January 1981

Vol. 64, No. 1

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Highlights from the January 1981 Issue

The Alarming State of the US Defense Industrial Base

By Edgar Ulsamer and Edgar Ulsamer

Washington, D.C. Dec. 4 The United States is now, and has been for some time, “slipping and sliding on a course toward the status of a second-rate industrial power [yet] cannot have a healthy defense industry without comparable health in...

The Future Air University

By Stanley M. Umstead Jr.

As we approach our thirty-fifth anniversary, Air University is taking a deep, introspective look toward the future. Although proud of our achievements, particularly the new Professional Military Education curriculum and the University organization (still unique among military educational institutions) for...

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Perpetual Training Pays

The Alarming State of the US Defense Industrial Base
By Edgar Ulsamer

A Fitting Memorial to Those Interred at Madingley
By Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF (Ret.)

Jane's Aerospace Review
By John w. R. Taylor

Air Force Training Leads the Way

The Linchpin of Air Force Readiness
By Gen. Bennie L. Davis, USAF

Tomorrow's Maintenance Training Programs
By Maj. Jim Clark, USAF

The Satisfactions of a T-38 Instructor Pilot
By Capt. Slim Connors, USAF

USAF's Survival School: Giving Downed Aircrews a Fighting Chance
By William P. Schlitz

The Wonderful "Six"
By Jeffrey L. Ethell

A Rare Time to be Flying
By Col. Lester J. Johnsen, USAF (Ret.)

Thunderhog II: Flying from the FOLTA and the DOLs
By William P. Schlitz

New Strides in Professional Military Education
By Maj. Thomas L. Sack, USAF

The Future Air University
By Lt. Gen. Stanley M. Umstead, Jr., USAF

The Aerospace Education Foundation's Silver Anniversary
By Michael J. Nisos

The Middle East: Where the Cauldron Boiled Over
By Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF (Ret.)

America's Security in the '80s
By Edgar Ulsamer

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