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WHY AIR POWER COULD NOT STOP REDS IN KOREA
By CHARLES CORDDRY
Tokyo, Aug, 13.
What has happened to air power in Korea? Why, in face of slashing air attacks from every direction, has the Communist Army, with no air cover, pushed the Allied ground forces to a beach- head with only a 120-mile perimeter?
The first answer you get port ground troops la thé, tm-1
the date battle area, from all sides is that
Air Force and Navy
Air
That is what Sghters are for, but air force officers objected to Armi have done a superb the use of bombers for such job, but that the ground purpose
the in
alleging, Arntly, results would be meagre forces are so badly relation to the effort expended never and, secondly, as many officers numbered that they have been able to exploitatd privately, "we tried to stop the tremendous advantage waterfall at the bottom In- tead of putting a dam at the of air dominance.
Lep."
The
and
air communiques Apparrally has come as a
circle bitter surprise to my that the atmosphere in air
of July and air power has ant totally come aroutal the end
weaknes beginning of August indicated prasated for free!
and turned the tides, Perling, thas
officers' views We
way of knowing what would be the effect had
the explanation for that beginning to prevail. Probably
ii, firstly, too enthusinsile ther claims of air power advocates although
regor ible
air the interdiction programme br offrers and certainly no navy rm earlier and consistently ofleers have said that armies followed.
are
The tons retain how the longer needed, and, condly, after World War Community move without any cover, anti whether that people found reliance on alr
Jie superiority 14 such things as conn.ption Orte ary to any army. Te UMIT Cuniveral miary Air Force
power mae comfortable than Proves that
int) and expect too much of fl
t
and Havy have pru-
United vated
Nations ground forces more protective has air power per division than was
Euros, Recording General Valuble in bren credited
the Walker reading to to the Aiz Fuere, and u Walton
Reds kept Comane
Nonetheless
cor per
by
air faree scent-with baving
North countered the
Koren arty in such a way that third Nations ground forces have not yet been shoved out of Korea
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Set with navy air tempti it has been inke short ducks in a pickle barry!. We do know how they keep moving.
In the e I is bling,
the explanations froin Jure of
well-informert samtreen In the Korean War, of course, vapeurs
1. Te Hed attack nught the the air force has been deharref
State Sunfooted. sad [root
Jure trategie. Unuted bombing--the type of atr war of the lessons of the war is
Intelligence better strateg hat which an martial Trotting, surveys and was deel; neede-1.
the attack started, 2. When ave in Europe. The reason
North Korean supply the Red probably had at frast which provided sources are au in North Korea 200 aircraft,
aggresive ground support until to any great extent
the United States air force Kol
at the war,
B-2 have been sent against the few strategle targets,
ts
were
While the Reds radars Capitalisity; upon surprise and
ever They levelled Koman in
three
mis
bambed Mini-r
C 17 initiative. US. Bahters Arsi hod.
miles from the Russian border, overt evacuation transport
on Saturday.
71
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is obviously that Najlondeg where Soviet mateilat tensshipped
railway.
Manes and ships pud then had
con-ktered, the
12 110 Another factor
hit: heen power ituation differener of upinsor--- Tinw peel-
Army and Air Force on the en- playinent of bombers.
fuefly, high Air Force ullitas of COTICTR- argued in favour trated effort soon after the wor started to eut the eromy Han,
tra votumaleations and
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London, Aug. 13. The signatories said they be fu rscort airborn elements of
wag ng sucentury 4th Division which were
will overshadow The world has enough reeved that it
This issue prevention of war to the centroshed to Korea,
sources to ensure adequate achieve
and an independent
the Assembly's work and that by being!
of its committees in the coming 4. With mounting amber of to Suth Korea, daily rorties, they put an end to food supplies but food pro-united Africa as it had been for
iri lange extent, prestige to a probably by small bouts and by jencity air opposition. But it duction needs international Britain
Me he view editor,
observera attention over a wide field of Burma their independence.
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The motion urged the abuh The
as well as of delegates here. Minceded more training in air-to-
problems, In the tion of all repressive pukal and John W. Powell, announced allied
in the "Rebels"
Assembly rocket. Around
gunnery and
of their argu- and that well-trained opinion of Dr Charles Kel colour legislation; the right to revers of his original decision Bros.
were logg. Director of the Soil freedom of association, speech weane of the "rapid
Land of the pressj the right of world affairs" and becausement for eluser European unity tactical contral teams
Division of the
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13% collate publication, sures is the fields of economies, United States Department formation of an African union; readers had urged now and joint European mea- jaadio from the front lines.
for the withThe magazine will become and preparation
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will prove stronger In a sen publication redrawal of foreign troops.
The motion said: "We believe monthly, beginning September policies
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Another reason, he wrote, eriticism so far has been voiced, themeat and feneral education are
power: governing
counternet In help
"planted publicly and privately, against redves experts at comentflage mere dilliculi Shan the plam European
Africa and that steps should be
of her alleged stop Britain became rumours, Kuomintang Poll management, tuken immediately 10 carry but equally importam to sustatutaria out.
and other pap peddled by E-coolness towards the Schurman gruntled self-styled refugcer" plan and Europen unifleation agh levels of food production. Dr Kello called for n
on which Western Près corres-altogether. pondents in Hongkong were said to per the drive world-wide The Army apparently insisted, faves by aight.
rate roil surveys, le ray
The motion proped that the Ho be basing their dispatches however, that the situation atferd equipment were that time was so desperate atm, they used human labour that these are lacking even in European Consultative As about Chino,
They had developed countrica,
about food pro a powre-bomber: as well as 2nd primitive carts, nighters-had to be used to sup-to move only minimum supplies nuns Ideas
Because they lived off the landduction must be based on need six African represa Amerien and Britain were bad-dos
6. Trze weather and trea- rore than informed opinion.
In under-developed areas, he
ان
3. Tuore problems were toon
and the enemy end, topped from
spot running north-south across the Hed showed
Thary Quin
the 30th Parallei. tended there would be a better They high well by day or moved problem at
chance then, than later to wear
of the ted Korean army in
the sil
cherous
perb, carrying arms, and
Conceale
made major When their shot
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