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AIR WAR IN THE PACIFIC … ( I ) Introduction … Our victory over Japan and its effect on the future of airpower ….. ( II ) The Jap Air Force … An analysis of the decline and fall of Nippon’s air strength ….. ( III ) Withdrawal … The dark road of retreat to the gates of India and Australia ….. ( IV ) Stalemate … Turning the tide with new techniques in use of airpower ….. ( V ) Advance … How the Army Air Forces led the way in our march toward Japan ….. ( VI ) Knockout … Our Superfortresses and their blows against the Jap home islands ….. ( VII ) Chronology … Major events in the Pacific from Pearl Harbor to victory