Show THINGS WE OBSERVE one of the things that has been brought out forcibly during the last year or two of war is that the day of the so called impregnable fortress in modern warfare is a thing of the past they have had their inning but must give way to more modern ways of waging war the maginot line the stalin line singapore and others have fallen ano ana others including malta gibralter and pearl harbor harbo r will be next in line unless they are protected by more than mere guns and manpower er all such defenses must be bolstered by adequate air power all the guns and men we can station at the panama canal will never save that vital link between the two oceans unless they are supported by dir air power fortifications along both cur seacoasts are worthless against air power and out oui coastal cities with such a defense is wide open to attack from the air air we also notice that unless these giant new battleships we are building are protected in their operation by by an aed quate air force they are as helpless as some high school student getting in the ring with joe louis all other naval combat units are the same in that they can give a good account of themselves if they have airplanes to cover their actions and when we talk about air power we doret dont mean a few bombers and lighters fighters as has been the case in 0 our ur operations in the far east up until now but enough to take over complete control of the air in the area in which the operation is taking place and to hold it against any air force in the world nothing less than complete air supremacy will do and until we get it we are going to suffer other reverses costly to the allied nations |