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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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