Word: nonpilot
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army Air Forces had done well by the President's second son, 34-year-old Elliott Roosevelt. Totally inexperienced as a soldier or military airman when he was commissioned, he had learned fast, risen fast, by 1943 was a full colonel. What was more remarkable was that nonpilot Roosevelt had become the commander of a battle outfit (a photo reconnaissance group) in an organization which normally holds such posts open to pilots only...
...piece of evidence, they point to the make-up of his general staff. The nearest thing to an aviator among the higher-ups of King's general staff is Vice Admiral Frederick J. Home, vice chief of naval operations, who is rated as a naval observer (strictly a nonpilot...
...Antonio's Brooks Field, enrollment in the nonpilot observers' school was at its highest: 122. By December new classes will number 100 each and the Air Forces will breathe more easily. For when the expansion began, the regular flying service had only a handful of nonpilot observers. The National Guard squadrons had more, but not nearly enough...