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December 1993, Vol. 76, No. 12


Editorial: The Bottom-Down Review
By John T. Correll
Requirements, not money, should determine the defense program.

Up From Kitty Hawk
A chronology of the age of flight.

The Blue Berets
By Frank Oliveri
Air Force Security Police are trained to defuse dangerous situations, from terrorist attacks to barroom brawls.

Bridge Busting
By Alfred Price
Some of the most difficult operations in the history of aerial warfare have involved bridge attacks.

Some Breaks in the Cloud Cover
By Bruce D. Callander
The Air Force personnel outlook is uncertain, but the news isn't all bad.

Germany Seeks Its Course
By Stewart M. Powell
Economic problems have caused Germany to revamp its national security plans.

Technologies Built for Two
By James Kitfield
The civilian world reaps great benefits from dual-use technologies pioneered by the Air Force.

World Gallery of Trainers
By John W. R. Taylor and Kenneth Munson

Russia's Vision of Air-Space War
By Mary C. FitzGerald
The Russian General Staff foresees massive air offensives against strategic military and civilian targets.

Cleanup at Clark
By Doug Stucki
AFA's Gerrity Award goes to the man who restored order after Mount Pinatubo erupted.

Valor--The Pioneers
By John L. Frisbee
Hundreds of airmen have risked their lives in peacetime to build an Air Force able to defend our national interests.


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