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October 2004, Vol. 87, No. 10


Editorial: The Airman’s Lessons
By Robert S. Dudney
The future Air Force will be shaped by six principles. (PDF version)

Washington Watch
By John A. Tirpak
F/A-22 Sweeps Tests; Rising Interdependence; Searching for the Next Transport; Progress in Space ....(PDF version)

The Airlift Gap
By John A. Tirpak
Too few aircraft. Lots of old ones. High cost. Breakneck pace. Trouble. (PDF version)

Full-Contact Training
By Adam J. Hebert
Using new concepts and systems, USAF’s forces learn to give and take a punch. (PDF version)

Into the Valley of Fire
By John T. Correll
If Bernie Fisher went into the airstrip at A Shau, his chances of coming out again would not be good. (PDF version)

Shaking up the Alliance
By George Cahlink
The Warsaw Pact is dead. With some luck, NATO will avoid the same fate. (PDF version)

So Far, So Good
By Tamar A. Mehuron
USAF’s science and engineering community has regained some strength, but it has a way to go yet. (PDF version)

 
Into the Valley of Fire

 

Sept. 11 Minute by Minute

The Dresden Legend
By Rebecca Grant
To antiwar activists, the 1945 firebombing was a war crime. The real story was very different. (PDF version)

Sept. 11, Minute by Minute
By Adam J. Hebert
The 9/11 Commission Report clears up some misperceptions about that awful day. (PDF version)

Tricare on the Rise
By Bruce D. Callander
Those who use the Pentagon’s managed health care system say its biggest problems are in the past. (PDF version)

When the Fortress Went Down
By Phillip S. Meilinger
The 1935 crash of Boeing’s sleek, four-engine bomber set back airpower for years. (PDF version)

Aerospace World
By Adam J. Hebert (PDF version)

Action In Congress
By Tom Philpott (PDF version)

Verbatim
By John T. Correll (PDF version)

The Keeper File (PDF Version)



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