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National Defense April 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Budget Fight: Big-Ticket Weapons Square Off In these times of tight military budgets, there is no shortage of conspiracy theories surrounding the future of big-ticket weapon systems.
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National Defense March 2012 Dan Parsons	Air Force Trades Quantity For Quality The Air Force will cut airmen and ditch some underperforming and unwanted aircraft, focusing instead on purchasing fewer but more capable new models in order to bridge a years-long investment gap, officials said.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2004 John Keller	What President Reagan Meant to the Military The passing of former President Ronald Reagan and the solemn ceremonies marking the event are pivotal milestones in our nation's recent history -- particularly for the U.S. military forces.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Uncertainty Surrounds Air Force 'Holy Trinity' The "holy trinity" of Air Force acquisition programs -- the F-35A joint strike fighter, the KC-46A tanker and the long-range strike bomber -- are moving forward but key questions about their future remain unanswered.
National Defense January 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Air Force's Relationship With Unmanned Aviation Hits Plateau Remotely-piloted aircraft are the darlings of 21st century warfare. Drone fleets are expanding across the U.S. military, the CIA and the armed forces of many foreign countries.
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National Defense August 2013 Insinna & Parsons	In a Post-Cold War World, Uncertainty Surrounds Nuclear Triad The world is a very different place than it was in the 1950s, when the United States needed thousands of nuclear warheads and three ways to deliver them on target to keep the Soviet Union at bay.
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National Defense October 2004 Eric Grons	Feature Article After years out of the spotlight, electronic warfare is reemerging as a critical part of Air Force plans to maintain dominance of air and space.
Aviation History July 2006 Kelly Bell	George Preddy: Top-Scoring World War II Mustang Ace With 27 1/2 confirmed aerial kills, George Preddy -- the top-scoring Mustang ace of World War II -- was undefeated until he ran into friendly fire on Christmas Day during the 1944 Ardennes offensive.
National Defense September 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	As Pressure Grows to Cut Spending, the True Cost of Weapons Is Anyone's Guess A decade of soaring Pentagon spending is coming to an end, and it is leaving behind considerable fiscal wreckage.
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The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Rich Smith	B-3, KC-X, F-35 ... Bingo! Defense investors, if you want to know which contractors will prosper in the future, and which ones will perish, listen to what Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said in his annual address to the Air Force Association conference.
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