Word: vandenberg
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When General Hoyt Sanford Vandenberg, then a youthfully handsome man of 49, hurdled his seniors to become Chief of Staff of the new U.S. Air Force in April 1948, even his airmen friends agreed that "Van" was hardly the man for the job. The Air Force definition of its strategic mission had not been accepted, savage fights over increased air power were obviously ahead, and planning was restricted by the balance-of-forces system, which parceled out equal funds to the three services. Vandenberg, one of the finest pilots the Air Force ever had, was a shy, pleasant, introverted...
...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 of Staff, U.S.A.F., and his successor, Hoyt Vandenberg, still had their hands full. One hand tried to fashion an atom-jet striking force to stop the threat of Communism; the other fought off the Army and Navy, which did not cotton to the Air Force's demands for money-much more money than the one-third of defense funds...
Scream Stifled. Twining's decision soon got its first test. General Vandenberg retired after unsuccessfully defending the 137-wingAir Force program from Defense Secretary Charlie Wilson's early budget hacking. One of Twining's first big jobs was to join the new Joint Chiefs of Staff in a "New Look" at U.S. defense needs last September. He found that the best deal he could get out of the New Look was 127 wings. Air Forcemen drew breath for a great scream of outrage, but Twining passed the word: no complaints. The scream was stifled; Air Force sources...
...Nazi rail transport in Italy, sometimes flew a fighter over his own bomber formations. As one of the Air Force's pioneer instructors, Cannon has a roster of former pupils reading like a star chart. Among them: General Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Chief of Staff; General Hoyt Vandenberg, retired Chief of Staff; General Curtis E. LeMay, commanding general of the Strategic Air Command...
...main Republican argument for postponing the rise is political. (The boost, once scheduled to go into effect in 1943, was postponed after a fight led by the late Senator Arthur Vandenberg.) Some Republican Congressmen argue that the 10% cut in income taxes on Jan. 1 will be more than offset for workers in low tax brackets by the larger social-security payment. Actually, this is a weak argument. At the new rate, unmarried workers will get less take-home pay only if their taxable incomes are under $800 a year: married couples without dependents only if their income is less...