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When it comes to General Curtis Emerson LeMay, the able, black-browed boss of the Air Force's Strategic Air Command, official Washington and official Moscow have one thing in common: they both regard him with considerable respect...
...Force Secretary Donald Quarles characterized it last week, "the most powerful striking force ever assembled on earth." From its polar icecap outposts to its underground operations center in the Pentagon (where a general officer is always on duty), from the Strategic Air Command, run from Omaha by General Curtis LeMay, to the Tactical Air Command, headed by General Otto...
General Curtis LeMay, head of the Strategic Air Command, is emphatic on this point. He is not against missiles, though sometimes quoted as being so, but he feels that in air warfare it is always necessary to keep one's eye on the ball, not on the distant future. "We must put more time and money," he says, "into the development of these birds. Missiles are another step in the evolution of war. We will use them as we get them, and we will get them when they are effective and reliable." LeMay's mission...
...used." All parties in a war may decide to keep their birds in their nests, fearing with good reason the devastating effect of thermonuclear attack and retaliation against population centers. Such forbearance would be a missile-armed extension of the U.S. policy of deterrence now based on LeMay's bombers...
...executive knows, should be something more than just sweating out pennies and dollars. Ideally, by forcing department heads to translate plans into costs, the budget process teaches them how to get the best combination of plans for the least money. For example, the Air Force's General Curtis LeMay has made his Strategic Air Command cost-conscious right down to squadron level. A squadron commander who performs his missions and keeps his costs down is usually running a superior outfit because he has found ways to cut the number of accidents, keep crews healthy, and reduce the time lost...