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The article profiles the former Lancaster bomber wireless operator Harry Baggaley who was only 15 years old when the war broke out in 1939. It states that Harry learned wireless operation and morse code at Number Two Radio School in Yatesbury, England, riding the single engine Magister plane on training flights to practise receiving and transmitting. It also states that Harry's crew was assigned to aircraft PO-P, holding a reunion in 1983 where only two of the seven man crew are still alive.

The article offers information on the bombing of Red Chinese border by radar-laden a RB-66 reconnaissance bomber. U.S. Army Major Wilbur R. Dudley examined the tunnel bore in on the RB-66 and dropped the MIG with a heat-seeking missile up the tail pipe. Dudley further states that only 14 of the 243 U.S. planes lost over North Vietnam due to missiles, while the U.S. Coast Guard had lost damage in vessels and jets while patrolling in South Vietnam.

Letters to the editor are presented. Topics discussed include the piloting of aircraft such as B-36 Bombers, AT-6 Harvards, and B-26 Marauders.

Focuses on long-range bombers and their crew. Description of a bombing run; Media image; Training; Conditions on a bomber.

The article reports on Dora Dougherty who was in the cockpit of the Commemorative Air Force's B-29 FIFI bomber in March 2012 at Florida's Sun 'n Fun fly-in. Dougherty was at the controls flying the four-engine bomber to an Army base in Alamogordo, New Mexico sixty-eight years ago, along with Dorothea Moorman. Dougherty and Moorman were selected to demonstrate the aircraft by Lieutenant Colonel Paul Tibbets to his men who were afraid to fly the bomber due to its reputation for engine fires.

The article reports on the initial flight of the restored B-25 Mitchell 43-35972/N125AZ aircraft at the Commemorative Air Force's Arizona Wing facilities at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona. Called the Maid in the Shade, it was flown in late May 2009 With Tim Jackson and Russ Gilmore controlling it. In 1944-1945, the aicraft flew in combat missions with the 487th Bomber Squadron, 319th Bomb Group out of Corsica. Details of its restoration are provided.

Recounts the experience of the author as a copilot of the bomber B-52. Details on a flight to Canada; Encounter with an undercast; Description of how it must have felt like flying 100 feet above the ground.

Discusses the effect of changes in military policy on Air Force bomber maintenance and weapons crews. Frustrations; Use of bombers to drop conventional weapons rather than nuclear bombs; Changes in training requirements.

The article reports on the completion of the first post-contract award control test vehicle flight of the Small Diameter Bomb II by Raytheon Company. According to Harry Schulte, Raytheon Missile Systems vice president of Air Warfare Systems, the SDB II enables the warfighter to defeat moving and fixed targets in adverse weather conditions. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader which specializes in defense and homeland security and other government markets.