Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09

I tend the Air Corps Tactical School at
Langley Field, Hampton, Va. Due to
lack of majors and higher officers
in the Air Corps, however, owing to a
faulty promotion system in the Army,
many captains, and even heutenants,
are among the students at this school.
In the tactical school the officers are
taught the handling of large Air Corps
units and the duties and problems of
other branches of the service.
The Balloon and AirShip School is
| located at Scott Field, BeHeville, ILL.,,
but due to lack of funds this school
has been out of operation for several
years, training of this sort being car
ried on only in the tactical units.
The Air Corps conducts an engineer
ing school at Wright Field, Dayton,
Ohio, to which are sent officers with
special mechanical talents or those
who show a grasp of problems of
aeronautical engineering.
Among the other schools for Air
Corps officers are the Advanced Navi-
cation School at Kelly Field and courses
for officers in such specialized subjects
as photography. engineering mainte-
nance and communications, carried on
at the Air Corps Technical School,
Chanute Field, Rantoul, Ill.
Schools for the enlisted men, the
technicians and mechanics of the Air
Corps, also are located at Chanute
Field. Practically every trade neces-
sary to the functioning of the Air Corps
is taught here, among them the trades
of airplane mechanic, welder, aircraft
arnorer, parachute rigger, radio me-
chanic and operator and aerial photog-
rapher.
After the men leave school they are
rp0ITiFnd to kaaT1 fit and RI fI1ic
definite and comprehensive system of
training is carried on at every tactical
station and Air Corps post.
There are now II Air Corps stations
in the United States, to which air or
CARNATIONS are assigned as follows:
Boiling Field, Washington, Air Corps
Detachment; Brooks Field, San Antonio
Tex, Primary Flying School; Chanute
Field, Rantoul Ill, Air Corps Technical
School; CriSsy Field, San Francisco,
91st Observation Squadron; Duncan
Field, San Antonio, Air Corps Training
Center; Fort Crockett, Galveston, Tex,
Sd Attack Group; Dodd Field, Fort Sam
Houston, Tex, 18th Observation Squad
ron, LIST Photo Section; Kelly Field, San
Antonio, Advanced Flying School;
Langley Field, Hampton, Va, I'd Bonn
bardment Group, Air Corps Tactical
School; March Field Riverside Calf,
HTIuldTy FIyulg OCIlOOls Marshall F1elQ,
Fort Riley, Kans., 18th Observation
| Squadron, 9th Photo Section; Wright
Field, Dayton, Ohio, Materiel Division,
Engineering School,; Maxwell Field
Montgomery, Ala, 22d Observation
| Squadron, 4th Photo Section; Mitchell
Field, N. Y, 9th Observation Group;
Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calf, 7th
Bombardment Group, 95th Pursuit
Squadron; Scott Field, Belleville, Ill,
| 21st Airship Group. Balloon and Air
ship School, and Selfridge Field, Mount
Clemens. Mich, 1st Pursuit Group and
18th Observation Squadron
In addition, Air Corps troops are
stationed at the following Army posts,
acting as an air service to the arms
stationed there: Edgewood Arsenal,
Md; Aberdeen Proving Ground, Phil
| lips Field, Md; Fort Leavenworth.
Kans.; Camp Bragg, Pope Field, N. c.,
and Fort Sill, Post Field, Okla.
There are Air Corps repair and stor-
age depots at Fairfield Air Depot, Os-
born. Ohio Little Rock Air Depot, Lit
| tie Rock, Ark: Middletown Air Depot,
Middletown, Pa; Rockwell Air Depot,
Rockwell Field, San Diego, Calf; San
Antonio Air Depot, Duncan Field, San
Antonio, Tex, and Scott Field Air
J Depot Scott Field, Belleville, III.