Abstract

The War Fronts

Air power has been pretty well out of the news lately, which is a good thing in so far as it keeps the heads of the airmen from getting any fatter, but a bad thing in so far as it leads people to forget the very great contribution the air arm has made in leading American thus close to victory in the Second World War. The big public interest now is in ground gained and enemy divisions encircled, as far as Europe is concerned; nevertheless, air power is being used in greater strength over Europe than ever before, and in the Pacific its triumphs over Japanese-held islands are paving the way for new amphibious operations which will drive the Japanese from those islands. The United States team is functioning in top gear now, and the air arm is contributing greatly to the team's success. The battle to achieve aerial supremacy was won before D-Day, but the battle to maintain it continues, fighter patrols to keep intruders from molesting the front-line troops or photographing battery positions and troop concentrations.