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Hap Arnold: The Practical Air Force Visionary

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Lieutenant General Henry "Hap" Arnold addresses graduating classes of four army flying schools in December 1942. Arnold promised to boost U.S. aerial combat capability to 10 times that of Axis Forces.In November 1938 Charles Lindbergh wrote urgently to Major General Henry Harley “Hap” Arnold, the new chief of the Army Air Corps. Touring Germany, the aviation hero had witnessed the surging Luftwaffe firsthand. “Germany is undoubtedly the most powerful nation in the world in military aviation and her margin of leadership is increasing with each …

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