SUPPORT ••• (Concluded) delivered to the Arrq by the ma.na.!acturere. J'lexibilit7 in the use of the air arm will be increased through the formation of the Support Commande,1"t vas explained in Washington when the new organizations wre announced. The measure assures effective air-ground teame, like the infant%'7-artl1- le17 combat team. in the ground force., but the field armiee and the Armoredl'oree do not haTe to rely entirely on their own particular support cOlll1lW1d.If the 8i tua.- tion requires it, aMi tional aviation mq be oalled into action. lIor doee the plan require aJ17 change in the principle that all type. of unit. of the <strong>Air</strong> l'orce CombatCommandD1U8tbe trained and oed in 8'apport of groand foreee. When oonditione make it necessar.Y, air support aTiation IIq be oed for epecial <strong>Air</strong> l'orce ai.sione, in conjunction with naval forcee or with ground forcee other than th08e to which they are specifically assigned for ooope.ratiTe action. Thus it is p08sible to conee1'9'8of a squadron of di Te bombere being directed to attack enemy destroyers whioh .omehowhad l118.D8ged to approach within ehort range of a coast line. Although the Support COJIIJIl&nds will be oonfined to no particular geographical bO'lU1darie., their prime function requiring them onl7 to operate where cooperation with their particular ground force makesit m08t efficient, they are a8signed each to a broadly defined area. The8e conform gene.ral1y to the areas in which the re8pecti ve field armies function. The lirst A1.r Support Command,for example, will operate in the area defined rQUBh1yasfrom Kaine in the Borth to South Carolina in the South, and we8t as far as Ohio. The Second has the Great Lake8 and Ki.eissippi Valley region, including Ohio and Nebraska and as far 80uth a8 Oklahoma and Arkan8as. The Third is in the Gulf Coast and Georgia area, functioning as far west as Texae and inc1udin« Florida. The l'ourth includes the West Coast area, from Mexico as far north a8 Canada and on the eut to Wyomingand Texas. These are only haQ' boundar1esandnot, in fact, boundarie8 at all in the true senee of the word. ArtIcles for <strong>News</strong> <strong>Letter</strong> Bxpansion of the Arm7 <strong>Air</strong> l'oree8 from a . relatively Small, underequipped uni t to a modern, streamlined fighting organization finally has had i t8 effect upon the AU: Q.m. !Wm. <strong>Letter</strong>. As readers mq haTe noticed in this and the preceding i8eue, the !sra <strong>Letter</strong> has abandoned i t8 8malltown character for oneof big-time journaliBm. The per80nal note which 8eemedappropriate when the <strong>Air</strong> Corps cOJlllllW11 t7 val .restricted and static no 10D88r is eff.ctiTe in keeping informed the greatly augmented <strong>Air</strong> J'orces. There are just too maJ17 of 0 now to mention80lll8nT names. Oonsequent1y, the lui. <strong>Letter</strong> is being transformed, to meet the new requirement8 for information, by 8triving to present professional and technical articles in the field of m11itar,y aTiation. As a profe8sional journal the AU: ..£o.Dla ~ <strong>Letter</strong> will undertake (a) tostimulate high morale and an le8pri t de corps" in the.A.rm7 <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>8, (b) to di88eminate information of technical and professional interest to personnel of the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>s, and (c) to keep the <strong>Air</strong> <strong>Force</strong>8 personnel advi8ed of organization Change8, policy revi8ion and items of current interest. While differing from periodicals ot general circulation, in that it is restricted to the subject of mili tal7 aviation and related activiU .. , the ~ <strong>Letter</strong> is like other j aurnals in depending upon the cooperation of its readers for complete success. lor that reason, correspondence from personnel in the field is welcomed. Especially desired are technical and professional articles believed valuable to the training program of the <strong>Air</strong> Foree •• l'acilities are available for the publicationof illustrative drawings and pictures, so such material should be included when possible. These can be sent to the Editor, lJ.l: ~ lui. <strong>Letter</strong>, <strong>Office</strong> of the Chief of the <strong>Air</strong> COrp8, Washington. The content. of thi8 issue mq be regarded broadly as a gtlide to the t)rpe of material desired. If a potential contribntor de- The <strong>Air</strong> Support CClIIIIIlands Dla7 be e%pected 8ires addi tional information before starting to tunction ve%'7much as the Germanav12r preparation of an article, he mq vr1 te to tion de8cribed by Capt. 11. Xrainev, of the the edi tor in Washington. Ra..e1an Artrq, in ~s description (starting on Page 9 of this issue) of dive bombers -tj£P' in the Battle of Poland. A chart 8howing Arm7 vehicles at Scott l'ie1d, Ill., traveled a di8tance equivalent to more than the organisation of the Support Command8, their relation to ground forces and other three time. the circumference of the earth <strong>Air</strong> l'orces uni ts is onPage 21 of this iSBUe. during the month of June. -30-
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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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.. An Equipment Review GERMAN AIRCR
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Graham CA-ackersfor Grounded Flyers
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A Veteran Retires FRANK P. LAHM APP
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New Marine Air Units MORE FEATHERS
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Wholesale Mess nail Feeding Them by
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The Bristol LIght Bom.ber Night Fig
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THE MONTH IN REVIEW hy FALK HARMEL
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Your Lite insurance SELF PROTECTION
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