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	Ira C. Eaker (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eaker was one of the premier pilots between the wars, participating in the Pan American flight of 1926-27 and piloting the Question Mark in the recordbreaking air refueling flight of 1929.
		Eaker's talents as a leader and manager were essential.
		Eaker retired and became a wealthy businessman and a prolific writer on airpower matters.
	www.airpower.maxwell.af.mil /airchronicles/cc/eaker.html (579 words)

	Ira Eaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Eaker was born in Field Creek, Texas, in 1896.
		In June 1924, Eaker was named executive assistant in the Office of Air Service at Washington, D.C., and from December 1926, to May 1927, he served as a pilot of one of the planes of the Pan American Flight which made a goodwill trip around South America.
		Eaker was promoted to lieutenant general in September 1943, assigned to command of all U.S. Army Air Forces in the United Kingdom.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ira_Eaker (907 words)

	Airlift/Tanker Association
		General Eaker's rescue attempt of the German Junker airplane, the "Bremen", off of Greenly Island near Labrador in April 1928 led him to undertake the famous "Question Mark" flight.
		The "Bremen" adventure had taxed the fuel capacities of the airplanes, leaving Eaker and his cohorts on the trip (Lieutenant Elwood R. Quesada and General James E. Fechet) to speculate on the feasibility of in-flight refuelings.
		Eaker secured the approval of the chief of the Air Corps, worked out air refueling procedures, and selected the planes and crews.
	www.atalink.org /hallfame/eaker.html (1022 words)

	Eaker Institute
		The Eaker Institute is the public policy and research arm of the Air Force Association.
		Eaker was a reasoned intellectual who succeeded at articulating the early case for strategic airpower.
		Publish a series of Eaker Papers on important defense and aerospace issues, as well as papers from emerging aerospace thinkers who might challenge the conventional wisdom.
	www.afa.org /aef/eaker.asp (289 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: EAKER, IRA CLARENCE
		Ira Clarence Eaker, aviation pioneer and United States Air Force general, was born on April 13, 1896, at Field Creek, Texas, the eldest of five boys born to Young Yancy and Dona Lee (Graham) Eaker.
		Eaker was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Infantry Section, Officers Reserve Corps, on August 15, 1917, and assigned to the Sixty-fourth Infantry at Fort Bliss, Texas.
		Eaker and his copilot were the only team to complete the entire 23,000-mile itinerary, which included stops in twenty-three countries.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/EE/feazz.html (1134 words)

	Eaker Institute
		The Eaker Institute is the public policy and research arm of the Aerospace Education Foundation.
		Eaker was a reasoned intellectual who succeeded at articulating the early case for strategic airpower.
		Publish a series of Eaker Papers on important defense and aerospace issues, as well as papers from emerging aerospace thinkers who might challenge the conventional wisdom.
	www.aef.org /eaker.asp (257 words)

	Ira C. Eaker
		General Eaker was assigned the task of organizing the Eighth Air Force Bomber Command, which was to be the backbone of U.S. airpower in the European Theater.
		Eaker was assigned to command all Allied Air Forces in the Mediterranean area.
		Ira Eaker remained a sage adviser and author on U S. air power affairs until his death.
	www.allstar.fiu.edu /aero/eaker.htm (470 words)

	Biographies : GENERAL IRA C. EAKER
		Ira C. Eaker was born in Field Creek, Texas, in 1896.
		General Eaker remained with the 64th Infantry at El Paso until March 1918, when he was placed on detached service to receive flying instruction at Austin and Kelly fields in Texas.
		General Eaker is co-author of "This Flying Game," "Army Flyer," and "Winged Warfare." Since 1962 he has authored a weekly column, carried by more than 35 newspapers, on subjects in the national security area.
	www.af.mil /bios/bio.asp?bioID=5312 (625 words)

	Ira Eaker Papers (Library of Congress)
		The papers of Ira Clarence Eaker, army air corps officer, aviation pioneer, aircraft industry executive, and newspaper columnist, were given to the Library of Congress by Eaker between 1953 and 1962.
		Eaker maintained contact with military associates throughout his life, and the themes of air power, aviation, and belief in a strong national defense are prominent throughout the collection.
		Eaker's final positions in Washington, D.C., as chief of air staff and then as deputy chief of army air forces involved demobilization of the air forces and planning for the creation of the air force as a separate branch of the military service.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/eaker.html (2132 words)

	General Ira Eaker, WWII, four star
		Ira Eaker, a native of Llano County, was credited with building the Eighth Air Force from scratch to launch daylight bombing raids against German factories, eventually crippling Nazi war production.
		The British soil from which Eaker's aircraft flew missions was a long way from Field Creek, the six-family community where Yancy and Dona Lee Eaker lived and where Ira, first of their five sons, was born.
		General Eaker died at Andrews Air Force Base in 1987 and was buried at Arlington Cemetery with full military honors.
	www.texasescapes.com /FEATURES/Bill_Bradfield/GeneralIraEaker.htm (554 words)

	Schweinfurt
		Eaker was well aware of the British position but insisted to Harris that daylight operations against specific military targets would enable a ground invasion of the continent faster than the indiscriminate bombing of cities.
		Eaker had been trying for months to get external drop tanks fitted to the fighters that were already in theater, but the tanks that were added either didn’t extend the range of the fighter far enough or resulted in poorer aerodynamic handling of the aircraft.
		Throughout his time in Europe, Eaker had been promised replacements and reinforcements that would bolster his numbers and enable the 8th to mount the large-scale attacks that were necessary both for protection of the bombers and for destruction of the selected target.
	www.b17sam.com /Schweinfurt.html (7616 words)

	Ira Eaker
		Ira Eaker was born in Llano, Texas, on 13th April, 1896.
		Eaker, along with Henry Arnold and Carl Spaatz, was a strong advocate of daylight bombing raids.
		Eaker was promoted to lieutenant general in September 1943 and was placed in charge of the USAF in Britain.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /2WWeaker.htm (382 words)

	Wings of Valor II- Forrest Vosler
		Ira Eaker's Eighth Air force had experienced only limited success in its first thirty missions, most of which were along the French coast, and had suffered devastating losses as a result of enemy flak and fighters.
		Eaker successfully argued that his limited success and high casualty rate were due more to the limited range of his fighter cover and the smallness of his fielded formations, the latter because of diversion of his assets to the North African campaign, than to the dangers of daylight missions.
		On July 17 Ira Eaker was able to field his largest bombing mission to date and the first to exceed 300 total bombers.
	www.homeofheroes.com /wings/part2/13_vosler.html (15906 words)

	Prints (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eaker arrived in England in February 1942 to form the 8th Air Force Bomber Command; he became a Major General in December 1942 as he took over command of the 8th Air Force when Lieut.
		Eaker was a proponent of daylight bombing and worked closely with the R.A.F. Bomber Command, headed by Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. Harris, which relied on night bombing.
		Eaker faced much criticism from several senior allied air commanders for his policy of daylight bombing but later saw his actions vindicated as fighter support grew in numbers.
	www.commercemarketplace.com /home/CollectAir/Prints.html (8933 words)

	New York Theater Wire Back Page
		Eaker was born in New York City on Jan. 14, 1922, the son of Samuel and Hannah Conner Eaker.
		Zwerdling was Editor-in-Chief and Eaker was Advertising Manager, but the responsibilities were shared in their small operation.
		Contributions in memory of Ira Eaker may be made either to the American Cancer Society or to any charity of the donor's choice.
	www.nytheatre-wire.com /jl02073t.htm (685 words)

	General Ira C. Eaker and Eaker Air Force Base
		This was the beginning of the name Ira Eaker in the forefront of aviation for the next thirty years.
		Once his duties there were completed, Eaker graduated from Air Corps Tactical School in 1936, and then from the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in 1937.
		Eaker was a high advocate of air power, and his service in the military reflects that.
	asms.k12.ar.us /armem/edavis/eaker.htm (487 words)

	Aviation Sciences Institute: Eaker Field Page
		Eaker Field is located about eight miles south of the main SOSU campus.
		General Eaker was a 1917 graduate of Southeastern and served in both World War I and World War II.
		During WW II General Eaker was commander of the Eighth Air Force in England and led several historic bombing missions against Nazi targets in occupied Europe and Germany.
	aviation.sosu.edu /airport/airport.html (420 words)

	Welcome to Ira C. Eaker Tribute Page
		Ira Eaker was born on April 13, 1896, in Field Creek, TX.
		Gen Eaker became Deputy Commander of the Army Air Forces and Chief of the Air Staff on April 30, 1945.
		Gen Eaker died on August 6, 1987, and is buried at Arlington National Cemetary.
	www.military.com /HomePage/UserCreatedTributePage/0,10980,713685,00.html (133 words)

	Ira Eaker
		This award honors the late Air Force General Ira C. Eaker, aviation pioneer, career military officer and one of the chief architects and visionaries of the US Air Force.
		Ira Clarence Eaker received a degree from Southwestern State Teachers College, Oklahoma in 1917.
		Ira Eaker remains a sage adviser and author on U S. air power affairs.
	www.jrotc.org /ira_eaker.htm (612 words)

	Air Force Spoken Here: General Ira Eaker and The Command of the Air (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		As WWII commander of both the storied US 8th AF in England and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, Ira Eaker was one of the most important figures in air warfare.
		James Parton has drawn a richly anecdotal full-length portrait of Eaker, starting with his formative years as the son of a Texas tenant farmer, enlistment in 1917 as a private, record-breaking aerial feats between the wars, rise to four-star general, and finishing with his unique post-war career as a latter-day Paul Revere.
		In recounting Eaker's story, the author sheds new light on many pivotal events and careers in U.S. air history.
	afmuseum.com /bookstore/books/97000001.html (123 words)

	CABARET HOTLINE BREAKING NEWS - Ira Eaker - BACK STAGE Co-founder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ira Eaker, who cofounded the trade magazine BACK STAGE, died on Wednesday, June 26th in Florida following surgery for colon cancer.
		He is survived by his wife, Lee, his daughter, Sherry (currently Editor-in-Chief of BACK STAGE) and a son Dean.
		Eaker is a New York City native and served as a corporal in the Army during World War II.
	www.svhamstra.com /SADNEWS/SadNews2002Eaker.shtml (239 words)

	Ira Clarence Eaker, General, United States Air Force
		In his Flying Fortress, the Yankee Doodle, Eaker, a husky, square-jawed cigar-smoking pilot with a Texas drawl, flew many missions over Europe and into Germany, and personally led first US B-17 bomber strike against German occupation forces in France, bombing of Rouen, Aug 17, 1942.
		Beside him lies his wife, Ruth Apperton Eaker.
		General Eaker entered the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, in August 1935, and upon graduation the following June entered the Command and General Staff School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., from which he graduated in June 1937.
	www.arlingtoncemetery.net /iraeaker.htm (1527 words)

	Air Force Memorial Foundation Receives Major Gift from Eaker Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Ruth Eaker, a resident of Washington, D.C., when she died on December 13, 1995, was active in civic and charitable affairs throughout the region and the nation.
		Her love of the Air Force was clearly reflected in her will, which included contributions to numerous Air Force-related charities, historical organizations, and foundations.
		Eaker was a very private individual and wouldn't want any recognition for her generosity," Dougherty said, "but airmen everywhere should know about and appreciate what she did to help make the Air Force Memorial a reality."
	www.airforcememorial.org /press/press4.html (333 words)

	Letter: Winston Churchill to Jacob Devers, October 11, 1943, Churchill and the Great Republic (A Library of Congress ...
		This letter to General Ira Eaker, commander of the American Eighth Air Force, was sent through Eaker's superior, General Jacob Devers.
		Churchill praised Eaker's recent daylight attacks on German industrial targets, which complemented the nighttime strikes made by British Bomber Command.
		Eaker's campaign would culminate in the costly October 14 raid on Schweinfurt's ball-bearing factories.
	www.loc.gov /exhibits/churchill/interactive/_html/wc0205.html (112 words)

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		Activities The Ira C. Eaker Composite Squadron has an active drill team, with practices on weekends, as well as a good SAR Ground-Team, and orientation flights.
		National Headquarters CAP has specifically stated that cadets who are entitled to wear the Blue Beret (Graduates of the Blue Beret Activity, Honor and Distinguished Graduates of CAP-EAA Oshkosh on certain years, and graduates of the national Blue Beret.) may wear berets at the unit location, with the approval of the chain of command.
		The Cadet Commander of the Ira C. Eaker Composite Squadron is a Blue Beret, and he checked with his squadron commander, group commander, and wing director of cadet programs, and Berets are approved for wear at unit activities with the BDU uniform.
	home.earthlink.net /~nerny404/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/cadet-commander.doc (1419 words)

	DINA: Arkansas Aeroplex: History of Eaker Air Force Base (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Eaker Air Force Base, now the site of the Arkansas Aeroplex and Arkansas International Airport, has had a long and important history.
		The base was renamed Eaker on May 26, 1988, in honor of General Ira C.
		Official closure of Eaker Air Force Base was announced in 1991, and on March 6, 1992, the last aircraft, The City of Blytheville, left the base.
	aeroplex.dina.org /aip/history.html (312 words)

	Dryden Flight Research Center - X-Press: May 2003
		Dryden Associate Director for Planning Rich Christiansen receives the Ira Eaker Fellowship award on behalf of the Center from Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John Jumper.
		Dryden Associate Director for Planning Richard Christiansen received the Ira Eaker Fellow recognition award for fly-by-wire development on the Center's behalf from the Central Florida Chapter of the Air Force Association (AFA) and the Aerospace Education Foundation.
		The General Ira C. Eaker fellowship program was established in 1981 by the AFA to perpetuate knowledge of America's rich military and civilian aerospace history.
	www.dfrc.nasa.gov /Newsroom/X-Press/stories/052303/new_dfbwaward.html (450 words)

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