Nine key advocates, all of whom instructed at the Tactical School, became known as the " Bomber Mafia . " The unofficial leader of the group was the bombardment section chief and later director of the Department of Air Tactics and Strategy, Major Harold L . George.
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As a result of the high number of casualties being inflicted on Spitfires the " Air Tactics Department " ( A . T . D ) issued a guide on the optimum engine settings to use while flying over enemy territory : in part it read : 2.
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In December 2009 the PAF sent six Chengdu F-7PG fighters, of No . 31 Wing based at PAF Base Samungli, to the United Arab Emirates to take part in the Air Tactics Leadership Course ( ATLC ), also known as " Exercise Iron Falcon ", at Al Dhafra Air Base.
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He checked in with his Air Fleet headquarters, submitted a report, and had a nine-page brochure on air tactics published by the Aviation and Aeronautics Field Department Bureau . " Ways of Conducting an Air Combat " principally encapsulated from tactical advice received from Guynemer and Heurteaux, and enumerated 16 main points.
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"' Andravida Air Base "'( ) is a military airport operated by the Hellenic Air Force, located 2.5 kilometres from the town of Andravida in Elis, Greece, housing the "'117th Combat Wing "'( 117 ??????? ?????, 117 ?? ), and the Air Force's "'Air Tactics Center "'( ?????? ??????????? ????????, ???? ).
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Following graduation, George became an instructor at ACTS, teaching air tactics and precision bombing doctrine, In 1934, George was made director of the Department of Air Tactics and Strategy, and vigorously promoted the doctrine of precision bombing in which massed air fleets of heavy bombers would be commanded independently of naval or ground warfare needs.
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Following graduation, George became an instructor at ACTS, teaching air tactics and precision bombing doctrine, In 1934, George was made director of the Department of Air Tactics and Strategy, and vigorously promoted the doctrine of precision bombing in which massed air fleets of heavy bombers would be commanded independently of naval or ground warfare needs.
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He considered the course to be a waste of time, " devoted in large part to the minutiae of ground officers'duties " and " devoid of serious recognition of the airplane as an instrument of war . " After graduation he returned to the Air Corps Tactical School as Director of the Department of Air Tactics and Strategy, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on 16 June 1936.
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Garnet Malley's score of victories never reached the heights of King and Phillipps but unlike them he did manage to live to a relatively ripe old age, and is probably of greater interest for his association with Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists during the 1930s than his exploits in World War I . His on-the-spot observations of air tactics in the talk ) 23 : 03, 1 November 2014 ( UTC)
