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

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Q DELMAR H. DUNTON CLEMENTS McMULLEN LESTER T. MILLER Maier General Maior General Maior General Depuly Commander Chief Maintenance Division Chief Supply Division l ELMER E. ADLER LUCAS v. BEAU, JR. E. J. MURPHY Brigadier General Brigadier General Lieutenant Colonel Chief, Personnel and Training Assislanl lo Commanding General Execulive lo Maior General Frank

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sfarfed some years p UJHLTER H. FRHIIH MAJOR GENERAL, U. S. A. Commanding General, Air Service Command Maier General Walfer H. Frank, Air Corps, Com- manding General of fhe Air Service Command, be- came affiliafed wifh Army aviafion more fhan 25 years ago, as a Capfain of menf as Maior in fhe on November 4, I9l7 fhe Training Brigade Texas. However, fhe r Infanfryg he accepfed appoinf- Aviafion Secfion, Signal Corps, and was assigned fo dufy wifh af Kelly Field, San Anfonio. General's milifary career had ior fo his beginning as an air- man. lncidenfally, since ioining fhe predecessor of fhe Army Air Forces during fhe firsf World War, fhe General has earned fhe rafings of Command Pilof, Combaf Observer, and Technical Observer. General Frank was born af Humphrey, New York, April 23, I886. His graduafion from fhe U. 5. Milifary Academy on June I0, l9l0, and his appoinf- menf as a Second Lieufenanf of lnfanfry was followed by his assignmenf fo dufy af Flaffsburg, New York, where he performed company, baffalion, and regi- menfal dufy unfil Augusf, l9I3. For fhe nexf fwo years he was sfafioned af Madison Barracks, New York, following which he served a four of dufy for fhree years af Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. Upon his refurn fo fhe Unifed Sfafes, General Frank was sfafioned on fhe Mexican Border for several monfhs, and he was fhen assigned as sfudenf af fhe School of Arms, Forf Sill, Oklahoma, where he re- mained unfil his fransfer fo fhe Aviafion Secfion, Signal Corps. He received his promofion fo Firsf Lieufenanf July I, l9I6: fo Capfain, May I5, l9I7: and fo Maior in fhe fall of I9l7. General Frank's sfay af Kelly Field was brief, for on November 22, I9l7, he enfered upon his dufies as Execufive Officer af Ellingfon Field, Housfon, Texas. He served as Commanding Officer of fhis posf from July I9 fo November 5, l9l8, in fhe meanfime faking fhe regular course of flying fraining. He passed fhe required flying fesfs and received fhe rafing of i Junior Milifary Aviafor, effecfive Augusf 29, l9l8. His adminisfrafion of fhe Bombing and Gunnery School af Ellingfon Field broughf him high commend ln December, I9l8, General Frank was fransferred fo dufy in Washingfon and assigned as Execufive of fhe Training Secfion, Office afion from fhe Chief of Air Corps. of fhe Chief of Air Corps. From June fo Augusf, I9I9, he was placed in charge of an exfensive Air Service Campaign, fhe success of which affesfed fo his high execufive abilify. For several monfhs he served as a member of fhe Advisory Board, and in November, l9l9, he was defailed as a sfudenf af fhe Air Service Engineering School af McCook Field, Dayfon, Ohio. Following his graduafion on Sepfember I5, l920, he refurned fo Washingfon and was on dufy in fhe Office of fhe Chief of Air Service as Acfing Execufive Officer from Ocfober IO, l920, and as Execufive Officer from November 29, l92l, fo Sepfember 22, I924. Assigned fo dufy as sfudenf af fhe Air Service Tacfical School af Langley Field, Virginia, General Frank was graduafed in June, I925, and from fhe Command and General Sfaff School, Forf Leavenworfh, Kansas, in June of fhe following year. He confinued his connecfion wifh school work, being assigned as Assisfanf Commandanf of fhe Air Corps Tacfical School, and he performed fhis dufy as well as fhaf of insfrucfor, unfil his defail as a sfudenf val' fhe Army War College in Augusf, l930. His graduafion from fhis insfifufion in June, l93I, was followed by a period of dufy for four years in fhe Plans Division, Office of fhe Chief of fhe Air Corps. On Augusf I7, I934, he was assigned fo fhe Command of Mifchel Field, L. l., New York, and of fhe Ninfh Observafion Group. He was promofed fo Lieufenanf Colonel January I, l935. By fhe fime America enfered fhe second World War, General Frank's high professional affainmenfs and experience in connecfion wifh Air Corps maneuvers and facfical funcfions were being used fo good advanfage in fhe Air Corps and in July, I942, he was named Commanding General of fhe Air Service Command in fhe European fheafer of operafion. Affer direcfing fhe esfablish- menf of imporfanf mainfenance and supply insfallafions in England, fhe General was ordered fo fhe Unifed Sfafes fo become Commanding General of fhe Air Service Command. General Frank has served in an execufive capacify in various Air Corps maneuvers, and fhe manner in which he performed his dufies broughf him high commendafion from his superiors. On numerous occasions he delivered lecfures dealing wifh fhe facfical funcfions of fhe Air Corps, which also broughf forfh expressions of high praise.

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HISTUHY lll THE lllll Sllllllll UHMMA ll Air Service Command is fhe largesf of fhe nine com- mands in fhe Army Air Forces, and righffully so because H is fackling fhe largesf job in fhe paHern of Vicfory. Air Service Comrruand's mission is fo supply and main- fain Unifed Sfafes milifary airplanes wherever fhey are in use fhe world over fo Keep 'Em Flying. Predecessor of Air Service Command was fhe Field Services Secfion of fhe Engineering Division of fhe Air Corps, organized in I9l9. The Commands formal his- fory began wHh fhe formafion of fhe Provisional Air Corps Mainfenance Command, under Hue lvlaferiel Di- vision, oru March IS, I94-l. On April 29, I94-I, fhis name was changed fo Air Corps lvlainfenance Command and Hue unH remained under Hue iurisdicfion of lvlaferiel Di- vision. On Ocfober I7, l94I, Hue rapidly expanding ouffif was given Hue name of Air Service Command-Hs almosf unlimifed scope of service fhus appropriafely recognized. As a separafe command, ASC became a componenf of Army Air Forces in fhe Army reorganizafion of March 9, I942. 'From such humble beginnings, Hue Air Service Com- mand has grown 'ro Hs presenf size wherein H exceeds America's largesf indusfrial corporafion in volume of business done, in number of employees, and in Hue amounf of space required fo perform Hs operafions. The world sfruggle for air supremacy, on which vicfory hinges, has broughf abouf fhis milifary reorganizafion unique in fhe annals of Hue Unifed Sfafes Army. Firsf Commanding General of ASC was lvlaior General Henry J. F. Miller, who was fransferred fo Hue European Theafer 'of Operafions in November, I942, and replaced by lvlaior General Walfer I-I. Frank, who organized Air Service Command funcfions in fhe combaf zone during fhe period July-November, I942. General Frank's assumpfion of command broughf far- reaching sfreamlining of Air Service Command opera- fions, characferized nofably by Hue applicafion of proved American indusfrial-managemenf mefhods fo Hue opera- fion of Air Supply and air mainfenance dufies. Air Service Command accomplishes Hs mission fhrough Hue medium of ll Area Commands in Hue confi- nenfal UnHed Sfafes, and fhrough mobile organizafions known as Air Depof Groups, Service Cenfers, and Service Groups in Hue overseas fheafers of operafions. Each Area Command is defermined by Hue loca- fion of a confrol clepof, and in furn Huis confrol depof has a nefwork of specialized depofs in Hs geographical iurisdicfion. The confrol depof cifies are: Rome, New York: lvliddlefown, Pennsylvania: Fairfield, Ohio: Warner Robins, Georgia: Oklahoma CHy, Oklahoma: San An- fonio, Texas: Ogden, Ufahg Spokane, Washingfong Sacra- menfo, California: and San Bernardino, California. H also provides Air Force Technical Supplies fo a maze of AAF Base Supply and lvlainfenance Secfions, formerly known as sub-depofs. This modern building houses Hue head and brains of Hue Air Service Command. From Hs busy offices go direcfions and plans for fhe successful operafion of depofs and sub-depofs sei up al' sfrafegic poinfs across Hue counfry and in Hueafers of operafion overseas. Here, fhe men and women soldiers-in-mufii do Hueir perl in Hue big business of Keeping 'Em Flying.