June 1956

Given enough time and money, the answer could be yes—but do we have enough of either.

Roughly 1,500 miles north of the US-Canadian border, in a frigid snow-swept wilderness that even most Eskimos shun, the United States is building an electronic fence against transpolar bomber attack. Sometime in 1958, small bands of trained civilian operators and...

The Air National Guard is composed of eighty-seven tactical squadrons and a variety of support units, including aircraft control and warning stations. But the Guard’s great strength reposes for the most part in the eighty-seven squadrons, which are distributed throughout...