General Mitchell's USAF Core Values

POSITION PAPER

ON

GENERAL "BILLY" MITCHELL

1.This paper addresses the demonstration of General "Billy"

Mitchell's USAF core values of service before self and

integrity. General Mitchell displayed these core values in

the face of adversity. He was one of the few airmen who

knew the potential of the airplane and fought for his

beliefs, even at the cost of his own career.

2.General Mitchell exhibited great courage and placed his

service before himself during interservice rivalries

following World War I. Even though he knew that his views

would be greatly opposed, views that the Navy was obsolete,

the Army was not fully effective without an "air force",

and that the air service was an offensive force equal to

the other services,