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and Navy, it can always be controlled by officers who are taking up aviation work as a temporary assignment (often with no real aviation knowledge - practical or theoretical), while the chief hope in their professional lives is the eventual command of Armies or Fleets.  Certainly far better progress in the tactics of air fighting and raiding, and a far better [[esprit]] will be attained, if the controlling positions in this force are held by officers who have no thoughts for the future other than aviation.

(b)  In time of war the personnel of this force must be rapidly expanded to comparatively enormous proportions.  We must look to commercial aviation for the personnel for this increase.  The Air Force, through the Air Department, which licenses civilian fliers, will have a better liaison with the source of reserve pilots that could be effected by any existing machinery in the War or Navy Department organizations.

(c)  A very large proportion of the aeroplanes that will be used for commercial purposes will be suitable for conversation [[conversion]] into raiding types.  As the Air Department will certify all commercial aeroplane designs prior to their use, the Air Force, through the Department of which it is a part, can properly guide this design along lines that will make these types immediately convertible into war material.

It is unfortunate that an Air Force of this kind is frequently

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