Show ARMY AIR FORCE FORGE JS IS CENTRALIZED New ew Plan elan Bases 1000 Planes in Three Strategic t Groups I. I v WASHINGToN Dec 27 tf An IV-An An army nty a air armada of or almost 1000 fightIng fight fight- Ing machines took look form toda today in Yh what was described officially as the thc most important move toward modernization modernization of American combat I nieto since the World war ar went out centralizing virt vir all the army's battle planes general headquarters air into a force It will vill be he strat strategically based nn nfl o he Atlantic nd Pacific coasts and d i in the southwest It is designed officers ers said aid to provide e a swift ing defense for the country's sky frontiers Thc The new plan took of ot t aerial l combat units out ut of the hands of ot Major General Benjamin D. D Foulois chief of the air corps and the gen generals raLs raIs commanding comI the nine corps areas and vested it in Lieutenant Colonel Frank M M. An Andr Jr dr drews ws prominent t flier mer HIs His headquarters arters will be at Lang Lang- Jey leyField Field Va F For r the greatest possible mobility officers said GHQ air force is to be grouped in three e wings with bases at Hamilton Field California Langley Field and Barksdale Field Louisiana Louisiana Louisi- Louisi ana ana Pending of organization organization tion details expected ted by March 1 the central win wing will be stationed at Fort Crockett Texas By June 30 next year however the air units inVolved in in- and the headquarters are arc scheduled ch to be shifted to Barksdale field of the wing commanders have not b been n announced but it is understood od Colonel H. H H. H Arnold now commanding March Field Cal Cat Will be given command of the first wing Secretary of War Dern described new new unit which was recommended mended by the Baker committee to the president last summer as by far the most important and id evolutionary tep step toward modernization of ot the forces of th the United States Slates the World yar Wa a. a r. r |