Senator O'MAHONEY. Here is an old bomb, a new fin and a new bomb bay. Colonel MOSELEY. A modified bomb bay. Senator O'MAHONEY. Do you have a pretty good stock of these bombs? Colonel MOSELEY. Yes, sir; there is a considerable stock. Colonel MOSELEY. No, sir; they are still in stockpile in usable quantities. Senator O'MAHONEY. With the new fin and the modified bomb bay, more accuracy on target operation can be expected? Colonel MOSELEY. Very much so. If I may give you just a typical figure on the accuracy. (Discussion off the record.) Colonel MOSELEY. Sir, in the justification of estimates that you have there are several classified listings. If you so desire, I will bring those up, item by item, and go over them. Senator O'MAHONEY. The committee members have come to the conclusion, may I say, that by and large the details are of such a character that little is to be gained in going into them at great length. These justifications are set forth in substantial detail. Now, if you wish to discuss it off the record, for example, item 17 on page 23, I think that the committee will be glad to have a brief statement of that and of 21 and 22 on page 24. Colonel MOSELEY. Very well, sir. (Discussion off the record.) Senator O'MAHONEY. The committee will stand in recess until 2:30. AFTERNOON SESSION STATEMENT OF COL. F. H. FAIRCHILD, ASSISTANT FOR DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMING, OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF PLANS, USAF GUIDED MISSILES PROGRAM Senator O'MAHONEY. General Asensio? General ASENSIO. Col. F. H. Fairchild, War Plans Division, is the first witness. General Todd has a statement. Senator O'MAHONEY. Very well. General TODD. Mr. Chairman, after yesterday's meeting I suggested to Mr. McCone that he had possibly been a little pessimistic in his comments regarding the timing of guided missiles. If you will recall Senator Saltonstall raised the question. Senator O'MAHONEY. Yes. General TODD. He asked me to mention the fact that he agrees that he was a little pessimistic, that they will be in a part of our program earlier than he had implied yesterday, and that he is sending a classified statement to the committee to that effect, outlining to you in general the timing of the introduction of guided missiles. Senator O'MAHONEY. Secretary McCone is sending that? General TODD. Yes, sir. It will be up shortly. Senator O'MAHONEY. The additional statement from Secretary McCone will be received. GUIDED MISA Colonel FAIRCHILD. I have all my classified and unchatted unds rial in this book, sir. I have a short on the record statsun 40 if you would like to hear it. Senator O'MAHONEY. You may present it Colonel FAIRCHILD. I am Col. FII Paschuld, Was Plan 14 m Headquarters, United States Air Force AMOUNT REQUERET Today the Air Force is asking for #130,000,666 for the procurement of five types of guided a minimum number of missiles, and supporting epigano Vellatina the Air Force operational guided tuvalla polidean estimate before you this sin is broken all but sety follows: Guided Men Compete production Planning and bu Since I will be discussing classified material, I request that from here on, my statement be off the record. Senator O'MAHONEY. How about the justification, page 28? Colonel FAIRCHILD. I am coming to that as part of my presentation. Senator O'MAHONEY. Is that off the record? Colonel FAIRCHILD. Some of it will be. Senator O'MAHONEY. I am referring now to the specific statement on page 28. General ASENSIO. Anything in these volumes is unclassified. (Discussion off the record.) Senator O'MAHONEY. Glancing, Colonel Fairchild, at the justification, page 28, we see we are dealing here with guided missiles that can be launched against air targets, against surface targets from the air, and also missiles which are launched against surface targets and air targets from the surface. Colonel FAIRCHILD. Yes, sir. Senator O'MAHONEY. With respect to the former two, that is to say, the air-launched missiles, what type of aircraft would be used in launching such missiles? Colonel FAIRCHILD. The first missile launched from the air is a small missle for air-to-air combat like a gun. This is to be launched first from a small interceptor plance. (Discussion off the record.) Senator O'MAHONEY. We come now to industrial mobilization. General ASENSIO. Our witness for this area is Col. Troup Miller, Headquarters USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Matériel. STATEMENT OF COL. TROUP MILLER, Jr., HEADQUARTERS USAF, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF, MATÉRIEL INDUSTRIAL MOBILIZATION PROGRAM Colonel MILLER. Mr. Chairman, the Air Force fiscal year 1952 industrial mobilization estimate presented here totaling $9,380,000 has been prepared under the program guidance of, and reviewed by, the Munitions Board. The reduction from $79,840,000 in fiscal year 1951 to $9,380,000 in fiscal year 1952 reflects the impact of the current procurement program and the resultant expansion of production facilities. The program is divided, as indicated on page 33, into four projects as follows: Project 181, reserve plants; project 182, machine tools and production equipment; project 183, industry preparedness program; project 184, mobilization planning and administration. RESERVE PLANTS Project 181, reserve plants, as indicated on page 34, is reduced from $1,583,400 in fiscal year 1951 to $900,000 in fiscal year 1952. Funds are requested for only two plants in fiscal year 1952 as compared to six in fiscal year 1951. Air Force plant No. 1, Omaha, Nebr., will continue to be used for storage of reserve machine tools and production equipment until such time as we are able to get all of those tools into the productive effort. The Air Force manufacturing methods pilot production plant at Adrian, Mich., will continue to be used for the development of new manufacturing processes and plays a major part in the heavy press program. Of the plants supported by this program in the past, Air Force plant No. 6 at Marietta, Ga., being used for the modification of B-29 aircraft and concurrently prepared for the production of B-47 aircraft. The facility at Lockland, Ohio, is being utilized by General Electric in the jet-engine program. Air Force plant No. 27, at Toledo, Ohio, is being used for the production of landing gear by A. O. Smith. Air Force plant No. 7 at Cleveland, Ohio, has been turned over to the Army for the production of tanks. The existence and availability of these reserve plants has been of immeasurable value at this particular time. We estimate that the construction at this time of a plant the size of Air Force plant No. 6 at Marietta, Ga., would cost in the neighborhood of $60,000,000 and would take at least 18 months. RESERVE MACHINE TOOLS AND PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT Project 182, reserve machine tools and production equipment, as shown on page 35 is reduced from $49,905,000 in fiscal year 1951 to $1,731,000 in fiscal year 1952. The large decrease results from the discontinuance of acquisition of new tools for the reserve. The fiscal year 1952 estimate provides only the funds required for the maintenance, essential rehabilitation, and preparation for shipment of the tools remaining in the reserve. The Air Force reserve of production equipment was at its peak in June of 1950, at which time it contained 36,967 machine tools and major items of related production equipment with an estimated replacement value of close to $500 million. A goal of January 1, 1952, has been established for the distribution of all major items of reserve equipment to Air Force contractors for use in the current production program. As of May 31, 1951, we had shipped 16,550 items of a value of approximately $200 million to contractors for use in the program, leaving in the reserve 20,417 items valued at approximately $300 million. Needless to say, with the 22-month lead time that now exists in machine-tool procurement, our current accelerated production effort would have been seriously hampered without this machine-tool reserve. INDUSTRIAL PREPAREDNESS PROGPAM Project 183, industrial preparedness program, set forth on page 36, has been reduced from $25.805.700 in fiscal year 1951 to $6,000,000 in fiscal year 1952. The expansion of the current procurement program has overtaken most of the planning projects carried on in prior years and the funds requested for fiscal year 1952 will be devoted primarily to the development of new production processes, and to the reduction of the use of critical materials. The program is broken down into general projects on pages 37 and 38. If you desire it, I am prepared to give you more detailed information on any or all of the projects set forth on these two pages. I might say that several of them, particularly the Armed Services 84975-51-83 Medical Procurement Agency, are joint interdepartmental projects, of which the Air Force portion is expressed here. It might be interesting at this time to note a few of the benefits that have accrued to the Air Force as a result of the projects undertaken with prior years' funds. In one, now completed by AC spark plug and its planned licensees on the A1A computor and A4 gunbomb-rocket sight, the participants estimate that deliveries will be advanced 7 to 9 months as a result of the consummation of such necessary actions as license agreements, identification of subcontrac tors, flow of engineering "change" information, establishment of inspection procedures, and technical and engineering training of licensee personnel. Similar savings have resulted from preparedness studies carried on by Pratt & Whitney with its licensees, Ford and Nash. Studies for the reduction of the use of critical material carried on by Allison Division, General Motors Corp., have resulted in important savings of the strategic and critical materials involved in one of our jet engines. The engine has passed its 150-hour test and production models of the engine will reflect these savings. The study is continuing and further savings are anticipated. MOBILIZATION PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION Project 184, mobilization planning and administration, described on page 39, covering travel and salaries of civilian personnel at Air Matériel Command is reduced from $2,545,900 in fiscal year 1951 to $749,000 in fiscal year 1952, with a corresponding reduction in civilian personnel from 335 man-years in fiscal year 1951 to 150 in fiscal year 1952. The staff provided under this estimate will continue the mobilization planning function as directed by the Munitions Board including mobilization scheduling, requirements computations, production allocation, industrial security, the administration of contracts for industrial preparedness measures placed under this program, and longrange planning to minimize the effects of bottlenecks in the production of all items of aeronautical and supporting ground equipment. Senator THYE. Colonel, are you planning many of these storage plants around the country? Colonel MILLER. No, sir. We have two at the moment-Marietta, from which the tools are being rapidly moved out, and Omaha. The Omaha plant will be the last in the storage program. Senator O'MAHONEY. These are World War II plants which were held in reserve, are they not? Colonel MILLER. Yes, sir. Senator O'MAHONEY. How many of those reserve plants have already been reactivated and assigned to the Air Force? Colonel MILLER. Four of them in the past year. Senator O'MAHONEY. This budget takes care of six more? Colonel MILLER. No; the two remaining. There are only two left. |