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What man in history has done most to change the face of the earth? Politicians might name Augustus Caesar or Adolf Hitler. Military men might name Napoleon Bonaparte, or perhaps General "Tooey" Spaatz, whose U.S. bomber fleets leveled Nazi cities in World War II. But among builders, there is no disagreement. The man who has done more than anyone else to change the face of the earth lives in a one-story frame house at an elevation of 2,695 ft. in Boise, Idaho (long. 116° 11 min. W., lat. 43° 34 min. N.). He is Harry Winford...
Four-star General Twining presides over the Year i of the new jet Air Force. The illustrious air generals who went before him were the revolutionaries. From Billy Mitchell through "Hap" Arnold and "Tooey'1 Spaatz, the revolutionaries 1) fought the Army for recognition for air power's place in modern warfare, and 2) fought everybody for an independent U.S. Air Force which could make the most of its new capabilities. They got formal independence from Congress and President Truman in 1947. But the declaration of independence did not end the revolution. Tooey Spaatz, as the first Chief...
...Credited, respectively, to Lieut. Colonel E. L. Hoffman (1926); Major General Albert Hegen-berger (1934); Aircraft Maker Donald W. Douglas (1935); General Carl Spaatz (1944); Pilot "Chuck" Yeager, Designer John Stack and Manufacturer Lawrence D. Bell, jointly...
Kindelberger moved the company from Maryland to California, built trainers for foreign countries as Europe armed for war. At a 1938 meeting with Airmen Curtis LeMay, Hap Arnold and Tooey Spaatz, he read a statement on why the U.S. should buy more North American trainers. The airmen agreed, but pointed out that they had no money. Later, when Dutch approached Arnold again, the need was for fighters, not basic trainers. Said Kindelberger: "My dear general, these are not basic trainers. These are basic combat planes.'' He plugged the idea, eventually got an order for the T-6 Texan...
During the 1945-46 revolt of the admirals over unification of the services, Eisenhower (for unification) and Radford (against) were bitter foes, but Eisenhower has since come to admire and trust Radford's clear thinking and professional ability. A strong second contender for chairman: General Carl ("Tooey") Spaatz, 61, the Air Force's first chief of staff, a shrewd strategist, who would have to come out of retirement to take...