Air Corps News Letter, Volume 441961 - Aeronautics |
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... United States suspended tests with the start of the Geneva talks in October of 1958 , a step that was billed as not necessarily halting our tech- nological progress on nuclear weapons but which certainly . had that effect . For all ...
... United States suspended tests with the start of the Geneva talks in October of 1958 , a step that was billed as not necessarily halting our tech- nological progress on nuclear weapons but which certainly . had that effect . For all ...
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... United States , made through the Secretary of State , to station five Polaris submarines in the NATO area . On the other hand , by mid - May there was genuine appre hension in West Germany about our intentions . The Minister of Defense ...
... United States , made through the Secretary of State , to station five Polaris submarines in the NATO area . On the other hand , by mid - May there was genuine appre hension in West Germany about our intentions . The Minister of Defense ...
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... United States Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) . A year later came the Berlin Airlift , the free world's great air transport victory against world communism . General LeMay was the top air officer at the airlift's inception and through ...
... United States Air Forces in Europe ( USAFE ) . A year later came the Berlin Airlift , the free world's great air transport victory against world communism . General LeMay was the top air officer at the airlift's inception and through ...
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... United States , President Kennedy seems to have taken the only realistic approach . He is seeking acceptance of one long - range , prestige - loaded , and expensive goal - the manned expedition to the moon . If the Administration tried ...
... United States , President Kennedy seems to have taken the only realistic approach . He is seeking acceptance of one long - range , prestige - loaded , and expensive goal - the manned expedition to the moon . If the Administration tried ...
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... United States possessed atomic bombs in numbers and aircraft to deliver them anywhere on the globe . This counterthreat of air action was fearful enough to “ dis- courage " conquests by land armies . It was this situation that inspired ...
... United States possessed atomic bombs in numbers and aircraft to deliver them anywhere on the globe . This counterthreat of air action was fearful enough to “ dis- courage " conquests by land armies . It was this situation that inspired ...
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Page 21 - In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Page 60 - National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958". DECLARATION OF POLICY AND PURPOSE SEC. 102. (a) The Congress hereby declares that it is the policy of the United States that activities in space should be devoted to peaceful purposes for the benefit of all mankind.
Page 49 - It is certain that Europe would have been Communized, like Czechoslovakia, and London under bombardment some time ago but for the deterrent of the atomic bomb in the hands of the United States.
Page 54 - I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.
Page 14 - When will you pay me ? Say the bells of Old Bailey. When I grow rich Say the bells of Shoreditch.
Page 71 - A fair amount of the things that have to be done in physics or in biology is mechanical work of the mind which can be done by anyone, or almost anyone. For the purpose of innumerable investigations it is possible to divide science into small sections, to enclose oneself in one of these, and to leave out of consideration all the rest.
Page 95 - Congress must finally make — let it be clear that I am asking the Congress and the country to accept a firm commitment to a new course of action...
Page 23 - Under a National Security Council directive in 1958, it remains the policy of the US Government to make use of military personnel and facilities to arouse the public to the menace of the cold war.
Page 99 - Freedom must bury Communism or be buried by Communism. Complete eradication of the Soviet system must be our national goal, our obligation to all free people, our promise of hope to all who are not free.
Page 118 - Organized in the public interest and dedicated to providing objective leadership in the advancement and application of space science and technology for the United States Government. AEROSPACE CORPORA!