ABSTRACT
Army ground forces-the very thing which the original air power theorists had seen as the squandering of air power when it was controlled by ground commanders.
General George Kenney's centralized control and use of air power in the Southwestern Pacific is regarded by many as the example of the tactical use of air power in effective support of MacArthur's theater campaign objectives. But he was guided by the military situation which confronted him, not by air power theory of the time. He did not have the means for striking decisively at the heart of the enemy and thus could only reach the outposts of the Japanese perimeter.
