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October 1991, Vol. 74, No. 10


Revolution in Progress
Editorial by John T. Correll
The Soviets themselves do not know exactly where all this will end.

Washington Watch: No More SAC, TAC and MAC
By James W. Canan
Spurning strategic and tactical subdivisions, USAF moves to replace those commands with Air Combat Command and Air Mobility Command.

Lesson Number One
By James W. Canan
In the wake of Desert Storm, no one doubts that airpower is the dominant factor in modern warfare.

The Flags Come Home
By Peter Grier
US operations are ending at hundreds of foreign bases.

Declining, Diversifying, and Disappearing
By John T. Correll and Colleen A. Nash
Radical budget reductions were the trigger--but only one of the causes--for an epic slide of the defense industrial base.

Lifelines Abroad
By John T. Correll and Colleen A. Nash
Where should we--or can we--draw the line on foreign dependence for critical technologies?

G-Lock and the Fighter Jock
By Robert E. van Patten
At nine Gs, you weigh 1,800 pounds and feel every ounce of it.

Apache Attack
By Richard Mackenzie
The helicopters had to take out Iraq's early warning net, and they had to get it all.

The Big Toxic Waste Cleanup
By Larry Grossman
The Pentagon says environmental work at 17,482 polluted sites may cost $200 billion

USAF Armament and Ordnance Checklist

The Equalizer in Korea
By Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF
If not for 5th Air Force, North Korea's knockout blow might have succeeded.

The von Karman Scholars
By Arthur C. Hyland
AEF awards ten graduate study scholarships.

Zulu Time
By Bruce D. Callander
Flyers from Italy to Japan know to the second what time it is in a little town outside London

When the Airlines Went to War
By Frank Oliveri

Valor--The Will to Endure
By John L. Frisbee
The crews survival depended on the pilots fight for consciousness.


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