Us Official Photographs

Fighter Pilots At Caribbean Air Base

ALERT ROOM AT A CARIBBEAN AIR BASE (L TO R): Major J.B. Henry, Jr., Charlotte, Texas (near San Antonio), squadron commander; Captain G. E. Duncan, Houston, Texas; Lt. W.S. Borders, Brownwood, Texas; and Lt. M. C. Addison, Lubbeck, Texas. Fighter pilots -- all boys from the Lone Star State, rush from alert shack to their waiting airplanes at the sound of an alarm. Shacks such as these, pro-vided with ping-pong and card tables, radios, bunks, and refrigerators for soft drinks, are constructed under the jungle growth out of sight. Their proxi-mity to the revetments in which fighter aircraft are concealed ensures against loss of time in taking off when alarms are sounded, yet provides ample protection from weather and insects. HAND