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Show October (From page HILL TOP TIMES 13. 19TS Page 3.1 I simply art for art's sake. And they are more than just glimpses of faraway places. The paintings record the history and development of the Air Force. For the future they will provide a needed perspective when historians evaluate the fledgling years of a vigorous service that helped keep the nation strong during the advent of the nuclear and space age. But the collection does more than provide historical perspective. It is also a "now" look at the Air Force and the people who make it what it is. And it reflects the pride, professionalism and occasional agony that is the Air Force. THERE IS AMPLE PRECEDENT and justification for this unique and fascinating blending of the Air Force and the arts. America's first military aviator and former chief of the Air Corps, the late Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois once said, "There are similarities between art and the profession of flying. Each demands talent and training, intellect and imagination, a clear eye and a steady hand." The practice of documenting military operations by means art is one of the oldest forms of recorded history. It can be seen on the walls of cave dwellers and in the tombs of the ancient Egyptians. In the United States, it can be traced to the Revolutionary period. of Congressional offices, and in the White House in Washington, D C. Additionally, two shows are continually touring the country with the Air Force Orientation Group. Contact your Air Force recruiter to find out when one of these shows will be in the local area. Over seven million people view these paintings annually. PART TIME HELP WANTED THE ART ALSO HANGS on a permanent basis in the corridors of the Pentagon, in the galleries of the Air Force Museum at the Air Force Academy, the of the Air Library University, Montgomery, Ala., in Wright-Patterso- ONE OF THE FIRST military painters was John Trumbull, a member of Washington's staff who later became an important artist in early America. Later, Winslow Homer captured phases of the Civil War; Frederic Remington the conquering of the West. n, STARTING PAY $3.60 AN HOUR -- IF YOU QUALIFY - The Army Reserve will guarantee you the job Jot Intohos fc!:o in anyfhingu The introduction of the airplane as a military weapon in World War I opened a whole new world to the combat artist, one which has continued into the space age. training of your choice, already paid for - also a part time job. Join fho FDD Squud. DESPITE INCREASED USE of the camera to document military operations, the French government formally recognized the extra dimension that a painter brings to this visual record. During World War I, it commissioned Henri Farre' to record on canvas the aerial heroics and history-makinaccomplishments of these "knights of the air." or 393-666- 3 393-655- 4 Provont Foreign Object Damage. 3 g In World War II, Frank E. Beresford, an eminent British artist and war correspondent, spent more than three years at various bases painting the activities of the U.S. Army Air Forces. IN 1947 THE U.S. AIR FORCE became a separate military service, and in 1950 the official Air Force Art Collection was established with the transfer of nearly 300 paintings from the the Army. Additional works of art covering the Army Air Corps' role in World War II and a number of captured German and Japanese works were added to the collection between 1951 and 1953. and 1959 the Beresford and Farre' collections were ob- Department of THE GREAT DATSUN DOLLAR DRIVE In-195- 7 tained. newly expanding at is on TODAY THE COLLECTION totals more than 4,300 paintings. Over half of these have been acquired as the result of the continuing USAF Art Program established in 1954. In 1951 the Air Force took 90 of America's most famous illustrators and editorial cartoonists on an indoctrination tour of USAF installations to paint a history of the Air Force's globe-girdlin- g Co 0T0R PETERSEN CLOSE OUT!! CLOSE mm i ,ftW& far . NEW 1978 mission. ,'4,V IN 1954 A WORKING arrangement began with the New York Society of Illustrators for artists to visit Air Force bases each Air Force operations. Later, the year to observe world-wid- e artists record their impressions on canvas and donate the paintings to the Air Force Art Collection. The Air Force pays only the artist's living expenses and provides for his transportation to and from the Air Force bases visited. The program now includes the San Francisco and Los Angeles 12 to rHOOSE R IV From AT COST! Societies. Once a year at a ceremony at Boiling AFB, Washington, D.C., artists donate as many as 150 works of art to the Secretary of the Air Force. The paintings are photographed, recorded and officially included in the Collection. 'Of wf fC M KEUMIC (Stock 4-DO- With our airmen they have shared the anticipation, and sometimes the heartbreak of a crew chief waiting for his pilot to return from a combat mission; or they've actually flown on such missions themselves. 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