Evening Star Newspaper, February 26, 1931, Page 22

TdE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1931. AIR BUMBARDMENT " Free Auto Parking Space for Customers—E Street Between Sixth and Seventh BASE T0 BE LARGER o in Country. L4 V4 & Creation of the greatest bombard- ment aviation force the United States has seen is in progress at Langley Field, Hampton Roads, Va, an hour’s fiight | : from the National Capital. | When present plans are carried out Langley Fleld is to be the home of a | full bombardment wing, composed of a pursuit group and hgmhardmrm . . group. ‘The Army Air Corps never | t before has had an actual wing in op- | In ; e ec 00 a - ear urnl ure a e eration in the United States. i . hid hrn\l:h]‘d \'.gy V; f;,l" <\'rr'n’mh ”’[‘I’l Langley Fiel ombardment wing w ! be equipped with more than 150 bom- A " - = N . : b " . Bazdment and pursuit planes. 1. This is a feature e\:‘m in a 2. T‘;ll n‘!wmnl u-i‘lmg : the re- 3. '];llu-sr are fil:mr suites, with all 4. Buy on the Budget Plan. 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The first adron of pursuit planes. nucleus of the pursuit group, has been organized and is being trained at Self- , Mich., home of the Air | ly pursuit group today. Langley Ficld now is the base of the | Air Corps Tactical School, in which | officers of ths corps are taught the art of handling large Air Corps units | and the duties and problems of other branches of the military service, Move- ment of the Tactical School from Langley Ficld to some other point, probably Maxwell Ficld. Montgomery Ala, now is being cons'dered to clear the way for creation of the proposed wing. Langley Field also i= the home of the 19th Airship Company. at pres- ent operating one non-rigid airship. Up to the present, because of the limited equipment of the Air Corps, it has been necessary for each type of aviation to train by itself, the various | units being =scattered throughout the | country at small stations. 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In the peace-time Army Air Gorj there is no alr divi b!%s Coast, including the National Capital, next May will call for the organization of a provisional air division, though it will be less than one-fourth the. re- quired strength, even though = all National Guard squadrons and the advanced class at the Air Corps train- ing center. Kelly Pleld, Tex. will be called to the field | Construction of a large number of | brick residential quarters for non- | commissioned officers is nearing comple- | tion at Langley Field as a part. of the program leading up to the organization of the proposed wing there, The field | now is commanded by Maj. Herbert A.| Dargue. Air Corps, commandant of the | 2d Bombardment Group. Flying Suits for Tots. Flying suits for children have been put on display in London and many young air passengers have found them to their liking. 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