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General Tunner Aims And Objectives

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Brigadier General H. Tunner took command of the India-China Division of the Air Transport Command on 3 September 1944 (Hope). His job was to fulfill orders from the Air Transport Commander, General Harold George, who said to increase supply to be flown into china while keeping the planes safer and incident free (same thing). Brigadier General Tunner accomplished these goals by entrusting in people that he knew could fulfill his standards, enforcing units that specialize in fixing certain parts of the aircrafts, and listening to his people for ideas to make the operation superior. Strategically, Brigadier General Tunner had a plan that would help to his advantage because he could foresee what he had to work with. In order to meet General George’s …show more content…

One of his biggest changes was to put Captains Norden and Stiles in charge of a new flying safety program which would reduce the number of crashes (Hope). This program included research done to see what exactly caused aircrafts to become unstable and they focused on detection, prevention, and correction of possible safety violations (Hope). The team of Norden and Stiles developed a program to determine what exactly caused aircrafts to fail. This was a new creation amongst the world that nobody else had ever done before and it proved to work because it enabled other regulations such as a very strict flying procedures (Hope). With the new technology, they could see that pilots have been inconsistent with the way they were flying the aircrafts. This called for a plan that set forth a specific altitude the pilots could fly, flying plans before takeoff, and report where they were through the radio (Hope). This made sure that everyone was taking safety precautions which helped preserve many …show more content…

Some leaders are all about commanding everyone about what they need to get done. Instead of this, General Tunner listened to what his men were saying. With that he was able to give his pilots the C-54, which was much more powerful and had a higher safety rating and could carry more cargo (Hope). General Tunner also took notice of operation fatigue, when pilots would fly themselves into exhaustion (Hope). Lastly, General Tunner improved living conditions by improving the facilities as well as instilling discipline in the living quarters. By doing this he put up signs to keep people quiet so the pilots could rest, he also instilled everyone be cleanly shaven and developed parades to have unity amongst the men (Hope). General Tunner showed that he cared for his subordinates and this is part of the reason he was victorious and that people looked up to him because it is easier to follow someone who shows they

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