Description
This study analyzes the career of General Earle Everard "Pat" Partridge, USAF, with a fo-cus on the airpower lessons that inspired his craftsmanship of the first air campaign of the United States Air Force. The author separates Partridge's career into three sequential periods: com-pany grade operational experiences; field grade instructional and doctrinal studies; and finally Partridge's flag grade leadership and innovation.