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...command pilot qualified to fly 27 types of aircraft, Posvar flew four-engine C-54 transports in the Berlin airlift before taking up his teaching duties at Colorado Springs in 1957. Then 32, he was the youngest full professor ever to serve at one of the na tion's service academies. Insisting that "anything can stand the fresh air of discussion" in a military classroom, Posvar encouraged original thinking by cadets. He became head of the academy's social sciences division...
...airlift of refugees from Communist Cuba last week marked its first anniversary. In that period, more than 45,000 Cubans have been flown free to new lives in the U.S. Though the number who would seek to leave Cuba was originally estimated at 150,000, another 700,000 Cubans still await Fidel Castro's action on their applications to leave. Despite confiscation of most of their property as a precondition to leaving, only 5% of the first year's refugees required U.S. welfare assistance-and then only for short periods...
...planes to date (427 over the north, 133 over the south), more than its worldwide losses in wartime 1942. Defense Secretary Robert McNamara recently ordered 280 new fighters at a cost of $700 million, and is pressing ahead with a program that will have increased U.S. troop-and-supply airlift capability by 1,000% between 1961 and 1971. The military buildup announced by the President 16 months ago has boosted armed-forces strength by a net of more than half a million men (present total: 3,228,377), affecting every aspect of logistics...
World President Edward J. Daly expects that by 1970, his tour revenues will reach $100 million a year. But partly because of Viet Nam airlift commit ments, inclusive tours will not get into full swing until late...
...rain began to fall, the Communists sought to tighten a noose around the Aussie company, charged in human-wave attacks that were repeatedly beaten back. The fighting was so intense that the Aussies almost ran out of ammunition, and their helicopters braved heavy ground fire and blinding rain to airlift more into the front line...