An edition of Prelude to the total force
(1985)
Prelude to the Total Force
the Air National Guard, 1943-1969
by Charles Joseph Gross
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Prelude To The Total Force: The Air National Guard 1943 - 1969
September 30, 2004, University Press of the Pacific
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in English
1410216357 9781410216359
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Prelude to the Total Force: the Air National Guard, 1943-1969
1985, Office of Air Force History, U.S. Air Force
in English
0912799153 9780912799155
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Prelude to the total force: the Air National Guard, 1943-1969
1985, Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force
in English
0912799153 9780912799155
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Book Details
Table of Contents
Contents
The Author iv
Foreword v
Acknowledgments ix
Photographs xiii
Introduction 1
I. Forged in Politics, 1943-1946 7
II. Struggle for Control, 1946-1950 22
III. Rejuvenation, 1950-1953 58
IV. Integrating with the Active Force, 1953-1960 91
V. The Cold Warriors, 1961-1962 122
VI. Vindication, 1963-1969 143
VII. Epilogue: The Air National Guard and the Total Force 166
Appendices
1 . Air National Guard Observation Squadrons Inducted into Federal Service (Air Corps), World War II 175
2. Korean Mobilizations 177
3. Berlin Mobilizations 187
4. Korean and Southeast Asian Mobilizations 191
5. Air National Guard Personnel Authorized and Assigned, FY 1946-1969 193
6. Air National Guard Federal Funding 195
7. Chiefs of National Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C 197
8. Chiefs of the Air Division, National Guard Bureau 199
Notes 201
Glossary 22 1
Bibliography 225
Index 235
Photographs
Brig. Gen. William (Billy) Mitchell; searchlight and floodlight of the 1st Aero Company, New York ANG; Capt. Raynal Cawthorne Boiling leads the first mass flight of military aircraft in the United States, 1916. 4
Private First Class Beckwith Havens on an aerial photo mission over Texas; lapel device of the 1st Aero Company, New York ANG; biplane of the 1st Aero Company 5
Brig. Gen. John McAuley Palmer; Brig. Gen. Laurence S. Kuter, Assistant Chief of Air Staff 9
Gen. George C. Marshall with Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, President of the National Guard Association 13
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson; Maj. Gen. Milton A. Reckord, Adjutant General of Maryland, with General of the Army Dwight D. Eisenhower 18
Marine combat pilot Maj. Joseph J. Foss, 1944 23
Maj. Gen. Butler B. Miltonberger, Chief, National Guard Bureau with Col. W. A. R. Robertson and Lt. Col. Herschel Green; Lt. Gen. George E. Stratemeyer, Commander, Air Defense Command 28
Air National Guard hangars at Holman Field, Minnesota, 1949 30
Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh at the annual meeting of the National Guard Association of the United States, 1948; Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Maj. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming 36
Col. Thomas G. Lanphier, Jr., President of the Air Force Association 37
Lt. Gen. Elwood R. Quesada, Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff 41
Rep. Carl Vinson, Chairman, House Armed Services Committee 44
Army Maj. Gen. Kenneth F. Cramer, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Gen. Carl Spaatz, USAF Chief of Staff, with Secretary of the Air Force W. Stuart Symington and Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg, Chief of Staff designee 49
Lt. Gen. Ennis C. Whitehead, Commander, Continental Air Command 56
The 1 1 7th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing prepares a trans-Atlantic shipment of machinery and supplies; SSgt. Weslie W. Teczar, SSgt. Harry E. Greene, and TSgt. Jerry C. James prepare a B-26 for shipment to Europe; Pfc. Rudolph J. Tipotsch, Cpl. Hugh J. Phillips, Pfc. Glenn W. Reese, and TSgt. C. B. Harris perform maintenance on a RF-80 jet 60
President Harry S. Truman 63
Members of the 137th Fighter-Bomber Wing board the USMS General Ballou at New Orleans 66
Maj. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, with Gen. Thomas D. White, USAF Chief of Staff 67
Formation of F-51s from Stout Field, Indiana, ca 1953; recruiting office on wheels, used by the 1 1 1th Composite Wing, Pennsylvania ANG 69
Lt. Col. Paul E. Hoover, Ohio ANG, with Col. James S. Coward 71
Tennessee guardsmen change markings on aircraft transferred to the Air Force 74
Pilots of the 127th Fighter Group, Luke AFB, Arizona 74
Member of the 127th Fighter Group says goodbye to his family after being recalled to active duty; Edwin H. Burgess is sworn in as Chairman of the Civilian Components Policy Board by Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson 75
Col. I. G. Brown, member of the "Arkansas Connection" 80
Maj. Gen. Edward D. Sirois, Commanding General, 26th Infantry Division, Col Mark Galusha, USAF, Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, Maj. Gen. Edgar Erickson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, Maj. Gen. William H. Harrison, Jr., Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, and Col. Alfred DeQuay, Massachusetts ANG 83
Brig. Gen. Melvin J. Maas, USMCR; Brig. Gen. Errol H. Ziztel 87
An F-80 of the Colorado ANG 90
Maintenance training at Holman Field, Minnesota, 1953 96
Lt. Gen. Leon Johnson, Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh, and Gen. Thomas D. White, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff; Gen. Benjamin W. Chidlaw,
Commander of Air Defense Command 97
President Dwight D. Eisenhower boards his aircraft at Dow AFB, Maine 100
A 1 C Dennis Ellsworth and A2C Monty Ellsworth load a 50-caliber machine gun of a F-51, 1953 104
Air National Guard pilots on runway alert; member of an ANG aircraft control and warning squadron scans his radar scope 106
Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson, Commander, Air Defense Command 109
Secretary of the Air Force James H. Douglas 110
David S. Smith, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 113
Formation of Texas ANG F- 102s 118
President Kennedy visits Roslyn ANG Station, New York; Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara 124
TSgt. Buck Slee prepares his aircraft for deployment overseas during the Berlin Crisis; loadmasters guide a F-104 up the loading ramp of a C-124 129
Gen. Lauris Norstad returns to the United States 130
Secretary of the Air Force Eugene M. Zuckert and Gen. Curtis LeMay 131
F-84s of the Ohio ANG over Etain AB, France, 1962; portable ground power unit is secured aboard a C-124; Brig. Gen. Donald J. Strait gives flight information to the ramp control officer at Lajes Field 134
F-86 of the 102d Tactical Fighter Group undergoes an engine check at Prestwick AB, Scotland; Col. S. T. Maron, Missouri ANG, climbs out of his F-84; aerial view of the air-sea rescue landing ramp at Prestwick AB 135
Maj. Gen. John J. Pesch 140
Alabama guardsmen hold a briefing before a mission at Elmendorf AFB , Alaska 148
SSgt. Edward H. Gober and TSgt. Starke C. Trotter prepare an RF-84F for a mission over West Germany 149
C-97 of the New York ANG is unloaded at Tan Son Nhut AB, South Vietnam, 1966; TSgt. Michael A. Measino supervises the unloading of his aircraft 151
Deactivation ceremonies for the 121st Tactical Fighter Group 159
Guardsmen of the 136th Tactical Fighter Squadron, New York, complete processing before their deployment; loading material aboard a C-141 bound for Southeast Asia 161
"Scramble at Phan Rang" (A National Guard Heritage Painting); F-100 aircraft belonging to a Colorado ANG squadron are parked in a revetment area in Southeast Asia 162
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