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The article tells the story of the nine crew aboard a B-24 called Lady Be Good, who broke human endurance record by travelling in the Sahara Desert for more than 78 miles without food, water and shelter and in extreme weather and environment conditions after their bomber crashed in the desert in 1943 due to gross navigational error. It also tells how the Air Force and Army teams tried to track them and how they were later discovered by a team from the British Petroleum Co. in 1960.

The article profiles retired U.S. Air Force general John L. Piotrowski. He is the son of Polish immigrants, progressed from airman basic to the peak of rank and authority in the U.S. military with intelligence, drive and courage. He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force on September 2, 1952, became general in August 1985 and later became Air Force vice chief of staff. He assumed command of the North American Aerospace Defense Command and the U.S. Space Command in February 1987.

The article profiles former North Korean MiG-15 pilot No Kum-Sok, who is now known as Ken Rowe. Rowe witnessed the abusive conditions faced by North Korean cadets in the naval academy in 1949 which include poor heating systems, no vacations, and lack of food, which drove Rowe to flee North Korea and defect in 1953. Since moving to the U.S., Rowe worked as an engineer in U.S. defense businesses and retired as an aeronautical engineering professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.