July 1958

Vol. 41, No. 7

The Long-Range Implications of Sputnik III

On May 24, the Board of Directors of the Air Force Association, meeting at Dallas, Tex., adopted the following statement. As a service to Air Force readers, we reprint the statement, in view of its important commentary on the post-Sputnik...

Rickenbacker—America’s Ace of Aces

Many historians consider Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker the greatest air ace produced by the American services. In Great Britain, he is highly regarded as an air fighter, and his name is revered by those of his old enemies still alive in...

USAF Planning for the Space Age

Maj. Gen Bernard A. Schriever, Commander, Ballistic Missile Division, and Brig. Gen. Don Flickinger, Director, Directorate of Life Sciences, ARDC, made significant statements on Air Force space age plans at the Illinois Wing Missile Age Conference and Oklahoma City Frontiers...