THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE MILITARY SERVICE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ACT OF THE ACT THE NATIONAL MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE NAVY PRIOR RESPONSIBILITY FOR MILITARY AVIATION DIVIDED ARMY OPERATIONS AIRCRAFT CARRIER ANTECEDENT AIR FORCE SUCCESSION CHANGES MISSIONS ADVANCED TOWARD SEPARATION YEARS LATER PREDECESSOR ORGANIZATIONS LEADING UP TO AERONAUTICAL DIVISION SIGNAL CORPS AVIATION DIVISION OF MILITARY AERONAUTICS ARMY AIR CORPS ARMY AIR FORCES AIR CORPS SUBORDINATE ELEMENT ORGANIZATION EXIST BRANCH PROVISIONS TRANSFER ORDER OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF FORCE DRAWN THE TRANSFER CIVILIAN PERSONNEL THE DEPARTMENT OF SIGNED ENTRY WORLD WAR MAJOR COMBAT THE AMERICAN MAJOR GENERAL MASON PATRICK DEPUTY BRIGADIER GENERAL BILLY MITCHELL TRAINED FRANCE TACTICAL SUPPORT THE BATTLE OFFENSIVE THE ACE CAPTAIN EDDIE RICKENBACKER LIEUTENANT FRANK LUKE CONCURRENT THE CREATION ESTABLISHMENT CONTROL THE SIGNAL CORPS SECRETARY OF WAR ASSISTANT SECRETARY DIRECT ARMY AIR SERVICE DUAL DEVELOPMENT PROCUREMENT RAISING TRAINING AIR UNITS THE END THE FIRST WORLD WAR DISSOLVED EXPERIMENTING DEVELOPMENT OF THE MARTIN MONOPLANE AMERICANS FASCINATED REFUSED WAR DEPARTMENT CONSERVATISM BLOCK GENERAL THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR WREST COASTAL DEFENSE AWAY PUBLIC PLANES SINK BATTLESHIPS DUBIOUS PROPOSITION ACCUSED THE NAVY PRESS RELEASE CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE ALMOST ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COURT MARTIAL THEORY AIR POWER ALONE SUFFICE THE NEXT CONVICTED RESIGNED POPULAR HERO PUBLIC OPINION FORCED THE WAR DEPARTMENT MITCHELLS ARGUMENT HAD TO BE TO UNDERSTOOD STRATEGIES WASTE PRECIOUS ASSETS TRYING ASSIST ARMIES DEATH PROPHET AIRPOWER TOUCH CEASED INSIDE THE SERVICES GENERALS PUBLICITY STUNTS BUT ALWAYS GLAMOROUS CIVILIANS CHARLES LINDBERGH HOWARD AMELIA EARHART PRESIDENT FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT THE AIRLINE SUDDENLY TURNED THE DELIVERY AIR MAIL MULTIPLE NAVIGATION GEAR FRAGILITY UNDERCUT CLAIMS WARTIME PERFORM FIRM BELIEVER BEHIND MOBILIZATION IN SPRING ROOSEVELT ENERGETIC ANYONE CALLING THE BEST BRITAIN WAR AGAINST IN AS RECOMMENDATIONS REVIEW ADVANCEMENT FLYING GROUND AERIAL TASK FORCE COMMANDER THE GENERAL HEADQUARTERS THE CHIEF RESPONSIBILITY SPLITTING MAJOR GENERALS FRANK ANDREWS OSCAR WESTOVER HENRY ARNOLD FLYING FORTRESS FIRST APPEARANCE FEAT IMPRESSIVE INTERCEPTED THE ITALIAN PASSENGER LINER AT SEA ABILITY THE NATIONS THE MISSION EMERGING DOCTRINE SUPREMACY STRATEGIC BOMBING TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPED RELUCTANCE AIRMEN THINK STUNTED POTENTIALLY SENIOR OFFICER CAMPAIGN FOR CAMPAIGN OFFENDED EFFECTIVELY FUTURE LEADERS HAP ARNOLD CARL SPAATZ SAW LACK AMERICA READY INDEPENDENT AIR LEADERSHIP CHIEF OF STAFF WAITED FIGHT IN WORLD WAR II PRESIDENT FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT GHQ AIR FORCE COMBAT COMMAND THE MAJOR REORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY EFFECTIVE NEWLY CREATED ARMY AIR FORCES EQUAL VOICE THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF COMPLETE AUTONOMY ARMY GROUND FORCES COMBAT ARM STREAMLINED SYSTEM NUMBERED AIR FORCES MANAGEMENT MERGED ELEMENTS ARM LEGALLY EXISTED ARMY BRANCH THE POSITION OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF PEOPLE REMEMBERED DESIGNATION TERM CARL COMMAND THE EIGHTH LONDON IRA EAKER STRATEGIC REPORTING THE COMBINED CHIEFS OF STAFF DAYLIGHT BOMBING BOMBERS CLOSE FIREPOWER PROTECTION ENEMY AIRCRAFT RATHER FIGHTER PROVED BEYOND THE RANGE ESCORT FIGHTERS GERMAN FIGHTER PLANES SHOOTING DOWN IN EXCESS ACCEPTABLE LOSS COMBINATION VAST NUMBER FLAK DEFENDING AMERICAN HEAVY CASUALTIES OIL REFINERIES FACTORIES SCHWEINFURT REGENSBURG THE LOSS RATE CREWS MATERIEL PULLBACK STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE ATTEMPTED THE THUNDERBOLT ADDITION DROP TANKS THE LIGHTNING FRIGID ALTITUDES BOMBER INTRODUCTION NORTH AMERICAN MUSTANG RANGE COMPETITIVE SUPERIOR COMPARISON EXISTING MUSTANG IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE SOLUTION PRIORITY NUMBERS SUFFERED INCREASING ENGAGEMENTS BEGINNING BIG WEEK ALLIED FREE REIN IN RETURNING ESCORT THREAT DIMINISHED THE PACIFIC THEATER OF OPERATIONS GEORGE KENNEY DOUGLAS MACARTHUR THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC THEATER INVENTED TECHNIQUE JAPANESE CLAIMED DESTRUCTION TONS SUSTAINED AIRLIFT AMERICAN AIR HUNDREDS HALF INDIA CHINA OVER THE HUMP TWENTIETH AIR FORCE SUPERFORTRESS CITIES FORWARD BASES ABLE REACH JAPAN THE BASES THE CHINESE AIRFIELDS MARIANA ISLANDS CAPTURED CURTIS LEMAY REASONED JAPANESE ECONOMY COTTAGE INDUSTRY DENSE URBAN AREAS MANUFACTURING ASSEMBLY PLANTS PARTICULARLY AREA ATTACK ABANDONED INEFFICIENT PRECISION BOMBING INCENDIARY BOMB URBAN ON THE NIGHT THE BOMBING OF TOKYO CONFLAGRATION DIED SHIFT INCENDIARY SAME TIME EMPLOYED MINING HARBORS SEA LANES CONDUCTED ATOMIC BOMB ATTACKS HIROSHIMA AND NAGASAKI IN RESPONSE REJECTION POTSDAM DECLARATION TERMS OF SURRENDER FOR JAPAN LOSS PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPEROR HIROHITO ANNOUNCED SURRENDER OF JAPAN IN PRACTICE VIRTUALLY WANTED FORMAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF DUTIES COMMANDING GENERAL ANTICIPATION WAS TO BOARD OF OFFICERS LIEUTENANT GENERAL WILLIAM SIMPSON PREPARE DEFINITIVE PLAN ENABLING LEGISLATION THE SEPARATION AIR FORCE ORGANIZATION STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND AIR DEFENSE TACTICAL