ARMED FORCES: On Jets & Screaming Babies

Have you ever felt unwanted?

Insecure? Unpopular? Been invited to leave town, or opposed trying to enter?

Could be that you need a psychiatrist.

On the other hand, you may be a base or unit commander in the U.S. Air Force . . .

So begins a new booklet (Shotgun Wedding) by the U.S. Air Defense Command, whose screaming jets, while admired from afar, sometimes make enemies and alienate communities around air bases. Despite the jesting tone, the problem and the booklet are dead serious; the ADC's mission is to defend the U.S., and...

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