AIR FORCE Magazine -- December 1996

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December 1996, Vol. 79, No. 12
Editorial: Warfare in the Information Age By John T. Correll The ultimate precision guided weapon is the electron. Air Force 2025 By John A. Tirpak A massive study considers the Air Force's place in a future that will be much different from today. The Force at Aviano Photos by Guy Aceto and Paul Kennedy The 31st Fighter Wing and a unique composite wing fly combat sorties almost daily out of Aviano AB, Italy. It's a New Day at Air and Space By John T. Correll A new director takes the museum back to its charter to collect, preserve, and display the nation's aerospace heritage. The Revelations of Martin Harwit By John T. Correll The former director of the National Air and Space Museum has written a book about the Enola Gay controversy. Senator Nunn's Valedictory In his last speech to the Senate, the Georgia Democrat voices his concerns about the future of US defenses. The Transition to Tricare By Suzann Chapman The Department of Defense says that those who have tried the new managed health-care system like it. Verbatim	What We Should Have Learned in Desert Storm, But Didn't By Gen. Charles A. Harner, USAF (Ret.) The Gulf War air boss says the Pentagon hasn't grasped the importance of long-range stealthy airpower. Nuclear Arms Reductions Roll On By Stewart M. Powell The Cold War is a memory, but implementing strategic arms reduction is a careful, time-consuming process. Tuzla is Tough Duty By James Kitfield At this critical Bosnian air base, airmen work long days--seven of them a week--with little backup The World Gallery of Trainers By John W.R. Taylor and Kenneth Munson Details on trainers of the world's air forces. Valor--All For One By John L. Frisbee Courage and ingenuity were the keys to a unique rescue in southwest China.
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