News Letter 1941 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

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Wholesale Mess nail Feeding Them by the Sqnadr&~.\i~ By Lowell Llmpn8 Anovel "ness regiment ," which can toss a firste lass neal into 18,000 men in less than an hour; that's Chanute Field's most notable contribution to the setup of our recently reorw;anized air force. And it has the oldtimers, as well as the Washington brasshats, watching the performance in gow;w;leeyed astonishment. Nobody ever saw anything quite like it, as glowing letters from inspector generals attest. It's a brand new idea, and now the spectators are beginning to wonder if they can't put the whole outfit on wheels and take it into the field with an infantry division. For a "mess regiment," a big cooking organization composed of specialists, operating in this fashion, is something new under the military sun. Out here, the commander of the regiment simply tosses a fully equipped mess battalion, complete with officers, noncoms, cooks and bakers, into one of three gigantic mess halls, and feeds endless cafeteria lines of men the tastiest food that this writer ever saw come out of an Army kitchen. INTERCEPTOR EXERCISES MAP Exercises of the First Interceptor Comnand got underway the second week of October in an area ranging roughly from Massachusetts toNorth Carolina, while the Third Interceptor Command was scheduled to take to the field toward the end of the month. The latter is functioning in the area from North ~rolina to Georgia. Each of the commands has divided the area to be organized for air defense into regions, as shown on the accompanying map. In each region an Information Center with Region Command Post has been or will be established, andFilter.Centers---which make a preliminary collection of the reports---are located at each Regional Information Center and atother strategic points. The exercises are, as pointed out by Lieut. Gen. Delos C. Emmons, commander of the Air Force Combat Cbmmand, actual tests of a permanent system of active air defense which is being worked out for the United States as rapidly as possible. Communication nets for the civilian observers are being set up and other details are being arranged. Planes operating in the first exercise alone were expected to fly more than 1,000,000 air miles during the eight-day program. Only, being in the Air Corps, they call the outfit a "mess group" instead of regiment, and the battalions are designated "mess squadrons" to conform to the nomenclature of the flying units. But it's a regimental organization, just the same. The man responsible for the innovation is Major Edgar T. Noyes, a two-fisted flying fighter, who has just been relieved as mess officer, in compliance with a War Department order that sends combat pilots back to airplanes. Succeeding Major Noyes in command of the group is Capt. Paul W. Summers, who acted as his superior's first assistant in building up the organization. And keeping an approving eye on the outfit is Col. R. E. O'Neill, commandant of the great technical school, which is turning out airplane mechanics and technicians in a slowly increasing torrent. Gets Of Uda 1 Bless ing Washington placed its official blessing on the scheme, with a series of enthusiastic conmendations of Major Noyes' work, when it sent him on to take command of an air base group located here, while the idea is already beIng adopted at the new technical schools that are just coming into existence at Biloxi, Miss., and Wichita Falls, Tex. Brig. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, acting chief of the Air Corps, sent along a warm approval of the report of the inspector general on Noyes' achievement and a whole flock of other super10rs added a chorus of praise in"the form of indorsements to the official record. (The maj or, he noted, seems more than a trifle nonplussed by his sudden appearance in the spotlight--and this is perfectly natural, since nobody ever heard of a mess off icer drawing tr ibutes before. ) The Chanute Field mess group, whose mess officer is amenDer of the cOIllIII.uxiing officer's staff, consists of an administrative section, a supply section, a messing section and the three mess squadrons. Each squadron contains its own administrative and supply subsections as well as a messing division, divided into a food preparation, a dining hall and a refuse and garbage unit. And they handle food in assenDly-1ine fashion. The outfit normally numters 1,020 men, of whom 600 are permanent members of the unit and 420 are KP's, furnished by various companies of enlisted men enrolled in the school. At present the basic cadre is down to 425 specialists, due to the fact that it had to furnish the nucleus of the mess OCTOBER I9.f.r 23
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Pag"! Reorganizat
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THE BIG BABY SOLOED B,19 Test Fligh
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ENLISTED PILOTS BEGIN TRAINING Gulf
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CABBAGE AND X-C DON'T MIX World War
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SIXTEEN NEW FIELDS "CHRISTENED" A D
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MAXWELL MANEUVERS TEACH FIELD DUTIE
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FLEDGLING SON OF FAtvf.OUS FATHER C
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FRESNO BASE FIRST SINCE CIVIL WAR T
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THE JOB OF AIR CORPS TEST PILOTS Mu
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.All tb1'ee f01'lll8 of converted i
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KEEP ,EM FLYING! Blood and hunger,
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GENERAL ANDREWS COMMANDS THE CARIlm
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The Army Air Forces' first glider,
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GUDERS ••• (Ooncluded) spect
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WE LEARNED... llpee!. So8riDg 18 a0
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'The dive bomber is used to support
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THEN THIS... and we were still ing
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LANDING various materials under con
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8pecialized training for their part
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SOVIET .•. low al ti tude or llhe
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"VIET ." (Ooncluded) Junker-87 bomb
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WE LEAIlJWED... (Concluded) nights.
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FACILITIES. •• (Concluded) twee
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SUPPORT ••• (Concluded) deliv
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Photo Interpretation MATA HARI WITH
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Our New Bases AsslgDlDent to Newfou
Page 75 and 76: THE JIR FORCES NEWS LETTER .. of th
Page 77 and 78: OVERSTUFFEDAERIAL WATCHMEN Barrage
Page 79 and 80: Warriors By Oliver Townsend from th
Page 81: RELATIVE RANK IN WORLD'S AIR FORCES
Page 84 and 85: could outdo Rube Goldberg. Be has t
Page 86 and 87: THE dIR FORCES Nr:WS U:TTr:R and ap
Page 88 and 89: Wanted: More Pilots RESERVE OFFICER
Page 90 and 91: THE AIR FORCES NEWS LETTER would be
Page 92 and 93: THE AIR FORCE8 NEW'S LETTER The que
Page 94 and 95: THE ,1IR FORCES NEIPS LETTER believ
Page 96 and 97: THE .IlIR FORCES NEWS LETTER The of
Page 98 and 99: THE AIR FORCES NEil'S LETTER CARlAD
Page 100 and 101: THE AIR FORCES NEWS LETTER fer the
Page 102: SUPPLY DIVISION KNOW YOUR AIR~RAFT
Page 105 and 106: Loulsl ••• Maneuvers End Supp
Page 107 and 108: IN THE FIELD WITH THE ARMY AIR FORC
Page 109 and 110: ---0 - - - 0- ---- THE WINGED By Ol
Page 111 and 112: Air OperadoDs In Alaska By Lieut. J
Page 113 and 114: THE AIR FORCES NEWS LETTER is about
Page 115 and 116: furways .1 rarnc \.JUIIUUI AERIAL T
Page 117 and 118: the danger from aircraft falling or
Page 119 and 120: .. An Equipment Review GERMAN AIRCR
Page 121 and 122: Graham CA-ackersfor Grounded Flyers
Page 123 and 124: A Veteran Retires FRANK P. LAHM APP
Page 125: New Marine Air Units MORE FEATHERS
Page 129 and 130: The Bristol LIght Bom.ber Night Fig
Page 131 and 132: THE MONTH IN REVIEW hy FALK HARMEL
Page 133 and 134: Your Lite insurance SELF PROTECTION
Page 135 and 136: en eng ing the application. It is h
Page 137 and 138: LAHM .•• (Continued From Page 1
Page 140 and 141: "I I., K.NOW YOUR AIR~RAFT
Page 142 and 143: HEADQUARTERS ARMY AIR FORCES WASHIN
Page 144: THE .tIIR FORCES NEWS LETTER . ;:..
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Page 156 and 157: DEFENSE 0 00 (Continued From P.~. 1
Page 158 and 159: e shown repeatedly if necessar,. Fi
Page 160 and 161: THE AIR FORCES NliWS LETTER has in
Page 162 and 163: Air Forees Seareh Oeean Flight Ende
Page 164 and 165: "E" Awards at Langley Engineering M
Page 166 and 167: accessory emergency unit (emergency
Page 168 and 169: NOVEMBER F941 Further Expansion Und
Page 170 and 171: THE AIR FORCES NEWS LETTER Decorati
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