Valor: Rescue in the Gulf of Tonkin
Burned and wounded HU-16 navigator Don Price saved the injured F-4 pilot, then found himself alone in the sea, surrounded by enemy sampans.
August 1988
Vol. 71, No. 8
The Hard Realities of War
Among the many horrors of war, the death of noncombatants has always stood apart as a special kind of tragedy. Thus the world reacted with great emotional intensity to the news on July 3 that the US Navy had shot...
The Power Projection Shortfall
The United States does not have enough airlift and sealift to meet its military commitments. Airlift f
SAC Extends Its Wings
In a new series of training deployments, SAC prepares to put conventional firepower on the flanks of t
The Machines of Special Ops
Their equipment is unusual—but so is the mission. It may take them to forbidding parts of the world to
When You Call It an Airline, Smile
Military Airlift Command is a combat organization, and don't you forget it.
Recovery in Space
Secretary Aldridge says the space program is back, stronger than before. He also notes that during the
Red Ink on the Trade Balance
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