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More important, although the 101st was designed for airlifting, there are still general doubts about where its transport planes are coming from. Last May Air Force General Otto P. Weyland, boss of the Tactical Air Command, told a Senate investigating subcommittee that under present capabilities, the Air Force could not move a combat-loaded division from the U.S. to the Far East in less than "a week or ten days." The implication: the transports needed to move the 101st in trigger-quick time may simply not be available.
But among Eaglemen last week there was little doubt about the eventual bright outcome. Said one sergeant: "We're new, see? We don't inherit anybody else's mistakes. We're gonna write the book. That's good."