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August 1991, Vol. 74, No. 8 Space and Strategic Systems
Let's Hear It for the Loggies Editorial by John T. Correll As the Gulf War demonstrated, combat logistics is more than just a slogan. A Watershed in Space By James W. Canan For the first time, space systems were integral and crucial to the war on Earth. USAF Space Systems Checklist Paris by Storm Photography by Paul Kennedy and Guy Aceto Equipment that served in the Gulf enlivened the Paris Air Show. They Deliver By Stewart M/ Powell Military Airlift Command celebrates 50 years of airlifting. SAC's Twin Triads By Larry Grossman The new CINC surveys the outlook for Strategic Air Command in a changing world. Higher Marks for Soviet Missiles By Rueben F. Johnson Better air-air weapons are helping to erase a serious Soviet combat deficiency.	Curtain Up on Materiel Command By James Kitfield The Systems-Logistics merger heralds a "cradle-to-grave" approach to materiel management. All Companies Great and Small By F. Clifton Berry Jr. Small suppliers, critical to defense industrial production, are an endangered species. Superconductivity By C. David Chaffee This new technology could produce revolutionary results in communications, computers, and military sensors. AFA Nominees for 1991-92 By Katie Storm Valor--A Galaxy of Heroes By John L. Frisbee Unless the C-5 pilots could bring a shattered aircraft under control, 328 people would die.
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