FM 1-75 Army Air Forces Field Manual, Combat Orders. 1942-06-16.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I. General. Paragraph Page Purpose 1 1 Scope 2 1 Responsibility of commander 3 1 Steps involved in military action 4 1 Assistance by staff 5 3 II. Some fundamental principles governing employment of air units. General 6 4 Air force mission 7 4 Employment of offensive force 8 4 Employment of defensive force 9 6 Air support of ground force units. 10 9 III. Air estimate of situation, decision, and plan. General 11 10 Outline for offensive estimate of situation 12 11 Outline for defensive estimate of situation 13 12 Notes on preparation of estimate. 14 14 Decision 15 15 Plan 16 15 IV. Combat orders, general. Definition 17 16 Classification 18 17 Details covered 19 17 Period covered 20 17 V. Field order. Definition 21 17 Scope 22 17 Preparation 23 17 Amount of detail 24 18 Independent authority of subordinates 25 18 Formulating order 26 18 Details of technique 27 18 VI. Formal written field order. General 28 22 Preparation 29 23 Annexes 30 30 VII. Method of issuing orders. Selection of method 31 32 Fragmentary field orders 32 32 Oral and dictated field orders 33 33 VIII. Transmission of orders by teletype. Necessity for teletype method 34 34 General principles 35 35 Technique of preparation 36 35 Application to other type orders 37 36 Section IX. Administrative order. Paragraph Page Definition 38 36 Object 39 37 Staff section charged with preparation 40 37 Basis 41 37 How issued 42 37 When issued 43 37 Amount of detail 44 38 Technique 45 38 Form for complete written orders 46 38 X. Other types of combat orders. General 47 41 Letters of instruction 48 41 Warning orders 49 41 Movement orders 50 42 Supervision 51 42 Appendix I. Abbreviations 43 II. Distribution list 48 RESTRICTED Digitized by AHEC (U.S. Army Heritage Collections) http://www.carlisle.army.mil/ahec/


Rescinded: DA Cir. 8, Sect. IX, 2 F. '53

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