September 1980

Vol. 63, No. 9

 
Highlights from the September 1980 Issue

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The focus of US military planning for the past nine months has been predominantly on the implications of the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. I discussed this issue at some length with Senior Editor Edgar Ulsamer, as reported in the August...
 
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Preparedness - The Parallels With 1940
By F. Clifton Berry, Jr.

The Tortuous Road Toward a New Bomber
By Edgar Ulsamer

About That B-32 on Our Front Cover
By Maj. Thomas L. Sack, USAF

Jim Straubel: The Man Who Put AFA Together and Made It Work
By John F. Loosbrock

Lethal Against Armor: The Joint Air Attack Team
By William P. Schlitz

The Eastern Mediterranean's Glum Situation
By Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF (Ret.)

Transatlantic Codevelopment
By F. Clifton Berry, Jr.

Space Shuttle Mired in Bureaucratic Feud
By Edgar Ulsamer

The Vital Element of the Military Equation
By Hans Mark

The Premium on Quality
By Gen. Lew Allen, Jr., USAF

USAF Secretariat and Command and Staff

USAF's Personnel Situation in the 1980s
By Ed Gates

Airpower Pioneer: Lt. Gen. Frank M. Andrews
By Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker. USAF (Ret.)

"You Men on Java Are Not Forgotten"
By Col. Lester J. Johnsen, USAF (Ret.)

Battle of Britain, 1940
By F Clifton Berry, Jr.

The Teachers
By Lt. Col. Jim Beavers, USAF (Ret.)

Reflections on Airpower in World War II
By Lt. Col. David MacIsaac, USAF

Building the Peacetime Air Force / By
By Herman S. Wolk

They Are the First
By Maj. Thomas L. Sack, USAF

Technology vs. Numbers
By Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF (Ret.)

Bob Stevens-Flying Cartoonist
By Hugh Winkler

Departments


Airmail

Unit Reunions

ln Focus . . .

Aerospace World

Index to Advertisers

Capitol Hill

Airman's Bookshelf

Speaking of People

The Bulletin Board

AFA Believes ...

Senior Staff Changes

AFA News

This Is AFA

There I Was . . .