David L. Gray
Recent stories by David L. Gray
Birth Certificate
The youngest service has achieved spectacular gains since its debut.
The Russians and Their Reforms
The Soviet Union may — or may not — be in the midst of fundamental change. In either case, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev has won the enthusiastic acclaim of the international community for his well-advertised program of internal reforms. Even...
Where the Deficit Didn’t Come From
In 1986, the federal budget deficit reached $220.7 billion, and amount equal to 5.2 percent of the Gross National Product (GNP). The American public is justified in finding this unacceptable and in asking what went wrong and where the fault...
What the Public Doesn’t Know
The public believes waste and fraud to be rampant in the defense budget. That is the primary conclusion of an opinion survey conducted earlier this year for the Packard Commission on defense management. Closer analysis of the survey report, however,...
In the Name of Jointness
The House Armed Services Committee claims that its new proposal to reorganize the Pentagon is “the most revolutionary reform of the Defense Department structure since the Defense Department was created in the wake of World War II.” It certainly is...
On the Shoulders of Giants
It is an honor to begin service as Executive Director of AFA and Publisher of Air Force Magazine in this, the fortieth anniversary year of our Association, when the sense of our heritage is especially strong. That heritage — which...
