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"On the Nose" - Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo Texas -- Precision route - finding is the forte of navigation cadets trained for the AAR at Hondo Army Air Field, Hondo, Tex. Aviation student Celestino S. Monclova, Brooklyn, N.Y., flashes a confident smile and the familiar "on the nose" signal used by the navigator's desk in a Lockheed Lodestar, powerful twin-engined training ship, Monclova is equipped after 18 wheels of strenuous ground and air instruction to guide the course of an Allied bomber to enemy targets anywhere on the globe. He will win his navigator's wings and AAF commission at the huge Texas airbase Feb 26 during military graduation ceremonies at the post theater.
