The B-2 and beyond
Article Abstract:
The Panel to Review Long Range Airpower has recommended that all money should be used for upgrades to improve the deployability, survivability and maintainability of the existing fleet of B-2 bombers. The panel was commissioned to study whether the $331 million allocated for the B-2 program should be spent on more low-rate production, or used on improvements to the baseline program. The panel recommended that upgrades should be allowed to enable the aircraft to reach its full potential. One of the areas discussed is increasing the sortie rates of the 21 aircraft currently in the fleet.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 1998
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Rescue at Kham Duc
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The attack of North Vietnamese Army (NVA) on the US Army Special Forces camp at Kham Duc, located in a valley about eight miles from the Laos border and 100 miles south of Khe Sanh, in 1968 and the rescue efforts by the US team are illustrated. Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson, commander of a C-123 detachment at Da Nang, braved close-in enemy fire from both sides of the runway and from the hills above Kham Duc while rescuing three combat control team airmen.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2005
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The Air Force and the Cold War: A chronology, 1945-91
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The mutual influence that the Cold War and the US Air Force had over each other is described. Both were conceived in the 1940s and the major events that marked their journey through 1945 to 1991 are listed.
Publication Name: Air Force Magazine
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0730-6784
Year: 2005
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