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The article focuses on the pilot observer teams stationed at the McGuire Air Force Base near Trenton, New Jersey. The teams are alerted by long-range ground radar. The pilots are operating an F-94, a special Lockheed Shooting Star equipped for all-weather flying. The units have been stationed to protect the U.S. and its cities from long-range air attack.

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.