Springville Herald | 1946-08-08 | Page 6 | Army Air Forces 39 Years Old

' ARMY All! FORCES 39 VIMS 0 j.D ' "Air Power is Peace Power," theme of Air Force Day celebrations f '. ' 'I Orville Wright, bicycle maker turned airman, is the father of powered American aviation. The "Wright Flyer" testing its wings at Fort Myer, Virginia,' in 1908. It was a modest forerunner of the powerful planes 1 built by Curtissr Wright Corp. during World War II. The B-29 "Superfortress" delivered the final knockout blow to Japan. Designed by the Boeing Air-5 raft Company, the B-29 ushered in the atomic age at Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Bikini. The Boeing B-50, even more powerful and of longer range, is now in production for the Army Air Forces. . cThe streamlined post-war AAF sports a powerful new fighter. Built by the Bepublic Aviation Corp., the jet-propelled P-84 approaches ap-proaches a speed of 600 miles an hour, has a range of 1000 miles, and a service ceiling of more than 40,000 feet. General Carl A. Spaatz heads the Army Air Forces, our first line of defense, dedicated to the maintenance of world peace.