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Besides, two could play at the ancient game of Going to Jerusalem. Two C-47s landed on the Arab side of divided Jerusalem, bearing Premier Fawzi Mulki and the entire Jordan cabinet. After a three-hour session in Government House, only 700 yards from the armistice line, the ministers announced that henceforth Jordan's cabinet would split their session between Amman and Jerusalem. Cried Premier Mulki: "From this day on, Jerusalem has become the second capital of Jordan...
Colonel Michael McCoy, who commands the only combat-ready all-jet bomber wing in the U.S. Air Force, flew one of his sleek, swept-wing B-47s from the U.S. to Britain last April in a record 5 hr. 38 min. Last week, when his 306th Medium Bombardment Wing, battle-loaded with dummy atom bombs, set out for a 90-day tour in England, Colonel McCoy bent no throttles. Leading the first formation of 15 planes from Limestone, Maine to Fairford, Gloucestershire, the colonel took 5 hr. 53 min. to make the crossing...
...president of T.W.A., and the late Alfred Marchev, Republic racked up an impressive wartime record by turning out more than 15,000 P47 Thunderbolts. Mundy Peale's part in that program was managing Republic's Evansville, Ind. plant, which turned out more than 6,000 P-47s. But when Peale was made Republic president in early 1947, he faced problems galore...
Under present plans, U.S. air power will remain about where it is until next year. Then it will rise steadily as jet B-47s begin to replace the old piston-powered B-29s and B-50s. Defensively, the U.S. today probably has sufficient air defense to cut down a concentrated attack on the U.S. Strategic Air Command bases and atomic installations. But it cannot now defend the nation against raids on U.S. cities. The best estimate today, based on the sketchiest intelligence, is that the Russians have not a sufficient supply of atomic bombs to make a sustained atomic offensive...
...bombers and Hellcat and Bearcat fighters were roaring off the airfields of Hanoi and Haiphong, a few minutes later were diving between the mist-shrouded peaks surrounding the Nghia Lo basin to plaster the Viet Minh troops with bombs and napalm. Over the town of Nghia Lo, C-47s and three-motored Junkers transports dropped French and Foreign Legion paratroopers, who quickly set up new defenses athwart the mountain passes. At week's end the severely mauled Viet Minh columns pulled back.The Thais breathed easier. The big attack of the Viet Minh on the main French lines is still...