THE ATOM: From the Air. 2 minute read. TIME. May 28, 1956 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... the B-52 intercontinental jet bomber Barbara Grace roared upwards from Eniwetok Air Base, the big bomb in its belly.

While air-atom power increases under the Eisenhower defense budget, total defense spending and manpower will be decreasing. Manpower is to go down from 3,400,000 now to 3,000,000 by July of next ...

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