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Provides information on Texas Tower, a mosquelike radar station of the U.S. Air Force located sixty-three feet above the Atlantic Ocean. Functions of the radar station; Amount of money spent by the government to construct and equip the station; Features and components of the facility.

Focuses on the Air Force Aircraft Warning and Control Squadron in the U.S. Responsibilities of the team in the country's radar network; Actions to be taken by the Squadron if an unidentified aircraft is from an enemy; Information on the enlisted men's barracks.

Focuses on the air defense against atomic attack proposed by scientists Vannevar Bush and Lloyd V. Berkner in the U.S. Advantage and disadvantage of radar; Locations of strategic bases built for the Long-Range Air Army; Revolution in the art of weaponry for air defense.

The article focuses on the need for the U.S. Air Force to have a civil-defense program in order to stop the attacks by the Soviet Union. The Joint Chiefs of Staff provided defense roles to the Air Force such as strategic bombing, air defense and tactical support. It states a false notion that radar screens and electronic devices will provide U.S. forces a strong air defense against the enemy's attack. It cites that the U.S. security will not be guaranteed with air superiority alone.

Speculates on the tactical air defense of the U.S. against possible attacks by the Soviet Union. Role of Lieutenant General Ennis C. Whitehead and the Continental Air Command in defending continental U.S.; Targets of Soviet attacks in the U.S.; Casualties of fission bombing in U.S. cities; Limitation of U.S. radar system against air attacks.

Presents letters to the editor referencing articles and topics discussed in previous issues. Suggestion of setting a limit on crop loans; Eulogy of Dallas, Texas Mayor Bon Thornton; "They Guard the Ramparts," which focused on the role of the radar controller in the air defense system.