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...with red tape and interservice tensions in his joint command, four-star Air Force General Earle E. (for Everard) Partridge drew up plans months ago for reorganizing NORAD, the U.S.-Canadian North American Air Defense Command. His principal complaint: he did not have enough authority over assignment of NORAD's Army, Navy and Air Force officers and materiel (TIME, May 19, 1958). But nothing much ever happened about West Pointer Partridge's proposals. Fortnight ago, the Pentagon announced that able "Pat" Partridge, 58, was retiring from the Air Force, effective July 31, after 41 years of service...
...abort will cost the Canadian taxpayers some $500 million all told, Canada will rely for antibomber defense during the next few years on U.S.-built Bomarc missiles. Canada will share the cost of launching sites with the U.S., control them jointly through the North American Air Defense Command. Later, NORAD-controlled U.S. fighters may be stationed in Canadian Arctic bases...
...NORAD's Partridge, though designated operational commander, has little real control over the operational deployment of Air Force interceptors and Army missile batteries. He has difficulty getting quick interservice decisions out of the Pentagon. Beyond that, he is well aware NORAD is as much a diplomatic alliance as a military command, that some Canadian politicians have latched onto Canada's contribution to NORAD as an issue-"They've got command of our air force...
...Come." Dissension has seeped down through NORAD's ranks. Result: interservice rivalry in the best bitter Pentagon tradition. Said a NORAD Air Force officer last week: "Years ago in the Air Force I learned to hate the Army. I've had an Army officer run his fingers along the cable of my plane and say sharply, 'Dirt.' And when I said 'Sir, that is preservative,' he snarled, 'Clean it before the next inspection.' " At the same time, an Army officer on NORAD's staff complained that Air Force influence over NORAD...
...embattled, many a NORAD officer has come to realize that the only real hope lies in President Eisenhower's defense-reorganization plan for strengthening unified lines of command. "It's got to come," said a top NORAD officer last week. "We've got to have it-and this place is a classic example of the need...