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...take a sizable cut out of the defense budget. Eventually, Wilson himself began to deride the Air Force goal of 143 wings as "unrealistic" and "unobtainable." Flying out to Omaha to inspect the atom-bomb-carrying Strategic Air Command, he sat through a briefing by SAC Commander Curtis LeMay only to comment at the end of it: "I think 57 wings for SAC is too many." And three weeks ago, when Charlie Wilson's defense budget went to Congress, it was clear that the Sherman plan had triumphed. Most of the $5.2 billion cut in appropriations for fiscal...
...race held at Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas [TIME, April 20] was a shock and a joke to many airmen stationed here at Turner Air Force Base, Ga. Turner was the first base to sponsor such a race ... on Oct. 25, 1952 . . . The sole advantage gained was General LeMay's prestige. We of Turner Air Force Base feel bitter toward the project and can guarantee, when Turner has another race, the airmen will not support...
...Austin this week. The biggest crowd in Texas sports-car history turned up for a chance at the gate prizes-a Jaguar, an MG and a Studebaker-and the promised thrills and spills of four races, jointly sponsored by the Sports Car Club of America and General Curtis LeMay's Strategic Air Command...
Cigar-chewing Curt LeMay, a sports-car enthusiast who does his own highway driving in a Cadillac-Allard, was on hand to watch a pet LeMay project. Airport racing, with admissions at $2 a head, swells the treasuries of Air Force Aid societies and local charities, pays for barracks improvements and gives SAC airmen a constructive off-duty hobby-tinkering with engines. Moreover, the Sports Car Club gains the advantage of sporty, twisting courses on the runways, where chance spectators are not so apt to wander out into the turns as they sometimes do in road racing...
...Washington, the Air Force announced that Arthur Godfrey, Commander, U.S.N.R., had left television and radio air waves long enough to take a guided tour of the Strategic Air Command operations. His guide: SAC Commander General Curtis LeMay...