March 1956

This morning, I want to outline the US Air Force requirements in the second decade of the Jet Age. I want to talk about two broad areas–first of all, what we need in the way of air bases, and how...

The Air National Guard is today the biggest military user of civilian airfields. I make this remark because I believe it is typical of Air Guard operations. Our units, situated throughout the forty-eight states and territories, occupy facilities in 155...

All of the concern about noise has generated from a relatively few number of complaints. Do you realize that of 6,000 airports in the United States, only about 250, or about four percent, are Air Force bases? If we add...