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August 1993, Vol. 76, No. 8


Editorial: The Revolution Isn't Over
By John T. Correll
On the second anniversary of the coup, the former Soviet Union is still mired in primordial muck.

Washington Watch: Shooters in Space
By James W. Canan
The need to intercept ballistic missiles is intensifying. Control of space may be critical.

Forty Percent Down--and Dropping
By Robert S. Dudney
The Air Force is braced for more cuts, although it is hard to figure where to take them.

To War in a Warthog
By Alfred Price
Forty missions over the Persian Gulf with A-10 pilot Shanghai Sheehy.

Rise of the Afghantsi
By Harriet Fast Scott
Afghanistan War veterans now hold most of the top Russian military posts, and they're still mad as hell.

The Docs and the Jocks
By Frank Oliveri
Flight surgeons fly periodically to experience the pilot's world and to avoid looking like the enemy.

In Aviation's Attic
A pictorial tour of the Smithsonian Institution's Garber Facility for preserving and restoring historic aircraft.

A Checklist of Space Systems
Edited by Tamar A. Mehuron
Work in progress at Space and Missile Systems Center and Phillips Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command.

Keeping the Missiles Up
By Peter Grier
Meet AFA's 1993 Team of the Year-the ne plus ultra in missile maintenance.

The Radical Reshaping of Russian Aerospace
By David R. Markov
Russia's survival plan is to export first-line equipment and continue to search for foreign business partners.

Gallery of Far East/Pacific Airpower
By John W. R. Taylor and Kenneth Munson

AFA Nominees for 1993­94
By Toni Kuzma

Valor--Gung Ho Fighter Pilot
By John L. Frisbee
In every fighter outfit there were--and are--a few pilots whose spirit and determination set them apart.


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