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FIGHTER CONTROL
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excited," he saicl, "they sec \olliethillg 11(\1' .mc] tlicv w.i n!
to hmt it lip right ;I\\ay, \0 you :J!I\:I\'\ hale to tell them
to make po\itile reeogllition if thcvrc .uivwhcr« ncar OJII
troops, The \\orc]:, 'poxitiv« recognition' make thcm think
a little hit a ncl, lots of timcs, keep them from luut iiu; \Olllebody,
Thn' get so d.uu ncd excited when something's going
on thcv ch.rtrcr at each other, and sometinles it's our
busines~ to cool them off a little."
The pilots .\ l.:jor Codv \\:IS t.t lki IIg a bon t uvuull,: fly a
squadron out for h\o or three h ou rx and. as they start
to return. .uiothcr \qll:ldron of their group meets them.
They come home, refuel, homh lip, loud the ammunition
boxes .md go out agaill, Thuv, one squadron is ah\'ays
kept over the target, .md the pilots h.mcllc one, two or
three mi"ions a d.rv. Somct imc; their orders arc to bomb
.md ~,trafe a cerl:li;l column or a big gun cmpl.iccmcnt.
Sometimes it is armed reconnaissance on the group leader's
discretion, Of tell it is armored or troop column support.
In the latter case, the cnntrol often p:l"es from the formal
direction of the cout ro] tent to the column, 1