Reviews the history of close air support since the introduction of aviation as a military tool in the United States in 1907.

Caption title. "29 August 1963."

Purpose -- Birth of military aviation -- Emergence of tactical air power -- Definition of close air support -- The issue -- Beginning of U.S. military aviation -- Emerging opinions -- Doctrine of the times -- CAS doctrine of the forties -- Post war doctrine -- National Security Act -- 1947 -- War in Korea -- Unofficial CAS working doctrine -- CONARC-TAC doctrine -- JCS CAS policy -- CINCSTRIKES approach to CAS -- Army study of CAS continued.