"There are no experts on the Soviet Union," said Air Force Chief of Staff Nathan F. Twining one day last week, "just people with varying degrees of ignorance." For a man just back from a carefully shepherded, eight-day inspection of Soviet aviation, it was a prudent remark. But as a press conference quickly established, Twining's visit to Moscow had led him to some firm conclusions about Russia. The most important: the U.S. is out in front of Soviet airpower and should be able to stay there.
Talking to newsmen at Gettysburg, where he went to report to President Eisenhower, Twining...
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