Two-Fisted Air Power
Sir:
. . . Your latest article on U.S. air power [TIME, May 12] does not give the complete picture on armed air power.
Every thinking person knows Uncle Sam's air power is two-fisted. The right fist is the U.S.A.F.—smashing, powerful and capable; the left fist is U.S. naval and Marine aviation—rapier-like, highly mobile and superb. The bloodstream for these fighting fists is Uncle Sam's civilian aeronautical industry.
ERNEST S. PARK Lieutenant Commander, U.S.N. Rio de Janeiro
Sir:
In your article on U.S. air power you made no mention of the impact of guided-missile warfare on air power . . .
In any mid-air contest...