Pasinei nokudzivirira simba rake rokurwisa mabhomba kubva kuzvinodiwa nemamwe masangano nehama, Arnold akamanikidzwa kutsausa zviwanikwa kubva kuEighth kuti atsigire mabasa muNorth Africa
, achikuvadza yeChisere ichiri muduku uye achida kuiuraya. Eaker (zvino mutungamiri weEighth Air Force) akawana kubva pane zvakaitika kuti dzidziso yepamberi pehondo yekurwisa mabhomba masikati, yakagadzirwa paAir Corps Tactical School sehwaro hwekuparadzanisa Mauto Emhepo kubva kuHondo, yakanga yakanganisa musimboti wayo wekuti mabhomba ane zvombo zvakakomba aigona kusvika chero chinangwa pasina rutsigiro rwevarwi vakareba. Pakuvamba muna 1943 akatanga kukumbira dzimwe ndege dzehondo nematanki emafuta anoraswa kuti awedzere nzvimbo dzawo, mukuwedzera kune zvikumbiro zvinodzokororwa zvokuwedzera ukuru hweuto rake duku rokurwisa mabhomba.