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The article reports that Egypt President Gamal Abdel Nasser welcomes Iraq in its union to the Egypto-Jordanian alliance against Israel. According to Nasser, they are so eager for battle so that the enemy will awake from his dream and meet the Arab reality face to face. Meanwhile, Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Dayan, stated that the time is not yet ripe for them to strike the Arab forces and that they will wait and see the outcome of diplomacy.

The article discusses the remarkable stories of TWA 707 nonstop flight across the U.S. It states that the TWA 707 took off from Los Angeles International Airport, soared smoothly across the nation, and landed at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. It also notes that the story involves 14,000 highly trained and dedicated men who work with some of the most complex and sophisticated electronic apparatus ever devised.

The article reports on the aerial bombing of North Vietnam by the U.S. It reveals that the targets of the bombing were military camps and oil storage facilities of Hanoi-Haiphong complex with the purpose of crippling the communists and, thereby, preventing major attacks in the South. According to the author, the decision of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson and his Secretary of Defense, Robert McNamara, to bomb the North garnered both praise and criticism.

The article reports on the reorganization of the U.S. Air Force aimed at making it the world's most powerful modern fighting unit. The service will build 137 wings by 1957, a bomber force of 40 wings, and complete conversion to jet bombers by 1958. The hug change being experienced by the service is based on a new attitude of mature, professional self-confidence. The change is being led by Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Nathan Farragut Twining.

The article reports on the ten B-29 airplanes of the U.S. Air Force that fly only at night over Korea because of their limited air power. A statement is made by General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg on the probability that the U.S. will retreat from enemy lines because of the lack of equipment. The country does not have adequate defense against the nuclear attack of Russia despite its rearmament after the war. The Communist Army in China has high-technology weapons and airplanes supplied by the Russians.

The article features the renovated New York International Airport at Idlewild, New York. It is said that the airport is one of the world's busiest airports and a technological primer of jet age forethought, becoming the prototype and laboratory for many of the world's changing airports. Also included are several airports worldwide which include Dulles International Airport, Brasília's new airport and Rome's Leonardo Da Vinci airfield.

The article discusses the capture of U-2 Lockheed pilot Francis Gary Powers in Soviet territory in the midst of the cold war. It states that Powers was gunned down by the orders of Soviet Premier Nikita Khruschev, who is said to be aware of American reconnaissance missions across the country. It mentions that U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower ordered State Department spokesman, Lincoln White, to tell the truth in a press conference. Eiichiro Sekigawa's description of the U-2 is provided.

The article examines the impact of the growth of aviation industry in the U.S. It describes on the dawn of the commercial jet age where the U.S. skies are said to be busiest with planes and jets taking off and landing every minute at the 567 U.S. airports in which the airlines serve not counting the military planes. It mentions on the importance of the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) as the one responsible for the success in the air and safety for the people.

The article focuses on the naval operation headed by U.S. Navy Rear Admiral John Smith Thach, the leader of the antisubmarine warfare (ASW) Task Group Alfa. It states that the operation was made to find defenses against a submarine revolution that has initiated when the nuclear-powered U.S. Ship Nautilus first got into the sea. It says that the group uses the U.S. Ship Sea Leopard in the said operation. It mentions that Thach has made techniques directed at the center of the submarine skipper.

The article focuses on North American Air Defense (NORAD), an aerial defense system under the command of Air Force General Earle E. Partridge which was built to reduce the number of breakthroughs of Soviet bombers. It discusses the issue on the lack of radar and other devices for NORAD to detect missiles. It mentions that NORAD covers the Distant Early Warning (DEW) line and Mid-Canada line. It notes the major functions of NORAD such as informing the Strategic Air Command of a possible attack.

The article focuses on the policy of the U.S. administration under President Richard M. Nixon to free prisoners of war (POW) in Vietnam. It discusses steps taken by Nixon to put diplomatic pressure on Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam, to release POW. When U.S. intelligence recommended a P.O.W. camp at Son Tay, Nixon gave a go-ahead for planning the operation without actually authorizing the mission. The Pentagon assigned Brigadier General LeRoy Manor, head of air commandos at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Colonel Arthur Simons, an ex-Green Beret then stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, to lead what became known as Joint Contingency Task Group Ivory Coast.

The article focuses on Russian Lieutenant General Vasily Stalin, son of the General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin. He commanded a fighter division in Poland in 1944 and was promoted to major general in 1946. Three years later, he was again promoted to lieutenant general. The article also details the growth of Russian air power during the 1940s.

The article reports on the newest weapons of war being made in the U.S. as of May 1951. It highlights "guided missiles" which is the military phrase in every U.S. aircraft factory, every technical institute and every electronics laboratory. It offers information on guided missiles' source of power and their capability. They include surface-to-air missiles, air-to-air missiles, air-to-ground missiles, and surface-to-surface missiles.

The article focuses on the story about the accident of the Boeing 707 of American Airline Inc. that crashed on take-off into Jamaica Bay in New York which killed all 95 aboard. It stresses the significant task of the U.S. Government's Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB), a small and independent agency created by Congress, in the recovery of the engine as well as the dead bodies. It notes that the 171-man Bureau of Safety of CAB is easily investigating every fatal accident of any aircraft.

The article focuses on the air warfare between the U.S. and Communists in the Viet Nam war. It states that the flyers and war airplanes that hit Haiphong and Hanoi, Vietnam were part of the sophistication of U.S. electronic and technology assembled in Indochina, wherein, no B-52s have been lost since the communits' offensive attacks. It adds that the air warfare has been stepped up and re-Americanized. General William C. Westmoreland predicts automated wars with applications of lethal firepower.

The article focuses on the weapons used in the Arab-Israeli war. It reveals that the use of the tank and close aerial support is no longer effective due to the vulnerability of aircraft and tanks to new missiles. It states that the most effective new weapon used in the war is the Soviet SAM6 surface-to-air-missile. It reports that SAM6 batteries have already downed 40 Israeli planes near the Suez Canal. It notes that SAM6 is a solid-fuel rocket that is mounted in a group of three on a tracked vehicle. It further relates that the Israel forces do not have effective countermeasures against SAM6.

The article focuses on issues concerning the design and production of the U.S. combat aircraft F111. It states that a House-Senate Conference Committee has recommended the U.S. Navy model, F111B, not to go into production until it can operate efficiently as aircraft carriers. It mentions that the General Dynamics Corp., the builder of F111, fall behind the schedule as the original blueprints have to be repeatedly modified due to its revolutionary swing-wing design.

The article provides information on the Transition Phase project undertaken by the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics. Scheduled for completion in 1953, the Transition Phase has already provided U.S. pilots with navigational devices including low-frequency radio ranges and high-frequency Omniranges to complement distance-measuring equipment (DME). The system also includes traffic and landing guides using radar-directed and ground-controlled approach (GCA).

The article focuses on the contracts to be awarded by the U.S. Air Force to Northrop Aircraft for the production of the Scorpion fighter plane. The aircraft features a full radar equipment, can increase higher than 40,000 feet and automatically fires its rockets when within range. It notes that the 154 million-dollar government contract would bring Northrop's total backlog to 389 million dollars.

The article explains the truth behind the claims and reports from some people that they have seen flying saucers. According to Harvard University professor of astrophysics Donald H. Menzel, viewing flying saucers is not the same thing as thinking that these objects are space ships manned by intelligent individuals from another planet. He adds that some reports about flying saucers are products of imagination and hoaxes because some of them have come from glimpses of ordinary objects like aircraft and weather balloons.

The article discusses the condition of aircraft navigation. It highlights the Air Force radar operator at Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador who was watching bright blips drifting across his radarscope as he traced the track of airplanes approaching from Europe. It presents the two most important electronic gadgets that were designed to give the navigator a hand including the Very High-Frequency Omni-Rango (VOR) and the Long-Range Navigation (LORAN).

The article discusses the technology developments and techniques at the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) aiming to detect and prevent threat. It states that NORAD can now detect and locate missiles or satellites with its two powerful beams fan at the Thule station in Greenland. It indicates that the Thule station and similar station in Clear, Alaska were built as the result of the effort of 2900 firms to locate missile.

The article focuses on the North American Aerospace Defense Command's (NORAD) test of the Sky Shield II air-defense system. It mentions that the start of the exercise of all commercial and private planes flying over the U.S. and Canada was ceased for 12 hours. It notes that in Colorado Springs, General Laurence S. Kuter, NORAD commander, has been directing the simulated interception which took place over 14 million square miles.

The article offers information on the new jet plane by the U.S. Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). It mentions that the plane was loaded with electronic equipment and was off for its first check run at its home base in FAA's Aeronautical Center at Will Rogers Field. It adds that the plane will be joined by Lockheed Electra, Convair 880, and a Boeing 720 in which they will serve as flying classrooms to teach the FAA flight inspectors the proper flying procedures in an effort to improve safety.

The article focuses on the management of Charles Bates Thornton of the Litton Industries Inc. in Beverly Hills, California. It says that the Litton Industries has increased its sales to 83 million dollars from 3,000,000 million dollars in five years of Thornton's management. It states that despite the speculations of his competitor that his company will collapse due to recession, the company was not prevented to expand.

The article focuses on the mysterious disappearance of F-111 planes in Southeast Asia that led to the loss of eight crewmen and hardware cost around 60 million dollars. It states that Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire of Joint Committee on Defense Production asked to ground the F-111 plane for further evaluations due to the losses. It discusses the possible causes of the disappearance, wherein other suggests that the tropical humidity in Southeast Asia damages its complex electronic circuits.

The article focuses on a case wherein Air Force General John D. Lavelle was accused of conducting raids against Hanoi, Viet Nam's airfields and radar sites. It says that the raids were clearly a violation of the White House rules on bombing North Viet Nam and happened when the U.S. government was engaged in subtle peace talks with the capital. General Creighton Abrams said that Lavelle acted improperly, citing a raid he had authorized and assigned to Lavelle, but had exceeded the rules.

The article offers information on the military strategy of President Richard Milhous Nixon in response to the Vitenam War in the U.S. It states that President Nixon has decided to resume flights with the availability of fighter plane cover if needed. President Nixon notes that the initiative aims to protect the 56,000 U.S. troops in South Korea and to provide insurance trusts against the growing belligerence of North Korea.

The article offers information on hitching electronic landing systems that help pilots learn how to land their aircraft in any weather condition. They include Instrument Landing System which projects into the sky a narrow beam of high-frequency radio waves and Ground-Controlled Approach which watches the approaching airplane through the fog by radar. But both systems put a severe strain on the pilot which designers hope can be eliminated by the automatic pilot.

The article reports on the presumptive facts about the battle in Tonkin Gulf involving the U.S. soldiers and Communists in South Vietnam. It states that the event is revived after the Tonkin Gulf Resolution is in Congress, which sends more than million U.S. troops to battle in the area. However, Defense Secretary Robert McNamara insists that the U.S.S. Maddox and Turner Joy are consisted only with normal radio receivers giving the ship added capacity to detect indications of possible attack.

The article focuses on the application and effectiveness of the Soviet-made surface-to-air (SAM) missiles during the Vietnam War. The rockets are considered dangerous weapons as the U.S. airmen attempted to fly outside their 28-mile range. Equipped with countermeasure devices, the U.S. aircraft can outdo the SAM rockets.

The article looks at the argument between the U.S. Air Force and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara over the expenditures for the RS-70 super bomber. It notes that the Air Force aims to spend 491 million dollars for the to put the RS-70 on operation while Defense Secretary McNamara opted for 171 million on a program to develop three prototype RS-70s. It is also inferred that McNamara now plans to spend 52 million dollars for the technological development of the aircraft and to restudy the RS-70.

The article reports the hi-jacking of the Electra passenger plane from Eastern Air Lines Inc. by Wilfredo Roman Oquendo, member of the Fidel Castro's July 26 Movement in Cuba. It narrates the hi-jacking events in which Pilot William E. Buchanan was forced at gunpoint to fly the plane to Cuba. It states that after the incident the American passengers were returned to Miami via Pan American DC-6. It depicts Fidel Castro's retaliation after the U.S. took ten Cuban planes by court order.

The article offers information on the mission of the Strategic Air Command (SAC) B-52 aircraft over North Vietnam. It states that the aircraft was stenciled with the number 6623 on its tail to identify it from the other B-52s of SAC's 43d Strategic Air Wing at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. It says that the aircraft which was commanded by Captain Ed Petersen wove toward the target area where nothing can be seen. It adds that the release of the 43,500 lbs. was reportedly anticlimactic.

The article reports on the resumption of military supplies to Egypt by the Soviet Union to protect itself the former from Israeli airstrikes. The military hardwares supplied includes MIG-23 and Su-11 fighter aircrafts, SA-4 ground to air missiles and P-15 radar systems. It compares the present situation in Middle east to Spanish Civil War where the bigger military powers are supplying arms to test their efficiency.

The article offers information on the claims made by Israel that Egyptians and Soviets have violated the cease fire at the Suez Canal front. It states that an Israeli colonel has presented a proof in the form of an aerial photograph, which reportedly spots the act of firing. According to the Israeli military, the action took place on August 8, 1970. The U.S. intelligence community did not accept the proof as the photographs were not clear. The difference of opinion between the U.S. and Israel was due to the different methods used to monitor.