00164764 4720-17 UNCLASSIFIED 2428169 01-01-1936 2429265 01-01-1939

AIR CORPS TACTICAL SCHOOL

248.501-65 4668 A2871 703 773 C6 2447531 01-04-1989 ALSO INCLUDES CHART: CHARACTERISTICS AND PERFORMANCE OF JAPANESE AND RUSSIAN (UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS) AIRCRAFT. SECOND TITLE LISTED REFERS TO DOCUMENT PREPARED BY MILITARY ATTACHE TOKYO, JAPAN, REFERRING TO PRESS REPORTS OF JAPANESE ARMY ADVOCACY OF CREATION OF SEPARATE AIR MINISTRY RESPONSIBLE FOR MILITARY, NAVAL AND CIVIL AVIATION. ARMY INITIATIVE AIMED AT GAINING CONTROL OF NAVAL AVIATION. THIRD TITLE LISTED REFERS TO DOCUMENT PREPARED BY MILITARY ATTACHE TOKYO, JAPAN, REFERRING TO COMPROMISE BETWEEN JAPANESE ARMY AND COMMUNICATIONS MINISTRY FOR CREATION OF CABINET AIR BOARD TO SUPERVISE CIVIL AVIATION, ESTABLISH AND OPERATE JAPANESE AVIATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FACILITY AND CONTROL OF FUELS FOR AVIATION. FOURTH TITLE LISTED REFERS TO TWO ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN FRENCH JOURNAL L'AEROPHILE (AEROPHILE) BY MAX PROUST. FIRST OF TWO ARTICLES OF SAME TITLE DEALS WITH JAPANESE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION, AVIATION RESEARCH FACILITIES, DOCTRINE AND ORGANIZATION OF MILITARY AND NAVAL AVIATION AS WELL AS TRAINING. SECOND OF TWO ARTICLES OF SAME TITLE IS CONTINUATION OF FIRST. DEALS WITH MAJOR JAPANESE AIR BASES, TECHNICAL DATA ON JAPANESE MILITARY AND NAVAL AIRCRAFT, JAPANESE CIVIL AVIATION, TECHNICAL DATA ON JAPANESE COMMERCIAL AND TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT. ARTICLE COMPARES AIR POWER OF JAPAN AND UNITED STATES IN PACIFIC OCEAN AREA SEEING JAPANESE AIR POWER AS POTENT INSTRUMENT OF IMPERIAL EXPANSION. FIFTH TITLE LISTED REFERS TO DOCUMENTS PREPARED BY NAVAL ATTACHE TOKYO, JAPAN, REFERRING TO APPROPRIATIONS FOR JAPANESE NAVAL AVIATION IN SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET. NONE JAPAN: (AVIATION, POLICY) PROPOSED SEPARATE AIR MINISTRY PROPOSED CABINET AIR BOARD JAPANESE AVIATION AVIATION FEATURES OF PROPOSED THIRD SUPPLEMENTARY PROGRAM