AIR DEFENCE
FAR-REACHING CHANGES.
DIVISION OF COMMANDS. SPEED AND EFFICIENCY. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.) (British Official AVjreless.) Received June 18, 12.5 p.m. RUGBY, June 17. The Air Ministry announces that the Air Council has decided to carry out important changes in the system of command and administration in the Home commands of the Royal Air Force in order to provide for appropriate organisation of the enlarged toree which will function with speed and efficiency in peace or war. The, new organisation provides for four commands, as follow:—(1) A bomber command, controlling bomber squadrons; (2) a fighter command, controlling fighter squadrons, army cooperation squadrons and an observer corps; (3) a coastal command, controlling Hying boats and a general reconnaissance squadron and administration and shore training of squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm; ad (4) a training command which will, with few exceptions, control all training units at Home.
The air defence of the country will be vested in three operational commands, close co-ordination between which will be directly exercised by the Air Ministry. The first appointments to these commands are:—To the bomber command, Air-Marshal Sir John M. Steel; to the fighter command, Air-Marshal Sir Hugh C. T. Dowding ; to the coastal command, Air-Marshal Sir Arthur M. Longmore; and to the training command, AirMarshal Sir Charles S. Burnett.
Changes affecting the administration, of a far-reaching nature, the main objects of which are to provide for decentralisation of the administrative duties, for the exercise of fuller powers of responsibility by the various commanders, and for a reduction to the minimum of the links in the chain of command in order to avoid delays and duplicated effort, are also introduced. The new organisation will be brought into force for the bomber, fighter and training commands in July. The change in the coastal command will foLow shortly afterwards.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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304AIR DEFENCE Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 169, 18 June 1936, Page 7
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