I should like to ask about another piece of equipment, the new troop carrier.
A troop carrier that can do without airfields is obviously a tremendous answer, but it can move only very limited forces.
We have not at present a single effective long-range troop carrier.
There was the strategic concept, which might justify the subvention, and the idea that the ship could be used as a troop carrier if war came.
Each troop carrier wing consisted of 3 or 4 of these groups.
At each base, the group was composed of a material squadron, a troop carrier squadron, a tactical hospital or dispensary, and a combat support squadron.
In each stage of combined training the troop carrier groups placed emphasis upon single-and double-tow of gliders under combat conditions and upon night operations.
It trained for troop carrier operations from 19471951, for fighter-bomber missions from 19521957, and for tactical fighter operations from 1982-1994.
