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Show December 3, 1954 HILL TOP TIMES Page 7 Here Are "The Facts, Ma'am" About The United pitor's note: The following information provides the answers Air Force entitled a some of the questions concerning the United States Services Fact Sheet No. It is taken from Information It's a Fact.") development of aircraft, weapons and equipment for the support of waxiare. (f) Air. Training wmcn trains aircrews Command, and technical specialists. untarily in war-tim- e and in peace- (g) Air University, which provides professional military education to officers in scientific, technological, aeromedical and allied fields. (h) Continental Air Command, which carries out field responsibilities for air reserve forces. (i) Air Proving Ground Command, which developments improved operational techniques; tests materiel and equipment. (j) Military Air Transport Service, which provides strategic airlift for the Armed Forces. (k) U. S. Air Forces in Europe, which provides logistical support and planning for virtually all Air Force units in Europe and Africa. (1) Far East Air Forces, which provides air defense for Japan, the protection of the Republic of Korea and extensive troop carrier operations and logistic support for the widely scattered FEAF units. (m) Northeast Air Command, which provides a base for strate gic operations in the vast north ern expanse close to the North Pole. (n) Alaskan Air Command, which provides air defense of Alaska and protects the U. S. from air attack through Alaska and ad jacent Arctic regions (o) Caribbean Air Command, which defends the Canal Zone and lends assistance to the Latin American Air Forces through system of air missions. (p) Headquarters Command, which provides miscellaneous serv ices to Air Force units and per sonnel in the Washington area. Service, Security (q) USAF which takes care of communica tions security, (crypto security, transmission security, and physi cal security) and communications intelligence for the Air orce. (r) Air Force Finance Division, which executes and supervises all finance functions for the Air Force which require centralized control 4, When was the Air Force created? had its beginning in 1907 as a small (A) Actually, the Air Force functioned as a branch of the Army until It Corps. the Signal of cwtion 1. 1947,' when it was separated from the Army in accordNational Security Act of 26 July, 1947. This law created Establishment (later redesignated the I)ena,. Motional Military . U1B r J mpnt of Jjeiensej, a as sepaUnited States Air For,ce (A) Admiral Arthur W. Rad-othe icer of the Joint Chiefs of rate and coequal partner of . he has no vote. The other Staff, mem-for- d Army and Navy. is the Chairman. is Although the personnel 2 What Admiral Radford is the presiding tostrength of the Air Force bers are General Matthew B. Ridg-waday? Army Chief of Staff; AdmirAir Force military al Robert B. Carney, Chief of (A) The 047,-00- 0 Naval Operations; and General strength was approximately 1954. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Chief as of 30 June, our Air of Staff. 3. How large should 9. What is the mission of the Force be? of Air Force ? (A) The size and composition asthe USAF must be based on its (A) The supreme mission of the availasigned mission, the weapons Air Force is to prevent war to and ble .to accomplish this mission secure peace under acceptable conthe size of the potential enemy. ditions. This includes such priUnder present conditions, our Air mary missions as g of Force must be a (a) Conduct and be responsible deterras a act to sufficient size a for strategic air warfare. ent to any potential aggressor, effectand Defeat enemy air forces. (b) a and provide prompt ive weapon capable of attaining (c) Air defense of the United decisive and ultimate victory in States. beany war in which we might (d) Furnish close combat sup- Force Air The come engaged. to the Army. port stated that, Chief of Staff-lia- s Interdiction of enemy land (e) considering the factors mentioned power. force a USAF requires above, the of 137 combat wings, plus certain 10. The Air Force has certain supporting units, in order to acsecondary responsibilities in complish its assigned mission. which it supports and supplements the other Services in 4. How much does it cost to operate the Air Force? What carrying out their primary functions. What are these are the annual appropriations? secondary responsibilities? Air Force (A) The (a) To interdict enemy sea appropriat(A) ions for fiscal 1955, 1954, 1953 power through air operations. i September, ance with the ff . y, force-in-bein- and 1952 were $11.6 billion, billion, $20.3 billion' and billion, respectfully. clude proceurement, construction. and Who is the Air Force? 5. (A) bott. $11.4 $22.3 These sums in- operating costs Secretary of the " Honorable Harold E. Tal- - (b) To conduct anti-submari- ne warfare. (c) To protect shipping. (d) To conduct aerial minelay-in- g operations. What are the major air commands and their functions ? (A) (a) Strategic Air Com mand, which is the long-ran11. ge States Air Force sonnel will varv from heavy bomber wines to fighter wings. 13. How many wings Air Force have? (A) The Air Force Of Today! for (b) Providing the media through for which to stimulate and foster an citizenry (which will understand the necessity for, the does the requirements of, and the means of obtaining and maintaining air su had 10 premacy). Winfrs on Srt .Tnn 19M ' nA tin y (c) Maintaining a Wings on 30 June,' 1054. The Air flying organization composed of force is nroerammed to have members who will contribute e 120 Wings by the end of FY, 1905, their equipment, personal 127 Wings by end FY, 1950, and time, and effort to the Air Force 137 Wings by end FY, 1957. and other agencies. 14. What is the Air Reserve and 18. How much time and money the USAF? , does it take to train an Air Air National Guard role in Force pilot? of (A) The Reserve Forces (A) It takes about 14 months USAF (Air Reserve and Air Na- at a cost of approximately $60,000. tional Guard) are maintained for The cost of combat runs training $100,-00the purpose of providing properly the total, to approximately 0 each. organized, manned, trained, and equipped units to be available for 19. How many pilots are trained active duty in the USAF in time of each year 7 war or national emergency and at such other times as the national (A) Pilots are currently being security may dictate to meet the trained at the rate of approximaterequirements of the USAF, in ex ly 7,000 per year. Of this number, cess of those of the Active Forces. approximately. (5000 are being trained for the USAF. 15. How many flying wings are 20. What is air power? there in our Air Reserve Forces? (A) Air power is the total (A) There are 30 Air Reserve military and civilian aviation caand 27 Air National Guard flying pacity of a nation backed ud bv wings. The 30 Air Reserve wings the resources and industrial might include G pilot training wings, 13 ot that nation. troop carrier, 9 fighter-bombe- r, and 2 tactical reconnaissance. The 27 Air National Guard wings include 0 fighter interceptor, 17 For Bowling fighter-bombe- r, 2 light bomber, and 2 tactical reconnaissance. In addition to the flying wings, the Air Reserve has 2 air depot wings. Both the Air Reserve and Air NaAt Its Best tional Guard have several aviation engineer and other support type units. 10. What is the Civil Air Patrol? Visit; (A) The Civil Air Patrol is a volunteer civilian organization Beautiful which functions as an Air Force auxiliary. The Air Force extends Bowl aid to CAP in the fulfillment of and and its objectives accepts utilizes the services of CAP in the PARAMOUNT BOWL fulfillment of the mission of the Air Force establish 3000 1700 air-mind- ed quasi-militar- vol-tim- Enjoyment Ogden's IV' non-combat- : i ment. What is the mission of the Civil Air Patrol? (A) The mission of CAP has been divided into three main cate 17. Who is the Chief of Staff, striking force. 12. What is a combat wing? United States Air Force? Defense Command, (b) Air (A) A combat wing is the gories: (A) General Nathan F. Twining. which provides air forces for the smallest basic operational unit in air defense of the United States the Air Force that (a) Providing aviation education is 7. What is the funcall and coordinates principal operations per- enoueh to conduct sustained, effec and training to its senior and ca tion of the Joint Chiefs of taining thereto. det members. tive combat actions; i. e., it is an Staff? Air Tactical (c) Command, Air Foce wing in which the pri (A) The Joint Chiefs of Staff which provides air forces capable mary mission group is organized are the main military advisers to for a variety of actions in theater for combat. It includes both comthe President, the National Securi- air operations the shorter range bat and supporting elements The ty Council, and the Secretary of striking force. tvne and number of aircraft and Defense; but in their individual (d) Air Materiel Command, the number of personnel author roles as respective heads of the which provides logistical support. ized a wine are determined by its three different services, of act they (e) Air Research and Develop assigned mission. The number as commanders and repres- ment Command, which uses new aircraft range from 30 for heavy they ent their services in matters of CLEARFIELD for improving ana hntnhprs to 75 for fiehters. 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