February 1983
Vol. 66, No. 2

Highlights from the February 1983 Issue
Viewpoint: A New Era of Jointness?
Complete Contents of February 1983 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Special Section: Training, TAC Style
TAC's Training Pays Off /
Ready to fly, fight, and win.
Lead-in Fighter Training: Gateway to Tac Air
Fledging the novice fighter pilot.
Electronic Warfare: The "Force Enhancer"
Training for the battle of the beams.
Home of the Fighter Pilot
Out on the Nellis range.
New Wings for UPT
Introducing the T-46, ATC's new primary trainer.
Curtain Up on the 1983 Thunderbirds
Taking a bow with the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
How Europeans Win Their Wings
No corner-cutting on the far side of the Atlantic.
A Foursome of Foreign Trainers
Pilot reports on Pilatus, Tucano, Epsilon, and Hawk.
Features
Watch the Roles and Missions
As the services thrash out responsibilities.
Valor: One Could Live
Steve Bennett knew the odds were against him.
A New Era of Jointness?
We can no longer afford interservice sniping.
From Tuskegee to Space
Blacks enter the mainstream of American aviation.
The Eagle in the Hilton
Robinson Risner leads the POWs in Hanoi.
Jane's All the World's Aircraft Supplement
New Romanian/Yugoslavian fighter, the Cyclo-Crane, and more.
Technology, Politics, and the Global View
Top defense leaders survey the issues.
Departments