US Air Force Military Training - Yearbook (Lackland, TX)

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Q 2 BARNEY McK. GILES MILLARD F. HARMON Lleulenanl General Lieulenanl General GEORGE Lieufenanl General JOSEPH T. MCNARNEY Lieulenanl General C. KENNEY - x gp.. ., 8 - I S ' .. 5 , V i'fI . . L -I. ' QL L S f' . 7 ,'l.blf .. 4 ' K V V -.Q ,,..,.. Q -' . ,, .,.... - , .......,,.,, ,.,,.. . .,,..,,,..,........ . ., .. . . V .,.. ' '. ' -if: 5532::.f35i1L, '3 X . ', -'L- . - ' .,,,. -.,.., -... I .... 5 , ..,..... .,.,.,.,. . Uv. ,t 1 .9 w Qi ,.. 2 if , . ,...... i ., .,....... L . g My ,. .... . Lf GERALD C. BRANT JOHN 8. BROOKS WILLIAM O. BUTLER JAMES E. CHANEY CLAIRE L. CHENNAULT Maior General Maior General Maior General Maior General . ,E - .:1kF- -QS? I : H . l, .... ,.-' .s . Q -'gg .1 5, wr - i 1 ,fwfr in .A W J ' -r 9 . A ..,., . 4 ,r .EK rl. , , V 5.3 .1 I Nm - Q, S --G :ff . ' , ' A . . - I 'S K ,wb t , - .gy 4.5. . - 5:- . 'WV' 'J ff A H H mp wff l--',s,-1125- Qtr 'lil HAROLD L. GEORGE WILLIS H. HALE Maior General Maier General THOMAS J. Maior RAI-PH ROYCE GEORGE E, STRATEMEYER - ST. CLA HANLEY, JR. HUBERT R. HARMON General Maior General lR STREETT NATHAN F, TWINING Maier Gellefal Maier General Maior General Maior General Maior General ENNIS C. WHITEHEAD Maier General

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am. if ' f.1:tif.X13 LEWIS H. BRERETON GEORGE H. BRETT JAMES A. DOOLITTLE IRA C. EAKER DELOS C. EMMONS Lieulenanl General Lieulenanf General Lieufenanf General Lieufenanl General Lieufenanl General I BARTON K. YOUNT FOLLETT BRADLEY Lieutenant General Major General RALPH P. COUSINS JOHN F. CURRY MUIR S. FAIRCHILD JACOB E. FICKEL - WALTER H, FRANK Maior General Major General Maior General Maior General Maier General I - -A V mlm'-. M-Q-A - f M, f M2135 Wye f f-WIA?-faffewtgvg..7.,.,,r3.:..,,.,...i....,,..,z,,.,,T.. WW. M M... A,r..,.,. M., ,v.,,,,.,.i,...f,.. MMT., .. ...,., ,. . , . . ,W . ,W . . . WESTSIDE T. LARSON RUSH B. LINCOLN I E I FREDERICK L. MARTIN HENRY C. PRATT ' ' ELWOOD R. QUESADA Maior General Maier General Maier General Maier General Maier General If

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,Z ? . . ti 'tt A It X - r Ttt T-TTTNZES NW tk ENT S T200 T'LtSttNt PRE-PEARL HARBOR From the end ot Wortd War t to the start ot Wortd War tt, i'i31'May 9. Captain Atbert F. t-ieqenberqef asf-0vf'PtiStWd the iifet the Air Forces have pioneered in numerous aviation activities. Soto ihqhi e i et'i bt 'S 'U 'e i5' A Qev, of :mage gtgqms and adwmesl Chfonotogqcattv ananqeal t933fMaster Sergeant -tlatph.W. Bottriett, ot tletty Fiet-d, Texas, was are as Qouows, presented the Distinguished Ftying Cross tor having made the ' tirst iump trom an Army airptane with the tree type parachute t9'1.0fFebruary 7.7. Maior Rudotph W. Schroeder estabtished a wortd's in May, t'tt9. tt was as a resutt ot Sergeant Bottriett's pione r attitude record ot 33,000 teet. ing that the Air Corps devetoped the present type ot parachute t9'1.tft'-ebruary t'1.. The Army Air Service successtutty compteted a t93AfDecember 'lT..The Secretary ot War approved the GHQ ir Washington, D. C,,to Dayton, Ohio, ttight. Force organiiation, and Lieutenant Cotonet trranti M. Andkrxw t92tfSeptember t. The Army Air Service successtutty compteted a totat cggitied as ns mek Commander' was appointed a aio ot 3'Tb torestry patrot ttights in the Northwest. M ' q I t97.'1.fOctober 5. Lieutenants Oaktey G. tietty and John A. Macready WSE' arch L he GHQ N' Fame was Offmaiii orqamied' estabtished a wortd's endurance record ot 35 hours, t8 t-A minutes. t9'55fAug.ust 7.9. Air Corps engineers made the tivst itiQtit Usinq 9 vn1foetabef ia. enqaaref eensfai Wittiam tvmeneti eaabnsnea a 'adm C'? 'PaSt 'O C? ?i the au a C 'mo' and im P'Q d 'q W . . automatic radio navigation. ortds record tor speed over a measured 3-tcitometer course ot 7.'1A.38 m.p.h. t9'55fNovember tt. Captains Atbert W. Stevens and Orvit A. Ander t97.7.fNovember A. Lieutenants Ketty and Macready estabtished a son' PM corps' teamed 11:95 ken m we shakosphere ba con wortd's record tor distance with a ttight ot 1,060 mites, trom San t935fDecember 7.7. Army bombers scored direct hits on the tava Diego, Catitornia, to Fort Beniamin Harrison, tndiana. ttow trom the Mauna Loa votcano in :awagwhichhwas menacin t97.3fAprit 3, Six Army tand ptanes compteted a ttight to Porto Rico me UN oi Hao' -we bombing dende to New R e ava ow other channets. andrmm' Mhi s an a e rt i rav z . . . N361 arc . he econ ombar ment roup o ang ey ie tr t9'1.'5 Aprit iq.. Marooned inhabitants ot South t'-oy. tstand, ott the coast qhna' dropped gpm Pounds oi had and medka, Su phes of Michigan' were awarded 'The' through me dropping hom communities in Pennsytvania isotated by ttood waters. ta Nm! pines OE had and dommq' ot A5 otticers and t00 entisted men participated in 'these retiet t9'I.AfMarch t7. Four Army Dougtas Wortd Cruisers departed on an missions, utiti1.ing 30 airptanes. aeriat iourney around the wortd. Two ot the ptanes successtutty wzbxvebmar . . . , . . . y t0. Mayor Barney M. Gites, Air Corps, Second Lieutenant commend me night oi Thaw mixes m Us dns' J. H. Patrick, Air Reserveq Statt Sergeant D. E. Hami ton t't'1.5fNovember 7.0. Lieutenant George W. Goddard, Air Corps, made Corporat Frank B. Connor, Air Corps, took ott trom Concord the tirst successtut night aeriat photograph. New Hampshire, about midnight and tocated Seven CC ou hs t9'I.6fAprit t9. The tirst maneuvers invotving the entire Air Service 'gjxoztcj Ogddrfgtngwgie,:1ZR::at2iu?oc:1d kgaxgoaskatgrusxxes 62:35, were hetd at Fairtietd, Ohio, in which a totat ot 45 otticers and P Y . P - - - - - - M - and other ptanes, which dropped tood and btanttets. ach ot the 57 enhsked men pamupaked' ummnq anpxanes' tour airmen received the Distinguished Ptying Cross. t9'l'lfMay 7.. The Good Witt ttight returned trom South America, . atter covering a distance eiceedinq 10,000 mites since December w3b,J3::a,3'l ,Qatar fern?-ritshitdxril Kanfsnctijwpitortihcde ae ngrdjgop t t9'1.6 . . ' ' OA-5, t,A'1.5 mites trom Porto Rico to Langtey Fietd ir n a t9'1.7fMay lt. Captain Hawthorne C. Gray, Air Corps, in a tree battoon, tt hgurg and 9 minutes, rsgchjdhailaqxe teet. the highest attitude ever attained by man ,931,Auqus, 5' The Nr corps subshakosphere pane , 3 Lgckgeed ' 'LC-35, made its initiat pertormance ttights at ri t ie hio '1.Tf.tune 7.9. Lieutenants Lester J. Maittand and Atbert F. Hegen- Being equipped with a supercharged cabin, oxygen equipment was berger, Air Corps, tanded at Honotutu, Hawaii, atter having um-tegeggary, ssbarrtriged 1,400 mites over the Pacitic Ocean trom Oatctand, Cati- wylxmlqusk ,Bl capkjm can J' crane and George Honoman ' Air Corps, and r. Raymond K. Stout, Proiect ngine r tt o t9'1 'June 30. Captain Wittiam E. tlepner and Lieutenant Wittiam O. Wright Y-ietd, made two entirety automatic tandings under a verse arectsson, aide, representing the Air Corps in theutnternationat wind conditions. 'ZfmffQt'Z nplflii0fo2r 'lil '25'2SZt 'tilflrfhi.o,,tlfd.tflZ'e?r imfagfg ,ffl Fog ,f, igerS,.a,Q,d ,Qgg,egj,j'j,f,,gg5i,gg,3g,,QS'gg3'fi marked the third consecutive time American aeronauts won this 3 3 H500 12. . air me ., y i gs hopmn under adverse wind conditions. . . , . , ' - bombers ttew trom angtey tetd Vrr t97.9fAugust 3t. Captain Atbert W. Stevens, Air Corps, photographed was Fgbfuaw X511 Su. B W . Mt. Rainier trom an airptane which was at a distance ot 7.7.7 guna' to mienos Nrei' Ffrqenhfia' an.d mmm d e hip scum Innes hom ,ms moumaxn eueedinq b 50 .X . votved tandings at Miami, Ftorida, Lima, Peru and Buenos tres , y mi es any previous . . . - - - Returning, tandings were made at Santiago, Chite Lima an record in tong-distance aeriat photography. brook Hem Panama Cana, .Lone t't'1SfSeptember '1A. Lieutenant James H. Dootittte, Air Corps, in a . ' . . ' Pubtic demonstration ot instrument ttyin9. accomptished a W-5B'APm,.m' eglmnq iorpiugavjt MEL, iii! in 40,56 gram an take-ott and a tanding sotety through use ot instruments, tor fxpptes qn jaw A R m Y. ,B . nth R h which he received the tntexnationat League ot Aviators Trophy. ggeaexjraishgisgi .Kelis an awp we m e mmm at e t9'50f.tune 7.0-'1.t. Randotph, San Antonio, Texas, Headquarters ot the . i . - C 1 - - C , . t'i'5'IfFebruary A-6. Mayor C. V. Haynes, Air orps with a crew o PM mpg Taming en M' was dedicated' t0 otticers and men, ttew the XB-t5 bombar men ptane rom May t0-30. The annuat Air Corps t'-ietd Exercises began at Day- Langtey t'-ietd, Virginia, to Santiago, Chite ith a o d t nd ended at Washington, D. C. The Attantic sea- vaccines and other medicat suppties, totatinq over 3000 pounds ' inia was covered. The First Air Division needed tor earthquake sutterers, The istan e a out 5000 69 ttying cadets and 543 mites between Langtey Fietd and Santiago was accom ished n s was utiti-Led 49 hours, t8 minutes etapsed time, and n a ttytng time hours and 53 minutes. tqltf ton, Ohio, a board trom Maine to Virg omprising 697. otticers, L67 airptanes ot att type participated, c ' men. A totat ot entisted in these exercises. Al