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June 1999, Vol. 82, No. 6
Editorial: Assumptions Fall in Kosovo By John T. Correll The US must look again at the adequacy of its force structure and sustainability. Washington Watch: The First Six Weeks By John A. Tirpak After a slow start, USAF-led NATO air forces were freed from some political shackles and showed some of what they could do. The Bomber Roadmap By John A. Tirpak The Air Force plans to make do with its present bomber fleet for almost 40 more years. Airpower in Allied Force Compiled by Guy Aceto In the Balkan War, USAF units cast a long shadow. Next Steps in Information Warfare By Otto Kreisher Napoleon said war is 90 percent information-and that was 200 years ago. First Class By Bruce D. Callander Forty years ago this month, the Air Force Academy graduated its first 207 cadets. The Air Force Caucus By Peter Grier USAF has some special friends-19 of them-on Capitol Hill. Tricare Goes Nationwide By Peter Grier The government says the program is working, but the complaints continue to pour in. The Chart Page Aerospace World News	The Pre-Pilots Fly Again By Walter D. Miller The T-3A Firefly is still grounded, but the Introductory Flight Training program is in the air. Before the Flying Tigers By Robert E. van Patten Throughout the 1930s, American airmen fought the Imperial Japanese Army in China. The Plain of Jars By Walter J. Boyne The "secret" war in Laos was a sideshow to the main war in Vietnam-and the crossroads of it lay here. AFA Councils and Advisors AFA President Thomas J. McKee has appointed these council members and advisors for 1999. Valor--One Turning and One Burning By John L. Frisbee The odds said Bill Lawley couldn't keep the crippled B-17--with its eight wounded crewmen--in the air for another five hours. Verbatim
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