Since the late great Brigadier General "Billy" Mitchell demanded a separate air force and got a court-martial instead, flying officers who agree with him have kept their opinion to themselves. The Air Corps, controlled by groundling officers of the General Staff, rocked along as a branch of the Army, and in 1940's emergency it found itself in the Army's fix: a long way from M-Day trim. But many a flying man could see, close ahead, the day when Billy Mitchell's demand for separate existence would be outmoded. For the inevitable result of...
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