Master of the Air: William Tunner and the Success of Military Airlift

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ACC (Allied Control Council), 85, 89 Air Traffic Command, 11–15, 21–23; safety, 14–15; statistics, 15; uniforms , 14 Alexander, Edward, 9, 11, 46–47 Allied Control Council, 85, 89 Alvarez, Luis, 207 anti-Semitism, 26–27 Arnold, Henry “Hap,” 8, 12, 19–20, 44, 193, 194; women pilots and, 30, 35– 36, 39 ATC (Air Traffic Command), 11–15, 21–23 Autry, Gene, 14, 46 Baker, Suzanne Sims, 67, 72, 74 Bennett, Constance, 150, 214–15 Berlin: post-war conditions, 83–85 Berlin Airlift: Air Force opposition to, 112–13; B-29 bombers, 100–101; baby airlift, 91–92; Black Friday, 130–34; British contribution, 152, 155; coal, 110, 150–51; conditions in Berlin, 117–18; cowboy operation, 113–18; Easter Parade, 214–16; end of blockade, 216–18; importance of, 204–205, 219; and Jews, 152; life in Berlin, 155–58; local personnel, use of, 187–91; maintenance, 186–200; monetary reform, 94–96; morale, 170– 80; opposition to, 104–107; organizational problems, 188, 194, 196; POL (Petroleum, Oil, Lubricants), 151–52; radar, 114, 206–209; reorganization, 134–36; Russian harassment of flights, 138–39; start of airlift, 108–10; start of blockade, 97–98; statistics, 218–19; transportation access, 85–86; Tunner gets assigned, 120–22; Tunner’s breakdown , 212–14; Tunner’s quarters, 123; unemployment issues, 153–55; winter, 203–11. See also specific airports Bettinger, Sterling, 76, 125–36, 166, 248 Big Slam/Puerto Pine, 239–41 Bigger, Wally, 149 Black Friday, 130–34 Bradley, Omar, 100, 103, 105, 111 Breedlove, James, 67–68 British Ferrying Operation, 7–8, 10, 29– 30, 35 Index 288 / Index Burma Hump: casualties, 48, 62; flight conditions, 45; local personnel, use of, 60–61; maintenance, 59–60; morale, 51–53, 56–58; sanitation, 46; statistics , 62 Burma Road, 44, 64–65 Burtonwood, 195–96, 204, 211 C-47. See DC-3 C-54. See DC-4 C-74, 82, 182–85 C-97, 182 C-119, 225–26, 228, 229, 230 C-141, 243–44 CALTF (Combined Airlift Task Force), 140 Cannon, John, 191–95, 199, 200, 201, 231 CCC (Combined Cargo Command), 224, 229–30 Chennault, Claire, 6 China, 43–44 China National Aviation Corporation, 44 Churchman, Betty Foreman, 70, 78, 133, 159, 191 Clay, Lucius, 2, 85, 86, 90–93, 98, 100, 101, 102, 104–105, 108, 111, 127, 146, 188, 189 CNAC (China National Aviation Corporation ), 44 Cochran, Jacqueline, 33–38, 39–40 Combined Airlift Task Force, 140 Combined Cargo Command, 224, 229–30 Coulter, J. Theron, 150, 215 Crozier, William, 250 DC-3/C-47, 21, 48–51, 111, 228 DC-4/C-54, 111, 125–27 DeGaulle, Charles, 88 Douglas, Donald, 21–22, 183 Douglas, James, Jr., 50, 58 Easter Parade, 214–16 Einstein, Albert, 27 Erickson, Barbara, 33 Ernst, Charles, 159 Estes, Howell, 244 Fairchild, Muir, 185, 201 Far East Air Force, 224 Fassberg, 148–49, 168, 174, 199, 205, 214–15 FEAF (Far East Air Force), 224 Fernandez, Manuel, 76, 122, 223 Ferrying Command, 9–12 Foreman, Robert “Red,” 53, 70–72, 75, 80, 122, 130, 131–34, 223, 227, 237, 239, 248 Forrestal, James, 103–104, 105 France: opposition to united Germany, 89 Fulton, Dorothy, 33 Ganeval, Jean, 146–47 Gann, Ernest, 127 Gatow, 124, 160, 205, 219 Gavin, James, 237 GCA (Ground Control Approach), 134– 35, 207–209 George, Harold, 11–12, 19–20, 21, 32, 55 Gibson, Catherine, 65, 76–77, 122, 248 Gillis, Fay, 30, 33 Gimbel, Bruce, 21 Goldwater, Barry, 15 Great Falls Air Force Base, 210–11 Ground Control Approach, 134–35, 207–209 Guilbert, Ed, 122, 160 Halvorsen, Gail, 114, 141, 162–67, 209 Hardin, Thomas, 48 Herndon, Booten, 248 Hoag, Earl, 48 Hoover, Herbert, 236 Hope, Bob, 198–99 Howley, Frank, 85, 90, 98, 157 Hump Express, 57 India-China Division, 48, 50, 55, 57, 62, 65 Index / 289 Kagan, Saul, 157–58 Keith, Larry, 250 Kennan, George, 105 Kennedy, John, 241, 243 Kimpo, 222, 227, 229 Kissner, August, 102, 108, 122 Kommandatura, 85 Korean War: Chosin campaign, 229; dropping bridge to Marines, 227–29; Inchon, 226–27; start of, 222–23; medical evacuation by air, 224–25 Kotikov, Alexander, 147 Kuter, Lawrence, 118, 125, 127, 188, 189, 194, 202, 207, 208, 210, 221, 233–34 Lacomb, H. P., 145–46 LeMay, Curtis, 6, 91, 102–103, 105, 109, 121, 123, 127–28, 188, 189, 191, 236 Lend-Lease, 8 Lewis, Isaac, 250 Lippmann, Walter, 106 Love, Nancy, 29–31, 37, 39–40...