Evening star., 1951-05-24
Weyland 10 Replace
Aling StratemeYer as
Far East Air Chief
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
The two top Air Force COM
: manders in the Far East are be-
ing replaced.
1t. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer,
who was stricken with a heart at
{ tack in Tokyo last week. will be
succeeded by 1t. Gen. o. P. Wey-
g, land as commander of the Far
East Air Forces.
Maj. Gen. Frank F. Everest, as
sistant chief of staff for opera
r tionS at Air Force headquarters,
. was named to succeed 1t. Gen.
Earle E. Partridge as 5th Ali
Force commander in Japan.
- Announcing the changes last
night, Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg
!, Air Force chief of staff, said he
q and the whole Air Force deeply
regret the illness which has made
it impossible for Gen. Strate-
meyer to continue in command of
the. Far East Air Forces"
- Will Leave This Week End.
; Gen. Weyland, 40, and native
of Riverside, Calf. returned from
3, the Far East only last month. He
said last night he assumed he. was
assigned to his new command be-
- cause he is familiar with the situ-
. alton lover there"
- He and Gen. Everest will leave
for Japan this week end.
Gen. Stratemeyer has held the
key Far East command since April,
F., 1949. Gen. Weyland formerly was
, his, vice commander for opera
tions.
Latest dispatches from Tokyo
said Gen. Stratemeyer was still
very i'll. The Air Force did not
T mention any reassignment for
him.
. Gen. Partridge will become
commander of the Air Research
and Development Command, with
headquarters at Wright-Patterson
Air Base at Dayton, Ohio.
He will succeed Maj. Gen. David
M. Schlatter, who will be given
a new assignment.
Gen., Stratemeyer has been
mentioned during the Senate in
quiry into Gen. MacArthur's dis
miSsal because of his public state
. n1ents seeming to favor United
Nations strikes at Communist air
bases in Manchuria.
An Air Force spokesman, how
ever, said that had absolutely
nothing at all to do" with the
shift. The sole reason for sending
a replacement for Gen. Strate-
meyer, he said, was that he is too
Ill to carry on.
Present administration policy. as
outlined to the Senate committees
by Secretary of Defense Marshall,
is to restrict allied air attacks to
Korea rather than chance ex-
panding the war there into a gen.
eral conflict.
Weyland Confident.
Gen. Weyland told a reporter
at Langley Air Force Base, Va.
last night:
II am confident :. that it (the
Korean situation) can be kept well
within bounds and that the mill
, tary forces will be able to carry
out the detectives of the United
States in that area."e
Gen. Weyland is an expert in
tactical support of ground forces.
During World War II he headed
the 18th Tactical Air Command
and was commander of the 84th
fighter wing in Europe.
After his return to the United
States in 1945. Gen. Weyland was
assistant commandant of the Com
F. mand and General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth. Kans. He be-
came assistant chief of air staff
for plans in June, 1916, and after
reorganization of the Air Force
in 1947. he became director of
plans and operations in the office
OF the deputy chief of staff for
operations at Air Force headquar-
tiers. He was appointed deputy
commander of the National War
College, Washington, in 1948. He
assumed command of the Tao
tical Air Command in July, 1850
and shortly thereafter was trans
ferred to the Far East.
Served With DooIittle.
Gen. Partridge served as deputy
commander of the 18th and the
9th Air Force under Mai. Gen
James H. Doolittle in World War
III. He later commanded the 9th
Air Force.
Gen. Everest commanded a
heavy bomb group during the
South Pacific campaigns in the
= last war. In 1946 he went to
- Alaska as commander of the
O. Yukon sector. The following
year he assumed his present post
= in air headquarters.