His point is the (apparent) lack of supply activities to the air force depots. No modern warfare would be waged without air support, so they _have_ to prepare o

His point is the (apparent) lack of supply activities to the air force depots. No modern warfare would be waged without air support, so they _have_ to prepare over there. Overall, a quite reasonable point to make. But you could hide it really really well, the information about these preparations could be known by lots of people and we, the readers simply be oblivious to it. Overall, I agree with the thesis, but not the conclusion.