Cika wannan jumla: Duk da kare dakarun da ke kai hare-haren bam daga bukatun wasu ayyuka da abokan kawance, Arnold ya tilasta ya karkatar da albarkatun daga na takwas don tallafawa
Ayyuka a Arewacin Afirka, suna gurgunta na takwas a cikin jariri kuma kusan kashe shi. Eaker (yanzu kwamandan Rundunar Sojojin Sama ta Takwas) ya gano daga gogewa cewa ka'idar kafin yakin bam din da aka yi a rana, wanda aka bunkasa a Makarantar Air Corps Tactical a matsayin tushe don raba Rundunar Sojan Sama daga Sojojin, ba daidai ba ne a cikin ka'idar cewa 'yan kunar bakin wake masu dauke da makamai za su iya kaiwa kowane manufa ba tare da goyon bayan mayakan da ke da nisa ba. A farkon 1943 ya fara neman karin mayakan da tankunan mai da za a iya jefawa don kara girman su, ban da buƙatun da aka yi akai-akai don kara girman ƙaramar rundunarsa.