Periodical Annual report of the Secretary of Defense and the annual reports of the Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Air Force Fiscal Year 1959

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  • Image 1 of Fiscal Year 1959 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Annual Report ol the SECRETABY OF DEFENSE and the ANNUAL REPORTS of the SECRETARY OF THE ARMY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 2 of Fiscal Year 1959 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Annual Report ol the SECRETARY OF DEFENSE and the ANNUAL REPORTS ol the SECRETARY OF THE ARMY SECRETARY OF THE NAVY SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE July 11958 to...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 3 of Fiscal Year 1959 Letter of Transmittal The Secretary of Defense Washington June 16 1960 Dear Mr President This report of Secretary of Defense McElroy together with those of the Secretaries of the Army the Navy...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 4 of Fiscal Year 1959 Contents ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Page Chapter I Introduction 1 II The Armed Forces 3 III Research and Development 12 IV The Defense Budget 28 V Management 35 VI...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 5 of Fiscal Year 1959 vi CONTENTS ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE Page Chapter I Introduction 287 II Combat Forces 290 III Manpower 302 IV Military Training 308 V Health and Welfare 317...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 6 of Fiscal Year 1959 I Introduction The defense program is part of an integrated national effort to meet the Communist threat in whatever form it may appearpoliti cal economic scientific psychological or military It is not...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 7 of Fiscal Year 1959 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE seas and their readiness to respond to an emergency these forces together with those of our allies remained a major factor in discour aging...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 8 of Fiscal Year 1959 3 II The Armed Forces The security of the United States is in the hands of a powerful military establishmentone capable of readily detecting a threatened attack of countering the intruders of...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 9 of Fiscal Year 1959 4 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Figure 1 livery of additional jet tankers provided increased range capability and greater flexibility to this bomber force The ability to penetrate enemy defenses...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 10 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE ARMED FORCES 5 Supplementing the striking power of SAC are tactical landbased and carrierbased air forces and missile units deployed in areas of potential trouble throughout the free world Most of...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 11 of Fiscal Year 1959 Figure 2 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 12 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE ARMED FORCES 7 elements were improved during fiscal year 1959 Supersonic all weather F101B F102 F104 and F106 interceptors continued to replace the subsonic F86s F89s and F94s and their effective...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 13 of Fiscal Year 1959 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ance Program The combined strength of all these forces was a major factor throughout the past year in deterring local aggression US ground forces...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 14 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE ARMED FORCES 9 the military services carry full responsibility for organizing training equipping and administering such units The Army Adjustments in the formal organizational structure of the Army were few While...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 15 of Fiscal Year 1959 10 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE modernized dsseKtype carrier the Oriskany The elimination of 1 attack carrier was accompanied by the reduction of the carrier air groups from 17 to...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 16 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE ARMED FORCES 11 guidedmissile capabilities of the Army reduced the need for Air Force tactical as well as air defense support At the same time the Air Force continued its own...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 17 of Fiscal Year 1959 12 III Research and Development Obligations for research development testing and evaluation by the Department of Defense during fiscal year 1959 reached a total of 54 billionrepresenting a 11 billion or 20...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 18 of Fiscal Year 1959 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 13 GUIDED MISSILES SYSTEMS PROGRAMED OBLIGATIONS Fiscal Years 19461959 Missile Programs Millions of Dollars Fiscal Year Grand Total IRBM and ICBM Other Surface toSurface All Other 1946 and before...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 19 of Fiscal Year 1959 14 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE tional purposes increased by almost onethird during fiscal year 1959 reaching a total of 69 billion as compared to 52 billion during the preceding...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 20 of Fiscal Year 1959 STRATEGIC MISSILES JUNE 30 1959 Type Developing Service Operationally Available In Late Development In Early Development 1500MILE IRBM ARMY AIR FORCE JUPITER THOR FLEET BALLISTIC MISSILE NAVY POLARIS 5000MILE AERODYNAMIC AIR FORCE...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 21 of Fiscal Year 1959 16 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE availability date from June 1959 to the early fall of 1959 As the success of the ATLAS became assured the TITAN program was reoriented...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 22 of Fiscal Year 1959 AIR DEFENSE MISSILES JUNE 30 1959 Type Developing Service Operationally Available In late Development In Early Development FOR FRONTLINE GROUND TROOPS ARMY ARMY REDEYE MAULER DEFENSE AGAINST LOWFLYING PLANES ARMY HAWK GROUNDTOAIR...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 23 of Fiscal Year 1959 18 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE since 1958 of NIKEHERCULES To supplement these Army sur facetoair missiles with ranges of about 25 and 75 miles respectively the Air Force has...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 24 of Fiscal Year 1959 TACTICAL MISSILES JUNE 30 1959 Type Developing Service Operationally Available In Late Development In Early Development CLOSEIN SUPPORT OF GROUND TROOPS ARMY SHILLELAGH ANTITANK ARMY SS10 SS11 SURFACETOSURFACE SHORT RANGE ARMY LACROSSE...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 25 of Fiscal Year 1959 20 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE being provided by LACROSSE which became operational in June 1959 Targets within a distance of 75 and 200 miles came within the range of...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 26 of Fiscal Year 1959 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 21 the various types of rockets employed by our armed forces or under development three are designed for a nuclear capability Since 1954 medium and longrange artillery firepower has...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 27 of Fiscal Year 1959 22 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE probe These efforts included 1 The firing before NASA became operational of one Vanguard and two Explorer satellites and one lunar probe 2 Project...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 28 of Fiscal Year 1959 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 23 SATELLITES AND SPACE PROBES Military Programs Fiscal Year 1959 Date Name Type Test Results Jul 26 1958 Aug 17 1958 Aug 24 1958 Sep 26 1958 Det 18...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 29 of Fiscal Year 1959 24 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AEPA has undertaken a number of longrange basic research projects investigating the feasibility of a nuclearpulsepropelled space vehicle the conversion of solar and nuclear...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 30 of Fiscal Year 1959 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 25 activities to improve the quality of nuclear weapons have been con tinued with emphasis on smaller devices for tactical use In the application of nuclear energy as a...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 31 of Fiscal Year 1959 26 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE A large portion of the Navys research and development funds was used in a vigorous attack on the many problems of antisubmarine warfare involving...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 32 of Fiscal Year 1959 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 27 the military services and representing operational experience in all the major commands of those services and 6 a civilian technical group representing all the physical sciences as well...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 33 of Fiscal Year 1959 28 IV The Defense Budget The financial plans of the Department of Defense have been de signed with but one objective in mindto provide adequate military strength for the deterrence of war...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 34 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE DEFENSE BUDGET 29 The Fiscal Year 1959 Budget In August 1958 the Congress approved 110 billion for the military functions of the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1959396 billion in...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 35 of Fiscal Year 1959 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE EXPENDITURES FOR MILITARY FUNCTIONS FISCAL YEARS 19511959 BILLIONS OF DOLLARS 437 Figure 8 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 36 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE DEFENSE BUDGET 31 ances also declined during fiscal year 1959from 321 billion to 316 billion The Fiscal Year 1960 Budget The financial plans for fiscal year 1960 developed by the Department...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 37 of Fiscal Year 1959 32 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE with practically all of the overall reduction having been made in the military construction appropriation Among the changes in the 1960 budget as originally...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 38 of Fiscal Year 1959 THE DEFENSE BUDGET 33 New guidance for the financial management of operation and main tenance functions in the Department of Defense was provided in a directive issued in May 1959 In accordance...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 39 of Fiscal Year 1959 34 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE fund charters totaled over 24 billion during the year Directives governing the operational and reporting procedures for industrial funds were revised during the year...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01
  • Image 40 of Fiscal Year 1959 35 V Management During fiscal year 1959 the Department of Defense Keorganization Act of 1958 approved on August 6 1958 was put into effect This reorganization represents another step in the constant...
    • Contributor: United States. Department of Defense
    • Date: 1959-01-01