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The article focuses on the decision of U.S. President Jimmy Carter to turn down the request of the Air Force to have 244 units of B-1 bombers. It states that the decision is based on Carter's view that the B-1s are not necessary and are too expensive, and will just be replaced with 330 units of B-52 bombers. It mentions that the decision is being supported by Iowa Democrat John Culver, saying that Carter's effort is the most constructive decision in terms of the military spending in the U.S. It says that compared to the B-1s, the B-52s will give the U.S. a 20% lesser cost and same capacity of air defenses against Soviet Union. It adds that the European allies of the U.S. also agreed with Carter's decision because they considered the B-1s to have less air defense than the B-52s

The article focuses on the condition of Vietnam during the bomb raids of the U.S. military bombers. It mentions the sudden bombing of the French diplomatic mission in Hanoi wherein five employees died and North Vietnam chief French diplomat Pierre Susini was injured. U.S. President Richard M. Nixon apologized to France President Georges Pompidou for the incident, but Hanoi citizens' reaction to the bombing was muted because aerial attacks on civilian targets are too common for them.

Presents observations from John Robinson, a pilot with the 344th Bomb Group, about the invasion of Normandy on D-day on June 6, 1944. His role in flying B-26 Marauders in order to bomb the Germans; Memories of the activities in the briefing room before invasion; His recollections of dropping bombs along the French coast and specifically at Utah Beach.

The article focuses on role that U.S. Presidential candidate Richard Nixon played towards the thermonuclear confrontation of the U.S. with the Soviet Union. It says the statement of Nixon concerning the diminishing and marginal U.S. superiority towards bomber which he said to be close to danger. It adds the increasing number of nuclear submarines by the Russians counting to 55 while the U.S. have 76 atom-fueled submarines which can launch 656 missiles.

The article presents a sampling of urgent communications or dispatches in the docket of U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson. The Soviet Union denied speculation that a U.S. Navy Privateer patrol bomber was shot down by Soviet fighters over the open sea and insisted that the plane was a B29 Flying Fortress that had been caught taking pictures over Latvia. U.S. Information Service (USIS) employee Katherine Kosmak swore she was pressured by the Czech police to marry a Czech fellow worker and give up American citizenship.

The article reports that about one-third of the world's population was able to observe the solar eclipse. A group of scientists, led by Harvard College Observatory head Donald Menzel, has observed the solar eclipse from a Stratocruiser plane in the U.S. Meanwhile, Harold Spencer Jones, Astronomer Royal in Great Britain, used a Royal Air Force (RAF) bomber to chase the eclipse from Greenland to Iceland.

The article focuses on the Nike ground-to-air rocket unveiled by the U.S. Army in March 1953. The missile is reportedly capable of destroying bombers and is controlled using electronic signals. One of the disadvantages of the Nikes is their cost. It is noted that Nikes can also do damage when their boosters fall to the ground.

The article discusses a fake photograph that showed two bombers flying in a cloudy sky, which revealed a likeness of Christ with hands outstretched in a gesture of peace. The photograph was distributed by the Religious News Service and the NEA. It was widely reproduced in the U.S. press and abroad. Air Force Staff Sergeant Roy C. Burnham called the picture a fake. The photograph was actually taken by an Air Force photo laboratory technician in England and painted in the picture of Christ.

The article reports on the acquisition of the U.S. Navy's reserve aircraft plant in Columbus, Ohio by North American Aviation Inc. With the acquisition, the company expanded its plane- building space by a third. Among the projects handled by the company include the AJ-1, the Navy's first carrier-based bomber with capabilities of carrying an atomic bomb and the rumored production of McDonnell Aircraft's carrier-based Banshee jet fighter.

The article reports on the Thailand's invitation to base the U.S. B2s, an aircraft carrying 60,000 lbs of bomb, to shortcut its bombing operations to Viet Nam from Guam with 12 hrs round trip to Thailand with an hour of roundtrip. It highlights the cooperation of Thailand with the Allied Forces which in return, U.S. Green Berets train hundreds of Thais in preparation for its 2,400 men to join the Allies in Viet Nam later of 1967. It shows the union of the Thai and U.S. soldiers in action.

The article discusses the demand of Representative Carl Vinson for the U.S. House of Representatives to supervise President John F. Kennedy towards the development of the RS-70 super bomber. It highlights the opposition by Democrat George Mahon and Gerald R. Ford to Vinson's principle of directing the expenditure of the RS-70. The efforts made by George Mahon to gather votes opposing Vinson and the negotiation between President Kennedy and Vinson on the approval RS-70 bill are also reviewed.

The article offers information on the failure of the U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba's Bay of Pigs in April 1961. Accordingly, top deputy Richard M. Bissell had warned that the invasion force will stand little chance without the fire power support of B-26 bombers, but White House staffers including chief of Naval Operations Arleigh Burke were opposed to the idea. The single compromise of the invasion stood a mischance on the ready jets and ground forces of Cuban president Fidel Castro.

The article focuses on the crash incidence of B58 Hustler. It states that Captain Daniel Holland noticed the unusual attitude of the four-jet bomber and figured out that pilot Major Richard Smith was fighting the controls. Lieutenant Colonel George Gradel says that everything went wrong and the bomber gone into a dive when he heard the voice that calls to bail out. It adds that the ejection came fast; however, only two were able to survive while all B58 bombers of the Air Force were grounded.

Presents observations from John Robinson, a pilot with the 344th Bomb Group, about the invasion of Normandy on D-day on June 6, 1944. His role in flying B-26 Marauders in order to bomb the Germans; Memories of the activities in the briefing room before invasion; His recollections of dropping bombs along the French coast and specifically at Utah Beach.

The article discusses the 40th year anniversary of the maiden flight of the transport plane DC-3 manufactured by Douglas Aircraft Co. It mentions that the first flight of DC-3 happened on December 17, 1935 and was the first aircraft of the U.S. to turn a profit from passengers only. It states that the DC-3 was also the first transport plane to offer heated cabins, soundproofing and power brakes. It also notes that the DC-3s that are modified during the World War II have served as carriers for troops and cargos, hospital planes and a kind of bomber.

The article focuses on the conflicting issues written on the book "The Bermuda Triangle," by Charles Berlitz and opposed by various persons. It says that in the book, Berlitz stresses the incidents making the area, known as the Triangle of Death, mysterious including the disappearance of freighter Marine Sulphur Queen in 1963, the lost patrol incident in December 1945 wherein five Navy torpedo bombers on a training flight seemed to vanish into thin air, and the waterspouts of white water noted by navigators and Christopher Columbus. However, historian Samuel Eliot Morison claims that Columbus never reported of seeing white water in the area. It adds that the Coast Guard in Miami, Florida relates that there is no record of the disappearance of Queen Elizabeth 2 in any of its ships' logs.

The article reports that the first flight test of the B-1 bomber at the Edwards Air Force Base in Southern California has been successful. It relates that B-1 is designed as future replacements for the B-52, which is the long-range bomber used by the U.S. Air Force for about 20 years. It mentions that the military airplane weighing 400,000 pounds can carry twice the payload and can take off in half the runway space. Moreover, the aircraft has greater retractable wings and maneuverability. However, critics continue to question on whether manned bombers are strategically useful in the missile age. It adds that the decision to build additional 241 B-1s depends on U.S. Congress.