Keys to Survival Are Reform and Relevance
Out of the anti-ROTC tumult- and thanks to a reasoned response by the Pentagon - a new concept of campus-military partnership designed to ensure the development of improved and more relevant ROTC curricula is being put to work. The Pentagon's Benson Committee deserves a lot of the credit.
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