Valor: Gauntlet of Fire
Ed Michael's crippled B-17 had been hit by everything from fighters to small arms, but there was no bailing out on this mission.
September 1986
Vol. 69, No. 9
Highlights from the September 1986 Issue
Terrorism and Military Force
Six months ago, Air Force and Navy fighter aircraft — in significant numbers and employing theater-quality weapon systems — struck at targets in Muammar Qaddafi’s terrorist state of Libya. Time may prove this action to have been of extraordinary instructive...
Arnold
The 1986 AFA National Convention pays special honor to Hap Arnold on the centennial of his birth.
Standing Up for Airpower
Stuart Symington recalls that the arguments didn't end with the establishment of USAF as a separate se
Eaker’s Pan-American Mission
Sixty years ago, these American airmen aroused aviation interest in an entire hemisphere.
The Evolution of the Air Force NCO
USAF's personnel management mistakes have usually come when the Air Force underestimated what the enli
Complete Contents of September 1986 PDF
PDF Downloads are an Air & Space Forces Association member benefit.USAF People and Their Heritage
Arnold
A Special Report
The Top Crews
Maj. Michael B. Perini, USAF
The Class of '86
Jeffrey P. Rhodes
Term of the Year
Brenda G. Beauregard
No Secret to Success
Jeffrey P. Rhodes
USAF Secretariat and Command Staff
A Photo Directory
Citizen-Airmen Do It Right
Maj. Michael B. Perini, USAF
Manpower, Missions, and Muscle
Capt. Napoleon B. Byers, USAF
Features
Terrorism and Military Force
John T. Correll
Carriers Jubilee
Peter B. Mersky
MAC's Moment of Truth
Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAF
Top Priority for C3
Edgar Ulsamer
Reformers and Their Solutions
Gen. T. R. Milton, USAF (Ret.)
Standing Up for Airpower
James P. Coyne
The Evolution of the Air Force NCO
Bruce D. Callendar
Eaker's Pan-American Mission
James Parton
Valor: Gauntlet of Fire
John L. Frisbee
The AFA Councils
James A. McDonnell, Jr.
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