Entering the "short course" the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Alabama, in September 1939, he graduated three months later and returned to Mitchel Field as officer in charge of the 9th Bomb Group Navigation School.
Efter genomgång av "korta kursen" den Air Corps Tactical School vid Maxwell Field, Alabama, i september 1939, återvände han tre månader senare till Mitchel Field som ansvarigt befäl för 9th Bomb Group Navigation School.