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HEADQUARTERS 
AIR SERVICE THIRD ARMY 
AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES 
January 8, 1919. 
MEMORANDUM TO: Brigadier-General Mitchell.

Subject: Supply and Repair System. - Air Service of an Army. 

I. Organization 

1. Under normal conditions, the supply and repair organizations of the Air Service of an Army should consist of the following elements: 
 a. Air Depot 40 kilometers or more from the Front; 
b. Advanced Air Depot. Not over 40 kilometers from all airdromes served; 
c. Air Park. At or near the airdrome; 
d. Service squadron.
  Following are the definitions and functions of these elements, as far as supply and repair are concerned. 
2. AIR DEPOT. A repair, storage and issue point for airplanes and their supplies, large enough to care for twenty squadrons under normal conditions, but planned so that it can care for forty squadrons during active operations. 
It should be controlled by the Chief of Supply. Sufficient stocks of supplies should be carried to cover all possible delays in getting material from the Rear - generally about thirty days supply. The functions are: 
   a. Storage and issue of airplanes;
   b. Storage and issue of aviation supplies and spare parts;
   c. Storage and issue of aviation oil and gasoline; 
   d. Repair of all planes not too seriously wrecked to return to the Front; 
   e. Light motor repair, to avoid excessive delay in getting overhauled motors from the rear; 
   f. Salvage of unserviceable airplanes and aviation material.  

3. ADVANCED AIR DEPOT. A small storage and issue point for airplanes and their supplies, which can be sent forward as the advanced echelon of the Air Depot in case a rapid advance carries the squadrons out of reach of the Depot. 
It is under the command of the Commanding Office of the Air Depot. Sufficient stocks should be carried to cover all possible delays in getting material from the Depot, in general about one weeks supply. The functions are:
    a. Storage and issue of airplanes;
    b. Storage and issue of aviation supplies and spare parts; 
    c. Storage and issue of aviation oil and gasolene; 
    d. Return of unserviceable airplanes and aviation material to the Air Depot for salvage. 

4. AIR PARK. A small highly mobile organization which cares for the supply and minor repairs of the three to five squadrons which form a Group. It is controlled by the Commanding Officer of the Group. In case two or more Groups which use the same type of airplanes are located on airdromes close together, the Air Parks of those Groups should, for economy of operations, be combined at a convenient central location. The control in this case passed to the Wing Commander. Sufficient stocks of ordinary supplies should be carried to cover all possible delays in getting material from the Depot or Advanced Depot - in general about one week's supply. The functions of the Air Park are: 

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