News Letter 1940 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

construction. ' The entire affair bad the aspects of a
Pursuit tow tar~~ gllIlIlerytraining dude ranch fiesta. Side by side were
will be given at Eglin Field, Fla., desert miners, cattle ranchers, sol';"" ~
which will begin on April 1, 1941,with diers, city visitors, cowboysan chaps
a class of approximately 55 students and sP\;ll'sI and1?elllltiful girlsiil.rthe~r
every five weeks. ' new sm.lIlIliJ.tlg ,Slllt!l and latest Hollyy~pd
" The West Coast Training Center, with styles. The ,low1ng" of the,cattl,::'in
headquarters at Moffett Field, Calif., the distance. as they grazed on the f?pen
will include that station and an addi- r~, the gJ.ant Joslnla trees tOl7er~
tional field at Stockton. Calif. Train- ~he1r1Veird shapes overhead, the '~"n::ing
at Moffett Field will comnenceon mg sands of the desert held'at bay by
October 19, 1940. a.few shade trees, a hedge, ~ barb~[I-';
Advancedtraining in the West Coast mre fence and,a few straw'mg lfunches
Training Center will begin at stockton, of grass created a truly mi xture of- the
Calif., about December28, 1940, in old west, modern days, and the stream"courses
of ten weeks' duration.' The lined army., ' . " '''; -'-:'f~
opemng of thi s schoo~will result. in ,Everycne pr,?nouncedthe event a ~e
approXlmately 865 offlcers and en1J.sted success and wi.shedthe local unit ,-of;"
menand 225 students being stationed at the United states Army Air Corpsat~s~
stockton. Const~tion in the amount Muroc:nany more such successful"otgan-1-
Of,slightly over ~800,CXJ() will be re- zation days in years to come.''.:'~,,~ ,
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MURDC BOMBING RANGE 'CELEBRATES ORGANIzATION
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MacDILLFIELDACTIVITIES
Colonel Clarence L. Tinker, the 'Base
Commander,and the officers, of MaCDill
MurocBombingRange, ,l~cated' in th'!l Field, Tampa,Fl.a,.; acted as hosts.t:o;
he~ of. the famo\lsl'lOJaveDesert m the T?ll\PaRotary Club on June 4th!,;?ild
~al1~orma, held Lt s fust annual Organ- the nS1t,?rs were extended'the prlv1lege
1zatlon pay on June 2nd. The,gala af- of pm'tak~g of an average G.!. (goYE\:rn.
f~r was held at a former ~attIe r anch ment issu'!l) dinner; Following,the' me\al,
Wh1c has been taken over oy the ArmY Colonel T1nker dellvered a shor.t,talk,
Air Corps alJ-d, remod.,eled;nto .a, d~ser'l;. _ after ..which.the .Rotarians' ,weresho\'!'ll~ :..
spa. for offJ.cers and theu f8ilUlles and throuzh the barracks and other'places,
enl.Lsted personnel. , . . of interest at the newfield: • :,-;.,-~ ,
A cement storage tank for urlgatlon ,_____ .. " "0.:water
w~ remodel'!ldby the. menin their During the past two weeks, the '~ihspare
t Ime and, '!11ththe ai d of the re- istrative section of the 52nd Bombardcreation
fund available, a fine s,V4m- ment Squadronhas reached the stage~o:r
nung"pool resul~ed. 'The newpool 1S smooth-running performance, and,at~e~'"
about 80 feet wJ.deby 150 feet lon~, tion has been turned to the estab1l:sliwith
a depth of 7 feet. The pool. 1S mentof living quarters and a mess:f:o.r
q~te ~ novelty here. in the desert, the maintenance crews at DrewFie~cj.;1;he
Wiuch1S famous for 1ts lack Of,water. temporary center of flight operat1ons
Desert miners and ranchers from sv-r- of the Southeastern Air Base. AlthoUgh
rounding catqe .ranches shake theu the runwaysat MacDill Field will not
heads and renum.sce that Uncle Henr;y be ready for use for a few months,'S-2
didn't mention anything about SwiWlDJDgreports that several mosquito squadrons
wols whenhe was in the Army back in have been conducting extensive ni/tht.
18. The pool has already pard for operat ions on the barracks at MacDill
,itself over and over again m rel.aza- Field, with consrderebl.e injury to the
tion for the personnel who are station- enlisted menbased there. '.:;
ed out in the midst of .America's Larg- ----- ',,;l~
est desert, Savs 2nd Lieut. !~ R. With recent increases in enlist'ed:per-
Fennell, CommanCliIlfi Officer of the sonnel which have brougllt the 6th Bom-
/{lUI'OC Detachment: There is nothing bardment Squadronto fUll strength',.-the
like a cool swimwhenthe temperature stage has been set for bombingand:gungets
around a hundred and twenty or nery training scheduled to conmencev
more. which it very often does here." shortly. Since facilit ies at Ma.cDiH
, In addition to opening officially Field will not be ready for combatjoper-:
their new swimmingpool, l.iurocperson- at ions for a few months, the crews,of
nel furnished a real.ola. fashi,?ned,. tJ.1isSquadron will operate 'from.Dr~!I
western style bar1?ecuefor theJ.rfr1ends F1eld, 'Tampa,Fla. " ," r f'';r
and visitors, Chief of the barbecue ' Tents have,been erected to "accommowas
Mr. ,;7ierk, famous locally for his dat-e.the enlisted personnel wh6'will.
mastery of the art," ' maintain the planes of this~o~.
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