CURRENT ISSUE
January 2017

Features
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Apollo’s Worst Day
Veterans of NASA’s moon program referred to it simply as “The Fire.” Did it have to happen?
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On the Arizona and After
Navy Quartermaster Lou Conter survived the attack on Pearl Harbor to fly and fight another day.
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Kunming Remembers the Flying Tigers
A photography exhibit based on the work of R.T. Smith honors the legendary fighter group that saved a Chinese city.
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Racing Drones
With 40 million fans, $100,000 purses, and crashes galore, drones take the track.
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Call in the A-10
Why a Ground-Attack classic has so far survived Air Force efforts to kill it.
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California’s Snow Sentinel
When all your water is in the snowpack, you better keep your eyes on the mountaintops.
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Sub Hunts in a Seaplane
On cold war missions, in any weather, Martin Marlins prowled the globe.
Departments
Soundings
China’s FAST Track
Soundings
A Cadet Returns
Interview
Complacency in the Cockpit
Above & Beyond
Above & Beyond: Aftermath in Lockerbie, 1988
Oldies and Oddities
Oldies & Oddities: Hurricanes and Cataracts
In the Museum