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The fighters called for help and the bombers came through For the 12th Tactical ,\ir Conun.i ud it lIas a criticul hour, From the day the 7th Ann)" h.ul ,;tonned the beaches of southern 1- ranee, the ground troops had been driving forward, never Im,llIg momentum, never being curtailed by their own insufficiencies. And with hom b and gun pOlIn that had torn the Ccrumn ~trong points to rubble ami dust, the 12th had provided the air support and led the \\ay. No\\' thcv had the l\a/,is on the IlIII. 'I'hcv had to keep operating. But they needcd supplies of rahon~, .unmunit ion and gasoline, needed them budlv. The ground forces couldn't 1;e called upon for aid. Thev were h.ivins; their own hc.rdachcs keeping their 011"11 units supplied. From the lx.ach hc.ul it was a 3 1 2-d:I\' turn-around by truck. j\nd the roads h:/(l :1))Ollt rC:lChed t'heir c'Ixlcih". So for once, instead of helping thc hom bel'S, the figh tc;'s and light at t.uk pl.uus c:l1ll'C! upon the bouibcrs to help them, And help univcd IIi th on t clclav. From the l :;th Air Forcc first (';1;11e a fleet of :8-24s. Shifted from ,stLltegic bOinbing Inissions. thcI' were assigncd to fly the g:lso]i11e .md supplic» from their Italian h:lses to the t.utic.r] counu.md m cn in southern .md ccutr.il l'rancc. l
smaller pl.mcs could get mto the forw.n d fields where the B-2.fs couldn't land, 'I 'here \\;IS such a dciu.md for the cargo now that the A-20s and C--t7s of tell taxied to with in hmc dist.mc« of t hc coinh.rt 1'--I7s, The groumhuen pumped the g;l.soline from Olle pLllll' to another like a blood tr.mvtu-.ion. "lIuv lifted bom l», clovvu f rom the hOluher's buv. fuzed tltel;l, and reltllug tltelll oil tile Tllllilderlwlts, . 1\ 'lu;Jil indlcltlon of \\1I:It the Tltllmlerholts did with thescsuppliD m.iv he gaiued from their score in a siugle day's opeLltiO!lS, Oil tlLlt (by thcv nailed -I, loeonI
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~J 1 AIR FOftCES * OCTOBER 1944
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Rendezvous Who Is He? Dear Editor:
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[us: ,dlat is tIle AAI'I'DC~ It is
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oads and bridges and military imtal
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Here's how controllers direct the p
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sengcr and courier service in areas
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GET WISE Here are a few of the easi
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Airborne soldiers. shown here durin
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Smoke in background is fruin [up.ui
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It has pronounced step characterist
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TIIC{"II""IIIi; ;lItidc j, till' I/
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OCTOBER,1944 The first thing the a\
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YOUR ENEMY All ;Iirer;!ft fllillg o
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->",i" .""tJnil'et hj/'- By Col. Do
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28 011 BOll~aiIldk is quicklv unloa
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the plane landed, a jccp would driv
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THE PHiliPPINES DISTANCES SHOWN IN
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The economic system of the Philippi
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The AAF's homing pigeons are recogn
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Our aviation engineers had to fight
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---- technique • -- - --- . RUNWA
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High Intensity Controlled Lighting
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Attached to a flyer's ear, the Oxim
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Automatic Pilot Trainer-A new train
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3 5 7 Surprised by the friendliness
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TIM ELY A D V ICE FRO M THE A I R I
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R.6 I:>:CJ: the AAF S helicopter, t
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SS I. You on the left, Buddy, appea
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ever .nrivc at a fir',t ~Iid stut i
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p:rinted on the outvi.lc wrt l: ,ih
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tanks and truck-borne infantry and
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FIGHTER CONTROL (Colltilltled from
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Property of tDe Library ARMY INDtJS
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For the Record I)e:lr h!Jtlll Rende
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he Allie's into German-held of the
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H Combat may make you Lazy By Maj.
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..... -; ... The results of two yea
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Production charts show the disaster
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all key points of the factory's 3-+
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HE Fortresses T wings to the took o
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'l'h is was a YClr ago, but these a
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Pulling in His Ne-:I:. Reeelit de,c
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When a radio operator makes a mista
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Lifeline to the US,S R BY HERBERT R
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Ten o'clock of a December morning a
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THE MAN WITH THE PRIVATE BREEZE By
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THE AIR WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFI
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STANDARD FLIGHT INSTRUMENT PANEL E
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It 11c:l!,illg l.ot h sidc
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technique ••• CO]\;Tl:"UED Ne
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INSTRUMENT PANEL (Continued from Pa
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LIFELINE TO THE US S R ( Cout iuucc
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F\lr:RCF'\~CY FOUrp\lr:,\'T luvpcct
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50 COMBAT MAY MAKE YOU LAZY (Contin
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EN of the AAF-including the hundred
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.I In. ]~rhO:S-':cl the'mll-it:IIT
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August 7. Patton kept moving his he
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l'Iiavigation Training En Masse. Th
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"WE arc not going to bubble over wi
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A wood block support; injured legs
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Burma. A Japanese light antiaircraf
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HOW ,SHARP ARE YOU? A 'hoto Test of
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.. ' Back to the Philippines PART I
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