Air Interdiction: Joint Coordination Issues for the United States Army and Air Force Conducting Coalition Warfare within the NATO Theater of Operations

1986 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael H. Vernon
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Army ◽  
Air Force ◽  
The United States ◽  
Joint Coordination ◽  
Coalition Warfare

Fixing the Far East Air Forces and Creating the Pacific Air Forces

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian D. Laslie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United States Army ◽  
Air Force ◽  
Far East ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Far East ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Final Rank

Kuter left Maxwell to take command of the Far East Air Forces (FEAF). As Lieutenant General Kuter flew to his new assignment he was promoted to full general shortly after midnight on May 29, 1955. For an officer whose first flight was in a bi-plane, the importance of assuming his ultimate final rank on a trans-oceanic flight was surely not lost on him. During his career, the United States Army Air Corps had transitioned to a truly global and independent Air Force capable flying Kuter rather comfortably to his new assignment. The Air Force, like Kuter had fully matured and reached a pinnacle thought impossible as little as a decade ago. Kuter had grown with this Air Force, molding it, organizing it, shaping it and giving it the ability to do span the globe. General Kuter helped to reorganize the command and transitioned it to the newly created Pacific Air Forces (PACAF), becoming the new unit’s first commander.

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