Scoping The Spares Problem
A special task force says the Air Force is vulnerable to overpricing on six percent of its spare parts
January 1984
Vol. 67, No. 1
Highlights from the January 1984 Issue
Toward the Totally Integrated Airplane
Mature technologies are at hand for engines, airframes, and avionics. The tough part is how best to pu
Valor: Crisis in the Cockpit
The copilot, John Morgan, had two alternatives: pull the plug on a wounded friend or fight him for control of the stricken B-17.
Complete Contents of January 1984 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.Special Section: Aeronautics
Toward the Totally Integrated Airplane
A technology of technologies will be keyed to the human "supercomputer."
Report From the Bicycle Shop
An update on work at ASD.
Jane's Aerospace Survey 1984
A top aviation authority predicts a "pioneering new age."
The Care and Feeding of Gas Turbines
Managing more than 64,000 engines is big business.
Features
Half of the Lesson
Recognizing the horror of nuclear war is not enough.
The Soviets Test a New ICBM
And make plans to deploy cruise missiles on submarines near the US coasts.
AFROTC Bounces Back
Public attitudes and career opportunities have done it.
Valor: Crisis in the Cockpit
John Morgan had his hands full with a wounded pilot and a battered bomber.
The Prospect for Superhard Silos
The Soviets take the lead in silo survivability.
Blue Christmas Coming Up
The Air Force did its part during the Grenada rescue operation.
Scoping the Spares Problem
The worst of it is caused by inadequate data.
Intercom: AFA's Achievements in 1983
A forward-looking year-end report reviews AFA progress.
Departments
Airmail
In Focus . . .
Aerospace World
Index to Advertisers
Capitol Hill
Valor
The Bulletin Board
Senior Staff Changes
Intercom
Field Organizations
Unit Reunions
There I Was . . .
