October 1970

Vol. 53, No. 10

 
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The Price of Parity
By John Frisbee

Safe Driving - The Air Force Way
The Aerospace Education Foundation, AFA's affiliate, has just published The Safe Driving Handbook, based on the successful USAF driver-training course. Here's how you can get it.

Gill Robb Wilson 'Living Memorial'
An aero-science center to honor a great airman's memory will rise at Daytona Beach, Fla., as an addition to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. You can help build Gill Robb's monument.

Remotely Piloted Aircraft-Weapon Systems of the Future?
Current studies are demonstrating the feasibility of low-cost fleets of unmanned remotely piloted aircraft to do certain jobs ranging from air superiority to surveillance missions.
By Edgar Ulsamer

The South Vietnam Nobody Knows
Despite reports to the contrary, war-torn South Vietnam is making sure progress toward representative government and a considerable measure of political freedom.
By Brooks Mc Clure

Germany's Defense 'White Paper' - A Hard Look Ahead
West Germany is honestly assessing its military shortcomings with a view toward doing something about problems ranging from weapon obsolescence to manpower policy.
By Stefan Geisenheyner

Russia Looks Beyond the Middle East
Beyond their fishing in the troubled waters of the Middle East, the Soviets are seeking to extend their influence in Africa and Asia as hedges against us and the Chinese.
By Ray Viker

Deterrence, the ABM, and Stability in Asia
The ABM is a stabilizing factor in the international power equation, not only in terms of our relations with the USSR but also in Asia as an arms-race preventive.
By Philip Karber

Lost in Soaring Space
Somehow this soarer, his vision distorted and in serious danger of total disaster in a sailplane, and without a chute, managed to keep his head and make it back to mother earth.
By Beirne Lay, Jr.

US - European Space Partnership
Now is the time to seize the time for U.S. - European space partnership. Both sides have much to gain, and time and money could be saved by large-scale cooperation.
By William Leavitt

ROTC: From Riot to Reason
Critics of campus ROTC should ask themselves if by driving ROTC from our colleges and universities they would bring about what they fear-Prussianization of the military.
By Edward Bernard Glick

The Nation's Capital Chapter's Salute to the Honorable L. Mendel Rivers
A special report on a recent Washington assemblage to honor the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
By Don Steele

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Letter from Europe

Airman's Bookshelf

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POW/MIA Action Report

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