Flight to the Starsl the 1934 Air Corps Alaskan Expedition‪.‬

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Officers who achieve flag rank are a small and select group. The interwar Air Corps officer corps was small and with the massive expansion of the air arm during World War II, a good number of these officers who served in the war pinned on stars. These men advanced to flag rank through a combination of ability, ambition, aggressiveness, connections, and luck, although being at the right place, at the right time certainly helped. In 1934 the Air Corps brought together a score of its officers, presumably their very best, for a special operation. This assessment of their ability was borne out by their further service, for within a decade, most were generals. This operation was the 1934 formation flight to Alaska.