New Air Corps Chief takes oath of office. Maj. General James F. Fechet being sworn in as Chief of the Army Air Corps to succeed Maj. General Mason M. Patrick, retired. In the photograph, left to right; Maj. Charles P. Summerall, Chief of Staff. F. Trubee Davison, Assistant Secretary of War for Aviation; Lieut, Col. Joseph I. McMullen, a boyhood friend of General Fechet who administered the oath; and Maj. General Fechet