Show Potential Air Lift Litt I The be vitriolic battle over the 70 70 group air force has been pretty well wen forgotten However biggest proof that Secretary for Air Symington Symington Sym ington was right and Secretary of Defense Forrestal wrong about the Importance of f air power is being demonstrated around the clock clo k in Berlin today However without detracting from the magnificent Job jab being done by bythe bythe bythe the air forces over Berlin now might be a good time to demonstrate demon demonS strate navy army coordination It happens that the navy has the biggest air freight carriers of either cither branch of the service the the Mars flying tying boats Now operating to Hawaii they carry 5 tons each about ten teo times mainstay mainstay main main- the cargo of the DC stay of the phenomenal air rut lilt into Berlin Flying the short mile hop from Hamburg to Berlin the Mars boats would need little gasoline therefore could carry more than 35 tons of freight They also would have the following advantages Greater lift per gallon of gas fewer few er planes in the air corridor with less traffic congestion the trip from Hamburg to Berlin flight miles Is less leas than the present from Frankfort to Berlin little might get a B So the navy practice at unification cation by augment augment- tog tag the army over Berlin BerUn |