Planning And Organizing The Postwar Air Force, 1943-1947
By: Herman S. Wolk.
Contributors: United States. Air Force. Office of Air Force History.
Series: General histories
Publisher: Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force
Published: 1984
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: United States. Air Force -- Organization.; United States. Army Air Forces -- History.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 323-334.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: Foreword iii; title: Preface v; title: Acknowledgments ix; title: Photographs xvi; title: Charts xix; title: I. ROOTS OF AAF ORGANIZATION 1; title: Early Air Organization 3; title: General Headquarters Air Force 12; title: Air Organization in World War II 20; title: Anticipating Postwar Reorganization 31; title: II. PLANNING FOR 70 GROUPS 45; title: Early Postwar Planning 45; title: Marshall Orders a Resurvey 51; title: AAF Protests Resurvey 54; title: The War Department and UMT 58; title: Establishing the 70-Group Goal 61; title: Jamison's Dissent to Bessell Committee 68; title: Arnold Urges 70 Groups 69; title: Final Approval for 70 Groups 74; title: 70 Groups vs UMT 77; title: III. UNIFICATION AND A SEPARATE AIR FORCE 80; title: Joint Chiefs of Staff Special Committee Report 82; title: The Navy's View of the Report 86; title: Views of Arnold and Marshall 89; title: Forrestal on Autonomy 93; title: Eisenhower Supports a Separate Air Force 97; title: Truman Advocates a Coequal Air Force 98; title: The AAF Plans for Unification 100; title: IV. ORGANIZING THE POSTWAR AIR FORCE 113; title: Continental Air Forces 114; title: Strategic Striking Force 118; title: Postwar Organization of Major Commands 124; title: Planning the Headquarters Organization 138; title: Establishment of the Air Board 142; title: War Department Circular 138 145; title: V. MOVING TOWARD AUTONOMY 149; title: Truman Increases the Pressure 150; title: Norstad and Sherman Draft a Plan 155; title: Agreement between Patterson and Forrestal 161; title: Struggle over Roles and Missions 164; title: Executive Order 9877 170; title: National Security Act of 1947 171; title: VI. INDEPENDENCE AND ORGANIZATION 179; title: 'At Long Last' 180; title: Establishing the Air Force 182; title: Organizing the Headquarters 188; title: Planning the Technical Services 195; title: Transfer of Functions 203; title: VII. EPILOGUE 209; title: APPENDICES; title: 1. Operational Plans Division, Air Staff: Extract from a Study to Determine the Minimum Air Power the United States Should Have at the Conclusion of the War in Europe, April 1943 227; title: 2. Extract from War Department Basic Plan for the Post- War Military Establishment, March 29, 1945 234; title: 3. Extract from Report of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Special Committee for Reorganization of National Defense, April 1945 242; title: 4. Minority Report of AAF Member of Special War Department Committee on the Permanent Military Establishment (Bessell Committee), 28 Nov 1945 252; title: 5. Letter, The Adjutant General's Office, War Department, AG 322; title: (21 Mar 46) OB-I-AFCOR-(971 (d) )-M, to Commanding Generals, Army Air Forces, and Continental Air Forces, subject: Establishment of Air Defense, Strategic Air and Tactical Air Commands; Redesignation of the Headquarters, Continental Air Forces and Certain Other Army Air Forces Units; Activation, Inactivation and Assignment of Certain Army Air Forces Units, 21 March 1946 255; title: 6. Memorandum, Office of the Chief of Staff, War Department, for President, Board of Officers on Organization of the War Department (Lieut. General W. H. Simpson), et al, subject: Statement of Approved Policies to Effect Increased Autonomy of the Army Air Forces within the War Department Structure, 4 April 1946 259; title: 7. Extract from Report to Chief of Staff, United States Army, on Army and Air Force Organizational Matters under Unification, March 14, 1947 267; title: 8. Executive Order 9877, Functions of the Armed Forces, July 26, 1947 271; title: 9. The National Security Act of 1947 (Public Law 253-80th Congress), (Chapter 343-lst Session), (S.758) 275; title: 10. Army Air Forces/United States Air Force — Headquarters Staff 293; title: NOTES 299; title: GLOSSARY 317; title: BIBLIOGRAPHIC NOTE 323; title: INDEX 335; title: Photographs; title: Generals Carl A. Spaatz and Henry H. Arnold xx; title: Lt. Henry H. Arnold in a Wright "B" airplane, College Park, Maryland; Maj. Arnold examines the first Liberty engine 4; title: Maj. Thomas DeW. Milling and Maj. Arnold fly an Army observation plane 5; title: Brig. Gen. H. H. (Hap) Arnold; Maj. Carl Spaatz; Capt. Ira C. Eaker  8; title: Wreck of the dirigible Shenandoah; Brig. Gen. William (Billy) Mitchell and Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, 1922 9; title: President Franklin D. Roosevelt 11; title: Maj. Gen. Frank M. Andrews; Maj. Gen. Benjamin D. Foulois and Brig. Gen. Henry C. Pratt 16; title: Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur 18; title: Maj. Gen. Oscar Westover 19; title: Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson 22; title: Maj. Gen. Hap Arnold and Gen. George C. Marshall, Randolph Field, 1941 23; title: President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill 24; title: Brig. Gen. Laurence Kuter 33; title: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal, Col. Paul T. Cullen, and Commodore Ben H. Wyatt examine photographs of the fourth atomic bomb burst, Bikini Atoll; Admiral Ernest J. King; Admiral William D. Leahy 37; title: Scientific advisor Dr. Theodore von Karman 40; title: Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz confers with Maj. Gen. Ralph Royce, Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, and Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr; Lt. Gen. Hap Arnold and Brig. Gen. James Doolittle 42; title: Maj. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter; RAF Marshal Viscount Trenchard and Maj. Gen. Ira Eaker, England, 1943 43; title: Brig. Gen. Orvil A. Anderson; Army Chief of Staff George C. Gen. Hap Arnold and Gen. George C. Marshall, Cairo, 1943; Lt. Gen. Barney M. Giles and Brig. Gen. Russell E. Randall, 1944 56; title: Maj. Gen. William F. Tompkins, Brig. Gen. Kendall J. Fielder, Maj. Gen. Russell L. Maxwell, and Brig. Gen. M. W. Marston, Hickam Field, 1945 60; title: Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker 64; title: Maj. Gen. Lauris Norstad 65; title: Brig. Gen. Glen C. Jamison 70; title: President Harry S. Truman and Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower 71; title: Assistant Secretary of War Robert A. Lovett; Brig. Gen. Haywood Hansell  83; title: Admiral James O. Richardson; Admirals Ernest J. King, Chester W. Nimitz, and Raymond A. Spruance aboard the USS Indianapolis, 1944 88; title: Army Air Forces Commanding General H. H. Arnold 91; title: Adm. Ernest J. King and Gen. George C. Marshall 92; title: Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and Fleet Admirals Ernest J. King and Chester W. Nimitz 95; title: President Truman signs the proclamation for Air Force Day, with Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker attending 99; title: Col. Jacob E. Smart; Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker and Gen. Hap Arnold  102; title: Lt. Gen. Alexander M. Patch 106; title: AAF Commanding General Henry H. Arnold rides with Gen. Carl A. Spaatz and Maj. Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg 109; title: Brig. Gen. Leon W. Johnson 118; title: An Army separation center, 1945; soldiers flood a separation center after V-J Day 119; title: B-29 in flight 124; title: Brig. Gen. William F. McKee, Maj. Gen. Curtis LeMay, and Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge confer over a scale model of Bikini Atoll 125; title: Brig. Gen. William F. McKee; Maj. Gen. Samuel A. Anderson and Brig. Gen. Edwin J. Backus, 1945 127; title: Maj. Gen. St. Clair Streett and Major Banfield 130; title: Lt. Gen. El wood R. Quesada 131; title: Gen. Carl A. Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Maj. Gen. Donald Wilson, Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild, Lt. Gen. John K. Cannon, Gen. George C. Kenney, Lt. Gen. Harold L. George, Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, and Maj. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada 132; title: Gen. Hap Arnold, Assistant Secretary of War for Air Robert A. Lovett, and Brig. Gen. Grandison Gardner at Eglin Field, Florida 140; title: General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Carl Spaatz and Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker 144; title: Maj. Gen. Hugh J. Knerr 145; title: President Harry S. Truman; Adm. William D. Leahy 152; title: Vice Adm. Arthur W. Radford 153; title: Maj. Gen. Carl Spaatz and Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder after the Casablanca Conference; Viscount Trenchard and Maj. Gen. William E. Kepner 156; title: Vice Adm. Forrest P. Sherman; Brig. Gen. Lauris Norstad 159; title: Army Maj. Gen. William E. Hall 163; title: AAF Commanding General Carl A. Spaatz 166; title: James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy; W. Stuart Symington and Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder 168; title: The first Secretary of Defense, James Forrestal 176; title: Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington and Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall; Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan being sworn in by Chief Justice Fred Vinson 177; title: Hon. W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Air Force, and Gen. Carl Spaatz, Air Force Chief of Staff, announce the new organizational set-up for the Department of the Air Force 184; title: Maj. Gen. Hugh Knerr; Maj. Gen. Muir S. Fairchild 191; title: Maj. Gen. Earle E. Partridge 199; title: Maj. Gen. Malcolm C. Grow 204; title: Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson, Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington, Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall, and Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, March 1949 208; title: Secretary of the Air Force Symington with Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Fred Vinson, Secretary of the Navy John L. Sullivan, and Secretary of the Army Kenneth C. Royall, September 1947 216; title: President Truman aboard a B-36, Andrews AFB, 1949 217; title: Kenneth C. Royall being sworn in as Secretary of the Army by Robert P. Patterson 220; title: Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg takes the oath of office in the presence of Chief Justice Fred Vinson, James Forrestal, Gen. Carl Spaatz, and W. Stuart Symington 222; title: Secretary of Defense James Forrestal with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and other military leaders: Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg, Lt. Gen. Albert Wedemeyer, Gen. Omar Bradley, Adm. Louis Denfeld, Vice Adm. Arthur W. Radford, and Maj. Gen. Alfred M. Gruenther 223; title: Charts; title: Army Air Forces Organization, 24 December 1941 25; title: Army Air Forces, March 9, 1942 28; title: Army Air Forces, October 1943 32; title: Estimated Aircraft Requirements for 70-Group Peacetime Air Force 72; title: Proposed Reorganized Armed Forces, Collins Committee, October 1945 96; title: Air Staff, March 21, 1946 134; title: AAF Military Personnel Distribution: March 1946 135; title: AAF Tactical Groups and Separate Squadrons, March 1946 136; title: Army Air Forces, June 11, 1946 146; title: Department of the Air Force 186; title: Air Staff, Headquarters United States Air Force, 10 October 1947 194; title: Major Air Commands, October 10, 1947 197; title: Generals Carl A. ("Tooey") Spaatz and Henry H. ("Hap") Arnold, architects of the postwar Air Force.