Valor: First at Balikpapan
In August 1943, crews of the 380th Bomb Group flew three of the most daring missions of World War II.
June 1988
Vol. 71, No. 6
Where’s the Threat?
Writing in the Washington Post February 14, Patrick Cockburn of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace declares that Kremlinology is a dead art. Mr. Cockburn argues that we no longer need to analyze scraps of information or search for subtle...
New Clout for the CINCs
The 1986 reorganization gave the warfighting commanders a much stronger voice in decisions affecting U
The Disputed Issue of Risk
The Pentagon thinks that defense budget cuts have put national security at risk. Many in Congress disa
An Air Force for the Lean Years
Budget cuts threaten to wipe out the gain USAF has made in force effectiveness. The immediate concerns
The Uncertain Lifeline
The defense industrial base issue is hot again. The US has no real capacity for wartime mobilization o
Any Time Any Place
Special Operations forces, rebuilt in the aftermath of "Desert One," are learning to function together
America’s Headhunter Allies
In World War II, Japanese invaders ran into an additional enemy in Burma—Naga tribesmen whose methods
Defense Posture at a Glance
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