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December 1999, Vol. 82, No. 12
Editorial: Lessons Drawn and Quartered By John T. Correll So, are we now to believe it was ground power that carried the day in Kosovo? Washington Watch: The NATO Way of War By John A. Tirpak The air campaign followed a strategy of gradualism because there was no consensus within the alliance for anything more. Airlift Reality Check By John A. Tirpak Air Mobility Command took the Kosovo operation in stride, but there weren't enough tankers and airlifters to support a second crisis, had it come to that. The Use of Force By John T. Correll Gradual escalation--supposedly dead after Vietnam--is staging a comeback. Tropical Relief Photography by Paul Kennedy A year after Hurricane Mitch, a Central American country still needed humanitarian assistance. The Maryland ANG answered the call. The Navy in the Balkans Vice Adm. Daniel J. Murphy Jr., the Sixth Fleet commander, says carrier air did more of the job than has been recognized. Aerospace World Verbatim	Warrior Week By Bruce D. Callander Military skills in the field become part of basic training at Lackland. New World Coming By Peter Grier The HartRudman Commission says that the US homeland is likely to be attacked with weapons of mass destruction sometime in the next 25 years. A Talk With Chief Finch By Otto Kreisher The new Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force sees cultural changes coming up. Eight Straight During the 1990s, the Air Force's overall Mission Capable rate has fallen by almost 10 percentage points. The Rise of Air Defense By Walter J. Boyne In its heyday, it included a Ground Observer Corps, radar picket lines in the far north, SAGE centers, and almost 1,500 interceptors. Valor--First Over Tokyo By John L. Frisbee Hap Arnold picked Jimmy Doolittle, "a leader who not only could be counted upon to do a task himself ... but could impart that spirit to others," for a seemingly impossible mission.
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