Address by Major General Frank M. Andrews Before the National Aeronautics Association at St. Louis, Missouri
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Address by Major General Frank M. Andrews
before the National Aeronautic Association
St. Louis, Missouri
January 16, 1939
7:00 P.M.
"Modern Air Power"
Mr. Chairman, and members of the National Aeronautic Association.
It is a great pleasure to be present today. I want to thank you for the privilege
of talking with you on the subject of: "Modern Air Power". I am also mindful of the fact
that an invitation to discuss such a subject, before a group of individuals as vitally
intérested in our national defense as are the members of your organization, carries with
it e great responsibility; particularly at this time when adequate Air Power, or the lack
of it, plays such an important part in determining the policies of nations. I hope the
presentation of my convictions on the subject will prove of some value, but I wish to say,
at the outset, that the view I express are my own, and in no sense commit the War Depart-
ment.
Time does not permit a discussion of all of the elements that go to make up Air Power,
consequently, I intend to confine my remarks mainly to the operating and strategical view-
points.
Since
the
phrase
"Air
Power"
is
often
loosely
used,
I
believe
it
would
be
well
to
explain
its
meaning
as
accepted
by
most
military
students.
Training
Regulations
of
the
United
States
Army gives this definition: "The Air Power of a nation is its capacity to conduct air opera-
tions; specifically, the power which a nation is capable of exerting by means of its air
forces".
Air Fower in its present stage of development has accomplished two things. It has thrown
the
balance
of
power
in
war
again
to
the
offense
and
it
has
provided
nations
with
a
new
agency
to further their national policies, whether such policies by good or evil. Because of its
ability to strike rapidly, and without warning, against the vital economic and social struc-
tures
of
highly
organized
countries,
it
has
become
a
formidable
instrumentality
in
the
hands
of aggressor nations.
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