> >The first U. S. anti-aircraft defense area is set up at Mitchell Field, >New York. > The correct spelling is Mitchel Field, with only one l. The field, located in Hicksville, Long Island, New York, was not named for 1930s airpower advocate BGen William "Billy" Mitchell. Rather, the field predates the famous general and was, among other things, the site of the Pulitzer Air Races in the 1920s. Joe Trnka Aerospace Historian [log in to unmask]