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...Army Air Forces lifted the veil of security, just a trifle, on its fancy new jet fighter. General "Hap" Arnold announced that the new Lockheed P-80 was in production, said it had been named the Shooting Star. Presumably familiar with what the Germans have in the air over the western front, General Arnold called the P-80 the world's fastest fighter plane...
...Hap" Arnold's second; his first, a year ago, told the fabulous story of how the U.S.A.A.F. grew from a force of 21,125 men in 1938 to 2,385,000 men by the end of 1943. This was the fabulous account of the U.S.A.A.F.'s combat record since that time-the months when air warfare reached a terrifying climax...
...highlight was the Normandy invasion. Hap Arnold answered the question: Where was the Luftwaffe on Dday? "The A.A.F. and the R.A.F. had made it impossible" for the Luftwaffe to appear...
...which has crossed the enemy lines 6,500,000 times to carry the fight to the enemy, has clearly demonstrated the dominant part air power has played in Allied victories. Secretary Forrestal ended his report with a warning that the nation's security depends on a big navy. Hap Arnold, predicting that the U.S. will be the first target of any future aggressors, warned: "We can only dimly visualize the possibilities of such sudden action. . . . Our first line of defense must...
Married. Major Richard Ira Bong, 24, snub-nosed U.S. ace of aces (40 Jap planes); and Marjorie Ann Vattendahl, 21, teachers college graduate whose blown-up photograph glamorized his P-38; in Superior, Wis. Nine A.A.F. officers proxied for one absent wedding guest: ailing five-star General H. H. ("Hap") Arnold...