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G:ry Cccpcr Passes
6C;h Anniversary
Hollywood - ID?t - Cancer-
ttrlcken Gary Cooper passed
his 60th birthday quietly Sun
day. There was no celebra
tion. .
A friend said there was no
cake, no presents. For more
than two weeks the actor's
physician. Dr. Rex. Kennamer,
has not allowed visitors at
' the BelAir home where Coop
er is under heavy sedation
most of the time.
,'. The doctor said Cooper's
condition had deteriorated
steadily during the past two
.or three days. :..
MONDAY. MAY. I. till
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actual TAC oxarclia.
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bombers and bigger missiles,
men from a relatively little
known air command, flying
speedy "little" planes, probab
ly would take first crack at
an enemy if the balloon ever
goes up on a general war.
At the same time, these
very fliers and airmen make
up America's limited war air
arm, the force which would
fight, if need be, when use of
startegic air elements would
be impossible or politically
unwise.
And several times these
same men of Tactical Air
Command (TAC) have played
the deterrent role, too, step
ping in to cool a global situa
tion.
TAC la Action
Not many people knew It,
but it was TAC pilots and
ground crews who did just
that at the time of the Lebanon-Iraq
crisis in 1858, and
in Formosa a few months lat
er. More recently there were
headlines when American
planes were "repositioned" at
the beginning of the Laos
crisis. That, too, was TAC in
action.
TAC, which has its head
quarters here at Langley AFB,
is the last home of the flying
rugged individualist the
front-line tactical fighter pilot
aa well as an' aggregation
of Air Age virtuosos whose
skills range from dropping
bombs or paratroopers to re
moving wounded from a bat
tle area, or even re-supplying
Arctic bases.
; Although on a par in the
command table with Strategic
Air Command (SAC), TAC
often is overshadowed in the
public mind by the Imagine
tlon-capturlng strategic role of
SAC with Its huge bombers,
Its nuclear offensive role and
Its rockets.
But TAC fighter squadrons,
constantly on rotation over
seas in Spain, Italy and Tur
key, and TAC's overseas coun
terparts the tactical united
States Air Forces in Europe
(USAFE) and Pacific Air
Forces (PACAF) are sit
ting on the fringe of the Iron
and Bamboo Curtains and con
stantly are on alert and ready
for instant reaction if a large
or limited war were to start.
As Maj. Gen.. Karl Trues-
dell Jr., commander of TAC's
12th Air Force, put It:
"We'd be the first to hit
the enemy because we're phys
ically next to the Iron Cur
tain. Tactical forces would be
paving the way where SAC
was going." "
To Maintain Peace
Despite its ability to fight
and strike back, the officers
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who lead Tactical Air Com
mand envision it as a force
to maintain 'peace. This is
what Lt Gen. Jacob E. Smart,
vice commander of TAC, said
in an interview:
"The strongest deterrent to
Soviet aspirations is the of
fensive striking power of the
United States. .- i-
"Anything that is done
which achieves . , . pacifying
effects without having to use
force is contributing toward
the maintenance of - peace,
Each day that passes without
our 'getting involved in a
shooting war improves the
chances of not getting involv
ed in a shooting war." -
Although a U. S.-based air
force, aside from the units
on ' rotation overseas, TAC
helped keep the peace in the
1938 Mideast and Formosa-
crises with its CASF's (Com
posite Air Strike Force) rush
ed to the areas. A CASF, made
up of speedy fighters and sup
porting aerial tankers, trans-
ports and reconnaissance
planes, Is the big element in
TAC's carrying out its prime
mission of waging or averting
a limited war. i. .
In a general war situation,
TAC would augment overseas
theater' forces and the Air
Defense Command, which is
charged with defending the
North American continent.
Just what is TAC, physical
ly? '
It is made up of some 50,000
officers and airmen, nearly
1,000 fighter aircraft (capable
of delivering bombs as well
as bullets), more than 100 re
connaissance planes, some 80
aerial tankers and more than
190 airlift and troop carrier
planes distributed throughout
TAC's three air forces and a
dozen bases in the United
States, as well "as the units
on rotation overseas. i
Veteran Commander
Gen. Frank F. Everest, a
flier since 1929, veteran of
the Pacific war and expert
in both bombers and fighters,
is TAC commander.
The three air forces are:
the 19th, commanded by Maj.
Gen. Maurice A. Preston, with
headquarters at Seymour
Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.;
the 12th, commanded by Gen.
Truesdell, with headquarters
in Waco, Tex., and the 9th,
commanded by Ma). Gen. Da
vid W. Hutchison, with head
quarters at Shaw Air Force
Base, S. C. . , -
The 19th Air Force is
unique in the USAF an out
fit with only about 60 men
and not one combat plane.
Its primary job is planning for
just about . any conceivable
operation TAC might be called
on to execute and to pro
vide a command element
when TAC units speed from
their bases on a mislon, real
or simulated.
The versatility of TAC and
Its men is pointed up in the
9th and 12th Air Forces.
The 12th is composed of the
tactical fighters the super
sonic FlOOs, the F104s and
the new Mach-2 (twice the
speed of sound), all-weather
FlOSs. It's peopled by young,
but emotionally solid, pilots,
who at the same time are the
last of the rugged individual
ists filers who also are
navigator, radio operator, gun
ner and bombardier as they
take their single-seat fighters
on a mission.
Twenty-nine-year-old Capt.
George L. Von Tersch of Mar-
shalltown, Iowa, is an exam
ple. An Air Force man for
seven years, he chose fighters
from the beginning "I
liked the i d e a. Instead of
spending years as the assistant
to the guy flying the thing,
Rabbi Comments on
Swastika Daubing
Portland - (UH) - Rabbi
Emanuel Rose of Temple Beth
Israel said Sunday he had not
accused the John Birch Soci
ety or the Freedom Crusade
of Portland of direct involve
ment in smearing of swastikas
on the walls of the Temple.
'But he repeated his com
ment of ' Friday that such
groups were "partially re
sponsible for such desecra
tions." .
Friday he said he thought
the swastikas were the work
of pranksters.
Rabbi Rose said the Irre
sponsible acts such as attack
ing the chief justice of the
United States and . former
President Dwight Eisenhower
encouraged other forms of ir
responsibility. -
Spokesmen for' the John
Birch Society and the Free
dom Crusade had taken issue
with Rabbi Rose's comments.
Police were Investigating
the smearing of 23 swastikas
on the exterior walls and
doors of the Temple. (;;
National Airlines
Resuming Service
; Miami, Fla. flIPD . National
Airlines spokesmen said to
day service along the carrier's
37-city route should return to
normal by Wednesday while
a federal mediator studies
union grievances against the
company.
Members of the Internation
al Association of . Machinists
agreed Sunday to end a six
day walkout and submit the
dispute to binding arbitration.
The strike had idled 4,000 em
ployees.' Union President Al J.
Hayes said IAM members
voted to accept Labor Secre
tary Arthur J. Goldberg's pro
posal to let an arbitrator set
tle the dispute. The company
immediately accepted Gold
berg's recommendation, last
Thursday, but a. week ' end
vote had to be taken among
union members.
Goldberg, who now has
settled three major strikes
since taking office Jan. 20,
said jn a statement the settle
ment is an equitable one,
fair to the workers, to the
company and to the public."
you start out as boss of It."
He's one of the new TAC
elite, assigned to the 334th
Tactical ' Fighter r Squadron,
one of only four squadrons
so far equipped with the high
ly touted Republic F103 Thun
derchief .
Force of All Things
The 9th Air Force almost
could be called a force of all
things for everybody. In it
are the C123 and C130 airlift
and troop carrier planes the
ones that deliver the Army's
paratroopers to their drop
zone the KB50J aeVial tank
ers, the RF101 and RB66 re
connaissance planes, the WB
66 weather aircraft, ski-equipped
C130s which supply polar
radar and scientific stations,
and tactical support units,
such as communications
squadrons, aero-medical evac
uation squadrons and aerial
port squadrons.
Typical of 9th Air Force is
1st Lt. Jim Moreton, Los An
geles, a C123 assault transport
pilot, who last month flew an
Army truck and trailer to
Panama for an exercise, assault-landed
it on a grass air
strip, and the next day was
flying an air evacuation mis
sion of paratroopers injured
in the exercise.
. "We don't know what we're
going to do next," Moreton
said.
(Next: The fighter pilots of
the 12th Air Force.)
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