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Discusses the limitations on the side of the United States that upset talks leading to the formation of a second strategic arms limitation treaty (SALT II) with the Soviet Union. Apprehensions related to the strategic use of medium range bomber aircraft Backfire; Political opportunity posed by the SALT II in the wake of presidential elections in the U.S.; Problems caused in the arms negotiation process that limited SALT I; Views that the U.S. would prefer to include the bomber under the Vladivostok ceiling, but the Soviet Union has resisted that idea for at least two reasons; Opinion of the media that the U.S. has linked its development of cruise missiles to a resolution of the Backfire question.

Focuses on the military policy of the U.S. towards the Soviet Union. Features of the report "Survival in the Air Age," released by U.S. President Harry S. Truman's Air Policy Commission; Need for rearmament stressed by Truman; Significance of the air force and of atomic power in fighting a war; Demand of huge financial support for the aircraft industry by the commission in the report; Appointment of a Finletter commission to study air policy for giving practical guidance on the importance of air power; Increase in Air Force appropriations; Assumptions made in increasing Air Force appropriations; Strategies made by the Air Force to fight against the Soviet Union; Development of air bombers to target industrial centers of the Soviet Union from military bases in Alaska; Development of an anti-atomic air force to fight against atomic war with the Soviet Union; Arguments presented by the commission against the national ownership of the aircraft industry.

The article talks about Specification F155T. In 1954, the Soviets had their four-engined Myasishchev M-4 aircraft and the British Air Staff were well aware of the threat. The favoured response, supposed to follow the 1954 issued Specification F155T, was Fairey Aviation Company's so-called Delta III which claimed to have the potential to be a Mach 3 interceptor. A change of government policy effectively halted the project and soon afterwards, the company behind it.

Focuses on the imposition of arms blockade by the U.S. on Cuba in 1962. Preparation made by the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) on the plan of the Soviet Union to deploy missiles in Cuba; Institution of training programs for the SAC; Plan of SAC on the Soviet airspace; Percentage of SAC bomber force that had been poised to launch during the Cuban crisis.

The article presents an update on various political developments in the U.S. and in other parts of the world. The opinion of U.S. Senator Gary Hart's aide Bill Lind on the present state of the U.S. Armed Forces is presented. Further, lawsuit by the Socialist Workers Party against the government for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation surveillance is mentioned. The book "The Gulag Archipelago," by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn is criticized. The decision of the Soviet Union to develop a nuclear bomber similar to B-1 is also mentioned.

The article highlights the air power of the Russians. The Soviet government owned military aircraft of not less than 10,000 when it entered a war. It is said that the U.S. Air Force is more concerned on the more advanced bombers operated by the Russians. Wellwood E. Beall, engineering vice president of Boeing Airline Co., rejects the idea that Russians have built a replication of B-29 bomber class.

Discusses the controversy surrounding the sale of several Sukhoi-240 bomber planes to the Libyan government by the Soviet Union. Reaction of the U.S. government to the arms sale; Criticism of Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev for his role in the Libyan arms sale; Aims of the foreign policy of the Soviet government; Implications of the pragmatism that Gorbachev has brought to Soviet foreign policy.

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.

Focuses on the development of the B-1 bomber by the U.S. Air Force. Omission of any restrictions on the development, construction or deployment of modern long-range bombing aircraft from the agreements reached by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the first round of the strategic-arms-limitations talks; Amount received by the U.S. Air Force for research and development on the B-1 bomber; Number of nuclear weapons that can be carried by the B-1 bomber.

The article confirms that Russia is rapidly gaining an advantage in aircraft technology and development over the U.S. According to a report from "Aviation Week," evidence of Russian air supremacy was displayed during the May Day parade in Moscow with foreign observers noting 50 new supersonic day fighters, 30 newly-designed all-weather fighters, and ten four-jet Bison heavy bombers. Analysts attribute the surge in Russia's airpower to the 1953 Moscow conference wherein Russian airplane designers examined the flaws of the MiG-15 jets in Korea.

The article focuses on the decision of U.S. Senator Howard Baker Jr. to oppose the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) II treaty. It states reasons why Baker opposed the SALT II treaty such as the required take down of 308 large units of SS-9 and SS-18 missile launchers, and the permission given to Soviet Union to keep the heavy missiles be replaced with removal of the demand for the nuclear force of the U.S. It mentions that Baker's oppose with the SALT II is considered to suggest a possible sacrifice of the planned mobile MX missile of the U.S. for an agreement to abandon the SS-18s of the Soviet Union. It adds that Baker's oppose is also viewed to present a call for a Senate resolution regarding the development of a bomber similar with those of the Soviet Union.

An interview with Missouri Senator Stuart Symington is presented. When asked to compare the strength of the Russian air force to that of the Americans, he replies that the Russians have ample supplies, personnel and atomic bombs to make them confident in an aggressive attack. He explains that the American bombers can shoot down only 20 percent of the Russians and lesser when conditions are not ideal. He states that an atomic bomb can kill 13 million of the population and destroy one-third of the industries.

The article reports on a so-called blip that occurred on the screen of the U.S. B-29 bomber after it took off from a base near Tokyo, Japan in the week of October 13, 1952. Another blip traced from the location of the Soviet-held Kurils was observed by radar monitors. It states the search operation conducted by Thunderjets and surface craft after the B-29 failed to return to its base. According to Japanese eyewitnesses, a burning aircraft fell into the sea, which is believed to be under the control of the Soviet Union.

The article looks at the warplanes of Russia. Fighter planes include the single-engine World War II interceptor YAK9 (Yakovlev), the single-jet fighter MIG-15 (Mikoyan), and the long-range version of the MIG-15, LA-17 (Lavochkin). Bomber planes include the three-man, twin-jet attack bomber TU-10 (Tupolev), the three- or four-place, twin-jet medium bomber IL-26 (Iliushin) and the TU4 (Tupolev), which is a direct copy of the U.S. B29.

The article reports on the first public flypast of the Soviet Air Force in Soviet Union in 1961. More than 100,000 viewers, which include Cold War leader for the Soviet Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev, squinted into the sky as one new plane after another moved into view. Among the most startling was the Bounder, a big delta-wing bomber with two outsized jet engines assembled on the wingtips.

The article reports that the 2,000-odd B-47 medium-jet bombers and hundreds of heavy 6-52 intercontinental jet bombers of the U.S. Strategic Air Command (SAC) had a power margin over the Soviet Union. According to the magazine "Missiles and Rockets," SAC aircrafts are conducting reconnaissance missions in Soviet Union and the Russians cannot stop them. It adds that U.S. radar and photographic mapping mission in the country will continue with success and immunity.

Focuses on relations between Japan and the Soviet Union. Report of a two-day battle in Japan in which a Japanese division was moved back through the use of tanks, artillery and airplanes; Claim of Tokyo to shot down five Soviet bombers over Korea; Discussion on possible strategies of Japan and the Soviet to be applied against each other; Intentions of Japan to invade Siberia.

The article presents an examination of the United States Air Force's plan to develop an aircraft capable to reaching Mach 3 speeds in order to intercept Soviet bombers with the intention of attacking the U.S. Plans to develop such an aircraft surfaced as early as 1949, but it was not until the mid-1950s that the Long Range Interceptor Experimental (LRI-X) program was approved. The article discusses the development and ultimately the rejection of the North American F-108 Rapier aircraft.

The article features Captain Glen Edwards who died when the YB-49 aircraft of the U.S. Air Force crashed on June 5, 1948. Edwards was born in Alberta, Canada in 1918 and grew up in California. He joined the Air Force six months before the Pearl Harbor in Hawaii was attacked by the Japanese. He tested the XB-42 Mixmaster, a bomber powered by a pusher engine and propeller on a transcontinental flight. The Air Force views the YB-49 as a potential nuclear bomber and reconnaissance craft for warfare.