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

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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.

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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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Twenfy-Tour hours a day There is a sTeacly flow of Traffic in and ouT of repair hangars as ships of all Types are serv- iced by skilled mechanics of The Air Service Com- mancl. Puddle- iumpers, Trainers, cargo ships and bombers receive equal and care- ful aTTenTion from The home TronT soldiers in over- alls who Keep 'Em Flying, l-lere, in summary, is whaT The Air Service Command does: l. IT Turnishes supplies Tor all Army Air Force airplanes ThrOughOuT The world. 2. lT repairs, Overhauls or rebuilds These same planes. here and Overseas. 3. lT Trains The personnel required Tor The supply and mainTenance iobs. 4. IT processes lprepares Tor shipmenTl all American and Lend-Lease planes Tor shipmenT Overseas. 5. lT gives Tinal inspecTiOn To and makes any needed changes or repairs On all American planes Tlown overseas. 6. IT makes Tinal inspecTion OT Lend-Lease planes con- signed To SouTh and CenTral American counTries and Turnishes supplies, rouTes and OTher assisTance Tor The TlighT Trom This cOunTry TO each plane's desTinaTiOn. The hearT OT The Air Service Command is iTs supply sysTem Through which our Tliers and planes all Over The world geT The supplies They need. BolTs and bombers, bulleTs and bombs, Tuel and lubricanTs, Tlying suiTs and jungle kiTs, radio seTs and medical supplies-all are made available by Air Service Command To Our Air Force combaT uniTs wherever They are Tound. The minuTe an Air Force plane leaves The TacTory iT belongs TO The Air Service Command-ThaT is, Trom Then on iT is The iob OT ASC To keep iT in Tuel, bulleTs and bombs, and repair. The TuncTiOn OT The lvlainTenance Division is TO keep planes in combaT cOndiTiOn. The lives OT our Tliers and The eTTecTiveness OT Our planes depend in large measure on how well The lvlainTenance Division OT The Air Service Command does iTs job. We are The garage mechanics OT The Army Air Forces, said Major General ClemenTs lvlclvlullen, ChieT OT The Division. WiThouT The services OT our men and machinery, a plane could OperaTe only so long as noThing serious wenT wrong wiTh iT. ln combaT, ThaT wOuldn'T be very long. Air Service Command mechanics nOT only resTOre damaged planes To Their original cOndiTiOnp They also make improvemenTs on Them. This is called mOdiTicaTiOn, and consisTs OT alTering a plane as a resulT OT combaT experience. lvlodiTicaTiOns are inTended TO Till The gap beTween The Time The Army Air Force decides On an alTeraTion and The Time The TacTOry can puT The change inTO eTTecT. Perhaps a secTion OT plane is Tound To be Too vulnerable To enemy Tire: ThaT is cOrrecTed by in- sTalling guns in a cerTain spoT. Or The armamenT al- ready There may be OT insuTTicienT sTriking power so The machine gun is replaced by a cannon. Again a cerTain use l