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ON THE COVER:
If the Cold War got “hot”, then this could have been the doomsday scenario as the Soviet bomber force headed for North America

OTHER FEATURES:

ADVENTURES WITH THE HUMAN FLY
Examining one of the strangest aerial displays that came out of the 1970s / by Clay Lacy

MORE MYSTERY LIBERATORS
Our search continues to confirm the identities of post-war surplus Consolidated B-24 bombers / by Nicholas A. Veronico

THE FINAL OPTION
Completely unprepared for the expanding Soviet jet bomber fleet, the USAF constructed a series of rocket-armed interceptors to counter the threat. However, there was one problem — they didn’t work. A series of secret documents reveals the USAF’s final plan to stop the enemy — ramming! / by Wayne R. Austerman

TAKING THE WAR TO HITLER
An inside view on how the USAAF and North American developed the P-51B Mustang / by James W. Marshall and Lowell F. Ford

BUILDING THE FLYING FORTRESS
Part Two of our series on constructing WWII’s most-famous bomber / by Michael O’Leary

MR TIMM’S TERRIBLE TWIN
The Timm T-840 was built to find a market that did not exist / by Howard Carter

WARBIRD & CLASSIC REPORT
Examining the PBYs at Pima along with an update on the rebuild of Liberty Belle / by Doug Fisher

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