the declassification of information.
A report on operations to. depgrmine .
the amount of light available at various altitudes at the time the first
light appeared at sea level was summarized.
Reports of this kind became
required reading for the officers in the Office of the Air Commander.
Staff visits, similar to the above, were made by other members
of the staff at different times throughout the entire operation.
A
complete picture of the duties and responsibilities of a staff officer
began to develop as information from these staff visits was assembled together with other data obtained from background reading, staff conferences,
and day to day contacts with other officers in Headquarters, Joint Task
Force SEVEN.
The Office of the Air Commander was beginning to function
as a staff.
2. OPERATIONAL PLANNING STAGE ~
The second phase of the work of the Office of the Air Commander was
devoted to operational planning and direction. This phase began in November
and December of 1947 when the various staff‘officers becate familiar with
their responsibilities and duties.
The Air Commander pointed out that the
first major task facing the members of his staff was the preparation of an
operation plan for the Air Force activity in Joint Task Foree SEVEN.
Field
Order No. ? » Headquarters, Joint Task Force SEVEN, dated 14 November 1947,
was received by the Office of the Air Commander on 19 November 1947 outlining the responsibilities of the various services.
Annexes to this order
were not distributed in their complete form until a much later date. It
was realized that a complete operations plan could not be issued until
problems involving personnel, aircraft, supplies, and equipment oould be
solved.
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