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...anything, Norstad, now 55, has been too successful in his post. His deep concern for European defense has made Airman Norstad a strong advocate of a Europe-based NATO nuclear striking force, which is unacceptable to the Ken nedy Administration. In 1960 he had a mild heart attack; by last January he talked seriously of resigning. A few months later, he suffered an unpublicized second heart attack. Last week the White House announced Norstad's resignation -and with it came a major shake-up in the top command of U.S. armed forces...
...planes. Each volunteer undergoes three separate psychological interviews, a check of his family situation to make sure he can leave for a risky mission on short notice, and a grueling 21-day survival course at Nevada's Stead Air Force Base. Each officer and airman of the Air Commandos must know how to do every job in the outfit. The aircraft are picked with equal care for reliability and ease of repair under primitive conditions. The T-28s fly slowly (top speed: 346 m.p.h.) and low enough for pilots to sight and attack elusive guerrilla targets in the jungle...
...Navy Jet Jockey Najeeb Halaby, 46, who a month ago grazed a United Air Lines Viscount while taxiing out of Washington's National Airport. Squeaked one of the mice in charge of chasing the cat: "The case is being processed in the same way as for any airman...
...military possibilities were obvious -or so they seemed. During the Civil War, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe, a daring airman, sailed out near Manassas in a balloon and located the victorious Confederates. Later, balloons were used successfully at the battle of Chancellorsville. But General George McClellan finally abandoned his air force because of the difficulty of transporting the big gasbags...
Anderson is a remarkable combination of military politician, diplomat, public relations expert, disciplinarian, moralist-and experienced Navy airman. He has flown Navy aircraft ranging from aged PBYs to new jets. He has commanded carriers, task forces and fleets, handled wartime air logistics in Honolulu and Washington, piloted postwar swivel chairs at General Eisenhower's SHAPE and as Admiral Arthur Radford's assistant on the Joint Chiefs of Staff...