CAPTAIN E. G. OSBORN
Commanding Officer
COMMANDER W. R. FORD
Executive Officer
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j AIR FORGE TO CONVERT:
|ITS B-36 WINGS TO
j B-5>2s SOON
j Washington (AFP3) — j
; The Air Force will
| begin a full-scale
I conversion of its
j heavy bomb wings to i
I B-52 jet bombers in ]
j April, the Defense ]
j Department said*
: The wings now are
;equipped with B-36s.j
! It was estimated
i that the entire
I changeover will take!
; "several years."
;The U2nd Heavy Bomb j
iWing at Loring AFB,
jMaine, will be the
1 first of the new
iunits to get the
j speedy Stratofor
jtress.
IThe AF said that as
I the B-3os are re
!placed they will be
j dismantled and used
las a source of
j spare parts for
I those remaining in
jservice. Some B-36
:equipment is inter
j changeable and can
|be used in other
I aircraft.
* v-y
;v “
:$#'$: W. H
U.S.S. BOXER TO
JOIN ANTI-SUBMARINE
FORCES
San Diego (AFPS)—
The carrier U.S.S*
BOXER, which rec
ently completed
her seventh tour
in Far Eastern
waters, has arriv
ed here for con
version to an anti
submarine-warfare
support ship.
The Navy said high
speed jets now
aboard the 27,00£
ton flattop will
be replaced with
slower propeller
type planes better
suited for sub
marine defense pur
poses .
The BOXER is ex
pected to be ready
to rejoin the
Pacific Fleet next
July (1956).
The Navy Nurse
Corps was es
tablished in
1908.
West Point is
153 years old.