Evening star., 1945-11-12

gives strength to our armed services
in peace or war.
6. To make available to the United
Nations organization, in accordance
with the provisions of its charter,
adequate and effective air force
contingents for possible use by the
Security Council in maintaining in
ternational peace and security.
7. To promote scientific research
and development and to maintain a
close contact with industry.
Air Superiority Vital.
Regardless of the role that surface
forces may play, Gen. Arnold said,
the establishment of air superiority
is a requisite to any successful
ground or naval action. Therefore,
he said, basic planning, develop
ment, organization and training of
the AAF must be we'll rounded, Gov
ering every modern means of waging
air war, and the techniques of en-
Iploying such means" In addition,
he emphasized. "air doctrines like
wise must be flexible at all times and
entirely uninhibited by tradition"
| A modern air staff without in
dustrial technicians is "as obsolete
as a model T Ford" he advised
The time has passed when the air
staff can be composed exclusively OF
command pilots"
Gen. Arnold closed his report with
a discussion of the "integration OF
air power with national defense"
I'm order to secure the maximum
effectiveness with the greatest econ
omy," he said, "our fighting forces
must be organized so as to provide
soundly integrated command of
three autonomous services, each of
which has an equal and direct share
of total responsibility"
He recommended retention of the
joint chiefs of staff organization,
with chief of staff to the Presi-
dent. Among other things he urged:
Ruthless elimination of all arms,
branches, services, weapons, equip
ment or ideas whose retention
might be indicated only by tradition,
sentiment or sheer inertia"
Better Intelligence Urged.
Gen. Arnold said our past con-
cept of intelligence, which is mill
tary information, was insufficient tc
cover the requirements of modern
war. This must be changed, he
warned.
Detailed and moment by moment
knowledge of all the aspects of civil
ian and military activity, within the
territory OF an enemy or potentiaI
enemy is essential to sound plan
ming in times of peace or war" he
said. In the future it will bt
suicidally dangerous to depend upor
reports of military attaches and rou.
tine or casual sources of informa.
i ton regarding foreign states. Only
!, through specialized channels car
keep constant check on the tech.
nological developments of potentia
enemies"
), But it was to the eliminating sue.
, cesses that led to the defeat of Ger
), many and Japan that the AAI
chief devoted the ma jor portion O.
: his report. With statistical chart
he drove home the fact that Japar
succumbed more readily to heav,
!, bombing attacks than her Axis part
ner.
Never in the history of aeria
warfare has such destruction beer
achieved at such moderate cost" h,
said in referring to the B-29 raid
on Japan. THE combat efficiency
of the B-29s was such that we wer,
able to reduce Japan more eco
nomically than Germany" he added
i Air Loss Ratio Small.
4 In all the attacks on urban in
dustrial areas, the loss ratio, du,
to all causes, was only 1.22 per cen
of attacking aircraft. In cities un
: der 100000, 3la square miles of ur
ban industrial area were destroye,
for each B-29 lost to any cause
I'm defaulting the final tactica
, air battles over Japan, the Japanes
Air Force proclaimed its own tota
defeat" Gen. Arnold said. "Japal
= was lost from the moment it becam
plain that the outmatched Jap
, anese Air Force was both powerles
to prevent us from setting up base
= - y.