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How the Air Force got the ICBM : the mission could have gone to the Army, which saw ballistic missile as a new kind of artillery

Full day : over the Red River delta, Leo Thorsness "took on most of North Vietnam all by himself"

The strategic world of Russell E. Dougherty : he became an Air Force leader and thinker of great distinction, but he started out as a bugler in the cavalry

The ups and downs of counterforce : a big issue in the Cold War was whether nuclear weapons should be targeted mainly on the enemy force or on the enemy's cities

Calculated courage at Thai Nguyen : Merlyn Dethlefsen pressed the attack on the SAM sites through the heaviest flak ever seen in North Vietnam

The strength of Bud day : despite his injuries, he escaped from North Vietnam, evaded capture for 12 days, and almost made it back to a US base

Air Force Museum : the heritage of the Force

Disunity of command : unity of command, a long-held principle of war, was an early casualty in Vietnam

The fall of Lima Site 85 : the radar site was deep in enemy territory, the assumption was that it was imposiible for attackers to climb the sheer face of the mountain

The strategy of Desert Storm : fifteen years ago, the Gulf War upset prevailing assumptions about airpower and its relationship to the "AirLand Battle"