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VOLUME I Contents Foreword •.. Introduction ii 1 Part I Initiation of Air Activity 3 A. Organization and Management . 3 B. Acquisition of Aircraft • • 30 C. Relations with OSO/DOD and the Air National Guard • • . 58 D. Initial Planning for Air Operations . . • • • • 76 Part II Acquisition and Training of Air Crews 95 A. Basic Plan for Flight Training 95 B. Trainers and Trainees . • . 101 C. JMADD: Air Training Base, Retalhuleu, Guatemala 107 D. JMTIDE: Strike Base, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. . • • . 152 Part III Initiation 6f Combat Air Operat10ns. 174 A. D minus 2 (15 April 1961) . 174 B. Post-Strike Contretemps 213 C. The Stevenson Story and the Second Strike • • • • • • . 233 Part IV Where Cuba Was Lost • . 303 A. Over the Beach -- 17 April 1961. 303 B. Day of Grace -- 18 April 1961 . . 338 C. Four for A Cause -- 19 April 1961 . . . . . . . • . • . . 352 - vi -