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THE ARMY WAR COLLEGE,
Washington Barracks, D. C.

May 5, 1922.

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THE STRATEGICAL AND TACTICAL USE OF AIRCRAFT
Major T. Dewitt Milling, A. S.

General McGlachlin and Gentleman;

   In air tactics we encounter a subject which requires as much specialized training in the employment of its various branches as is required in the training of officers for Infantry, Calvary, and Artillery. In addition, the training of officers for command and staff of air units is as important as the training now required for officers of the old established branches. 
   Due to the youth of the Air Service, the tactical principles of its employment are in the making, but sufficient experience has been gained to enunciate certain of those principles.
   We might consider that the principal destructive agencies for making war are the air force, the army, and the navy. In other words, general officers must be trained to operate an air force in just the same way that general officers are now trained to command an army or a fleet. Furthermore, officers must be trained to operate these agencies in combination. It is not believed that this principle is thoroughly understood, as experience has shown that no general feels competent to take command of a fleet and operate it in war, and not admiral would consider himself competent to take

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