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The Role of Defensive Pursuit
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  • Claire L. Chennault.
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    …also wrote an aviation textbook, The Role of Defensive Pursuit (1935), that detailed new fighter tactics. His belief that bombers were vulnerable to attack by fighter planes, however, put him at odds with his superiors. Partial deafness and increasing disagreements with other air corps officers led him to retire in…

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    …also wrote an aviation textbook, The Role of Defensive Pursuit (1935), that detailed new fighter tactics. His belief that bombers were vulnerable to attack by fighter planes, however, put him at odds with his superiors. Partial deafness and increasing disagreements with other air corps officers led him to retire in…

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