December 1970
Vol. 53, No. 12
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Ten years ago, the first la er stimulated a spate of fanciful predictions about its unlimited potential as a weapon. Bul limited efficiency, low power level, and high costs have, until now, confined the laser to specialized tasks. precluding its use as an active weapon system. Now laser technology has matured to a point where its entry into the arsenals of the US, the USSR, and several other countries must be rated as imminent
Air Defense: Weakest Link in the Deterrent Chain
For nearly a decade, the OS has relied on Assured Destruction - achieved largely by US missile superiority – as a deterrent to nuclear war. One element of the deterrent forces - air defense - has been increasingly left out in the cold.
Search and Save!
A report on the work of Seventh Air Force's Joint Rescue Coordinating Center, which directs the men and machines that save downed US pilots.
"I'm Below Bingo! Get Me a Tank!"
The F-4s were dangerously low on fuel and the weather was poor, but the KC-J35 crew was ready to meet an unexpected demand for. the precious fuel that would save the men and their aircraft.
Helping to Build the VNAF
The Vietnamese Air Force has scored achievements unequaled by any developing nation's air arm. For twenty years, USAF advisers have been on the scene and at work in Southeast Asia.
NATO's Southern Command-Vital Force in a Volatile Area
Soviet military and political incursions, less. than ideal terrain, continued Arab-Israeli conflict. and the varying quality of available equipment are among the many problems faced by the men whose job it is to defend NATO's southern flank.
The Future of the Space Program: Riding on the Reusable Shuttle
The future of both the pace agency and the space program hangs on the NASA shuttle program. Without the shuttle and the revolution in spaceflight that it would effect, a "Volkswagenization'' of space operations would probably result.
Bad Day in the Black Hills
Flames threatened as firemen and medics fought to rescue the crewmen trapped in the wreckage of a SAC B-52 at Ellsworth AFB, S.D.
The Telling Is as Important as the Doing
Today public misunderstanding of the military is widespread. Everyone in uniform bears some responsibility for that situation, and has a personal obligation to help correct it, in the view of the Strategic Air Command's Commander in Chief.
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