HE AIR Force Association's Fifteenth Anniversary National Convention and Aerospace Panorama was held at Philadelphia, Pa., from September 20 rough 24.

Once more, the Convention provided a major unding board for the prime issues of free-world curity. Top Air Force officers headed by Secretary gene Zuckert and Chief of Staff Gen. Curtis E. Leay, government officials, industrial executives, proment educators, other leaders of the world of space d flight took part. The Panorama presented an eyeening display of aerospace hardware, including ajor weapon systems.

President John F. Kennedy sent a letter to the Conntion praising AFA's past contributions to the nan's security, asking "continued support" in the future, d pledging US determination "to deter aggression t also, if necessary, to fight and win against it." (See ge 9 for text.)

AFA, in a sense both sponsor and participant at its onventions, issued a ringing Statement of Policy (see ge 8) calling for realistic orientation of national rategy in line with modern weaponry and developent of military space capabilities. The Association so elected a distinguished new president, passed a ing of resolutions bearing on public issues, Reserve orces affairs, and internal organization matters, and esented its annual awards.

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Retired USAF Gen. James H. Doolittle, the outgoing AFA board chairman, Howard T. Markey, and Association's new president, Joseph J. Foss, in conversation at Convention.

Airpower achiever-visionary Doolittle received crystal ball at Awards Banquet, delivered this meaningful talk to group.

I would like to congratulate the Air Force Association on a fine job well done over the past fifteen years. The Association has grown and prospered, but its growth and prosperity were but a means to an end. That end was service-to aviation in general and to the Air Force but, above all, public service to the nation. This it has rendered in bounteous measure.

As I look into my crystal ball, the future appears cloudy and turbulent. I see the next six months as a period of intense negotiation. Our negotiators must be adroit, patient, fair, and firm. They can either improve our position vis-à-vis the Soviets or they can negotiate away our national birthright of freedom. They may compromise but never appease. The compromise of basic principles is appeasement, appeasement is defeat, and defeat in this conflict is death.

I see the year ahead-1962-as a year of decision, the "moment of truth" for the United States and for the world. This is the period when our missile positionrelative to that of the Soviets-is probably most unfavorable to us and hence the time of greatest temptation to them. Thereafter I see a gradual shift in the power equation in our favor and hence a lessening of the chances for general war.

This presumes that we forge ahead-full out-increasing our defensive and offensive military strength. For only through military strength can we avoid war.

While we may avoid general war with the Soviets through our military strength, we cannot avoid continued conflict with them-not unless they alter their avowed objectives of world communization and world domination. The conflict presently is ideological and technologicaland will soon become economic. The conflict will continue until one side prevails.

I see a new national requirement to meet and master this threat. This requirement calls for:

A revival of national morality.

• A renewal of national pride and patriotism.

. Finally, a willingness, as a nation, to work harder and sacrifice as necessary.

If we meet this national requirement-if we do these things I see freedom flourishing. For I am sure that this great nation, which we all love, can beat the Sovietsin any line of endeavor-if we exert our best effort.

We must pray that God may give our President and our people courage, wisdom, and strength so that-through inspired efforts-we may survive and prevail.-END

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NER, former Assistant Secretary of the Air Fore (R&D) and now president of the Hycon Manufact ing Company; DR. EDWARD C. WELSH, executive sex retary of President Kennedy's National Aeronautics and Space Council; DR. WALTER F. DORNBERGER, W time German rocket pioneer, now vice president chief scientist of the Bell Aerosystems Company; Co GRESSMAN EMILIO Q. DADDARIO of Connecticut.. member of the House Science and Astronautics Comittee; and GEN. BERNARD A. SCHRIEVER, commande of the Air Force Systems Command.

Mr. Gardner warned that the nation faces "an inminent and dangerous Soviet space threat."

"Our President has already committed the nation to a major national effort in space exploration," said. "Our national leaders are now confronted wit the need for a similar commitment with respect to military space superiority."

Dr. Welsh said that "we are in a space race...not in the contest just for the fun of racing but rather br our survival as a nation."

Dr. Dornberger declared that "space will be con quered for scientific, political, prestige, propaganda economic, and military reasons. All are interrelated All are important. But I think the military reason B the only vital one."

Congressman Daddario, observing that a true threat exists in Russian space capabilities, espouse: a concerted, unified national effort in space develop ment. "I submit that beyond the question of explora tion of this environment," he said, "must always x the question of how man can control the uses of the environment to enhance his own security and we being."

The final participant, General Schriever, spoke x Air Force capabilities and potentialities in the space environment, concluding: "When the Strategic Ar Command was formed, the people of America understood that Airpower Is Peace Power. We need a clea understanding today that Spacepower Is Peace Po

er."

• PRESIDENT KENNEDY, in his letter of greet ings to the Convention, noted that "we face, in th short run and the long, a wide range of military and diplomatic challenges by a strong and determined adversary. We must be prepared to respond to thes challenges across a wide spectrum of military capa bility, taking full advantage of the flexibility and fectiveness of modern weaponry to deter aggressi but also, if necessary, to fight and win against it."

AFA's STATEMENT OF POLICY hit hard those who today contend the national policy of L clear deterrence is outmoded: "The overriding p ority of the day must be the unquestioned credibilit of our nuclear deterrent. This credibility has bee undermined by Soviet confidence in its own risi strength and by Soviet belief that the United States is unwilling to engage in nuclear war in behalf d freedom."

"To attain the level of national power needed" AFA declared, "the energies and talents of the Amer can people must be mobilized on

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erefore petition the President to declare a national lert-a new and higher level of national effort."

• FOUR AIR FORCE BRIEFINGS were presented y top Air Force officers headed by GENERAL LEMAY. The first, on "Aerospace Manpower Requirements," ressed the fact that skilled manpower is a prime key military strength even in this age of far-out weapon stems. Participants were: LT. GEN. EDWARD J. TIMERLAKE, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel, USAF; AJ. GEN. ALBERT P. CLARK, Director of Military Peronnel, DCS/Personnel USAF; MAJ. GEN. JAMES V. DMUNDSON, Director, Personnel Procurement and raining, DCS/Personnel; and BRIG. GEN. HENRY G. HORNE, JR., Director of Personnel Planning, DCS/ ersonnel.

General Timberlake set the theme with the asseron that "man is the universal subsystem." He told e group, "No matter what the scientists and engiers are working on today for the Air Force of the ture, they must incorporate a common universal substem into their designs. They have to get down to e man who is going to make the things work." GENERAL LEMAY and top members of his Air Staff nducted the second briefing session. Along with the hief, the participants were: MAJ. GEN. A. BURCHIAL, Director of Plans, DCS/Plans and Programs; LT. EN. JOHN K. GERHART, DCS/Plans and Programs; T. GEN. EDWARD J. TIMBERLAKE, DCS/Personnel; AJ. GEN. VICTOR R. HAUGEN, Assistant DCS/Rearch and Technology; MAJ. GEN. JOHN HESTER, Depy DCS/Operations; BRIG. GEN. JULIAN H. BOWMAN, presenting the Comptroller, USAF; and MAJ. GEN. RNO H. LUEHMAN, Director of Information, USAF. General Burchinal, in the background statement for is briefing, said that the Air Force sees "warning flags" ing in the world as a result of the fast pace of ussian development. Now, he said, we must make a ajor technological and defense development effort r survival.

USAF's Director of Plans declared:

"The Air Force believes that it can and must proct from enemy attack the population, institutions, ties, and industry of the United States. It is not an sy job in the years ahead, but it must be done. We e this as our basic task; we believe we can and must aintain a war-winning force-a force that even in taliation can seek out and destroy enemy forces and eapons before they can deliver their warheads on S targets. It is clear that if we achieve this capality, we will continue to have the strongest possible terrent to aggression, for only a force than can win that can deny effectiveness to the opposing military rce-can deter. The job involves both our strategic r forces and our air defense forces. . . ."

The third panel of major commands took up the bject, "Aerospace Force of Today." Participants ere GEN. FRANK F. EVEREST, Commander, Tactical ir Command; LT. GEN. ROBERT M. LEE, Commaner, Air Defense Command; LT. GEN. JOE W. KELLY, ommander, Military Air Transport Service; MAJ. EN. HEWITT T. WHELESS, representing the Commaner in Chief of the Strategic Air Command, Gen. homas S. Power; and LT. GEN. JOHN K. GERHART, CS/Plans and Programs.

These officers inventoried their forces and capabili

President Foss, former USAF Chief of Staff and Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, retired Gen. Nathan F. Twining, former Air Force Secretary James H. Douglas, at function.

ties today, their needs and plans for tomorrow in terms of new hardware, new technological breakthroughs in airlift, transport, tactical, and strategic systems.

The closing briefing dealt directly with the subject, "Aerospace Force of Tomorrow," with these participants: GEN. BERNARD A. SCHRIEVER, Commander, Air Force Systems Command; GEN. WILLIAM F. MCKEE, Commander, Air Force Logistics Command; LT. GEN. JAMES E. BRIGGS, Commander, Air Training Command; BRIG. GEN. THEODORE C. BEDWELL, JR., Commander, Air Force Aerospace Medical Center; MAJ. GEN. VICTOR R. HAUGEN, Assistant DCS/Research and Technology.

Looking toward tomorrow, General Schriever saw advances in space as well as manned aircraft types as the essentials of aerospace progress. General McKee centered his talk on AFLC's current advances in logistics operations and preparations for space logistics missions in the future.

ATC's General Briggs stressed urgent shortages of skilled personnel facing today's technological Air Force and the difficult problems of meeting these deficiencies among both officers and airmen. General Bedwell spoke of the Air Force's advanced position. in aerospace medicine and said he was "confident" that the record of progress in this area would remain a proud one.

• AFA DELEGATES ELECTED JOSEPH J. Foss of Sioux Falls, S.D.-Air National Guard brigadier general, World War II Congressional Medal of Honor winner as a Marine Corps fighter pilot, former governor of South Dakota, and president of the American Football League-to be president of the Association for the coming year. Mr. Foss was chosen to succeed San Francisco attorney THOS. F. STACK, who was elected chairman of the Board of Directors. Mr. Stack succeeds outgoing Board Chairman Howard T. Markey, his predecessor as AFA's president.

AFA's incumbent treasurer, JACK B. GROSS, of Harrisburg, Pa., and national secretary GEORGE D. HARDY of College Park, Md., were reelected to their offices. Mr. Foss, leading Marine fighter ace in the Pacific in World War II, served two terms as governor of (Continued on following page)

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his home state after his return to civilian life in 1946. At the same time he joined the South Dakota Air National Guard, assumed command of the Air Guard in his state. He also became active in the Air Force Association, organizing two Association Squadrons in South Dakota and becoming commander of the South Dakota Wing.

At present, Mr. Foss divides his time between Sioux Falls, S.D., and Dallas, Tex., where he maintains his office as first president of the young American Football League. He has also been president of the National Society for Crippled Children for the past two years. Mr. Foss is married and the father of three children.

Mr. Stack, who now moves from president to board chairman of the Air Force Association, was the original organizer of AFA units in San Francisco and the rest of California. He has held successive elected AFA posts for the past sixteen years.

Mr. Gross, who remains treasurer, also has many key AFA positions behind him. He organized the Olmsted, Pa., AFA Squadron, and has been extremely active in local and state AFA activities. He has previously served two terms as treasurer.

Mr. Hardy, who now begins his third term as secretary, has been both national vice president and director of AFA in the past.

Also elected by the Convention delegates at their second business session were directors and national vice presidents for the coming year. These are listed on page 106 of this issue.

Convention delegates from across the country also passed twenty-four resolutions dealing with public issues, internal Association policies, and Reserve Forces affairs. The thirteen that dealt with public issues:

1. Called for a dynamic civil defense program. 2. Urged the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to devote increased attention to aeronautical research.

3. Recommended higher rental and subsistence allowances for Reserve enlisted men.

4. Called for a full-scale, development-and-production B-70 program.

5. Suggested that Congress increase quarters allowances for military personnel.

6. Supported a bill before Congress to raise enlisted men's retirement pay.

7. Favored a switch to forty-eight pay drill periods a year for all Ready Reserves.

8. Supported a modified version of a permanent accrual flight pay system embodied in a bill before Congress.

9. Called for alert pay for SAC, ADC, and other commands whose personnel stand alert duty.

10. Recommended to DoD a strengthened indoctrination course in communism for inductees.

11. Urged emergency legislation to provide economic relief for Berlin crisis recallees and guarantee their jobs on return to civilian life.

12. Set forth the national need for a Mach 3 transport aircraft and called for congressional, FAA,

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NASA, and industry cooperation in this developme 13. Argued for an end to current government strictions on employment of retired military pers nel in defense industry.

Remaining resolutions passed, pertaining to AFA "family" affairs, are treated in "AFA News," startg on page 105. Reserve resolutions are covered furthe in "Ready Room," beginning on page 97.

• MAJOR AIRPOWER AWARDS went at the Convention to significant contributors in fields of aer space development.

LYLE S. GARLOCK, Assistant Secretary of the Ar Force for Financial Management, was named "Ar power's Man of the Year." Mr. Garlock received the Association's H.H. Arnold Trophy in recognition his "contributions to national security" through twer ty-five years of public service, most of it in the field of financial management.

The three primary test pilots in the X-15 expar mental rocket plane program, USAF MAJ. ROBERT V WHITE, North American Aviation's SCOTT CROSSFIELD and the National Aeronautics and Space Administra tion's JOE WALKER, jointly received the David C Schilling Trophy for contributions in the field of flig in recognition of their "high achievement and gu heroism" in taking the X-15 to successive new records in speed and altitude.

Retired Air Force MAJ. GEN. ORVIL A. ANDERSON president of the Air Force Historical Foundation Maxwell AFB, Ala., and Foundation historian DR. ALBERT SIMPSON, were awarded AFA's Annual Arts ar Letters Trophy in recognition of their "professiona and dedicated leadership in building the Air Force Historical Foundation program of scholarship."

ALLEN F. DONOVAN, Senior Technical Vice Pre dent of the Aerospace Corporation, nonprofit Air Forc technical management organization at El Segundo Calif., was recipient of AFA's annual Science Trophy in recognition of his role as “a principal architect ideas for the utilization of space technology as a vital extension of our nation's military capabilities."

The Vandenberg Trophy for contributions in the field of education went to DR. CHARLES H. BOEHM Superintendent of Public Instruction of the Commot wealth of Pennsylvania, for “providing Pennsylvani youth with a newly established space-age oriented Earth and Space Science course that has earned wide approbation from fellow educators across the country and enthusiastic acceptance by students and teacher in his own state."

Also honored at the Convention were the twenty outstanding airmen of the United States Air Forc representing Commands around the world. The ho ored men were: CMSGT. JAMES M. ALLBROOKS, A Force Systems Command; SMSGT. HAROLD S. BLUME USAF Academy; MSGT. CARL L. BOWEN, JR., Cont nental Air Command; CMSGT. JAMES D. CAUSEY Pacific Air Forces; SMSGT. ALVA L. DANIELS, Air Force Accounting and Finance Center; MSGT. KING K. FRAZIER, Air University; SSGT. CECIL R. GILLS. United States Air Forces in Europe; SMSGT. JACK 0 (Continued on page 44)