Menoher returned to ground duties after the internal fight, but Pershing again declined to put Mitchell in command. Major General Mason Patrick would accept Mitchell's advice while reserving decisions to himself. When Mitchell tried to replace Moffett as the aviation voice at the naval conference, Patrick sent him on a European inspection tour covering its duration. Patrick brought engineering, construction, lines-of-communication work, and wartime Air Service experience to the appointment. He also learned to fly in 1922 at the age of fifty-nine.
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Mason Patrick restores command discipline after Project B
Mason Patrick asserted command authority over Mitchell and brought engineering and wartime Air Service experience to the task.