STRENGTH OF N.Z. FORCES
FINAL DECISION NOT YET POSSIBLE (P.A.) WELLINGTON, June 11. The liaison scheme outlined in the London message on the size of New Zealand’s standing forces was a clear presentation of that which had been adopted for some time, said the Chief of the Air Staff (Air Vice-Marshal A. de T. Nevill). It would be improved whenever and wherever possible. A final decision on the strength of the forces in New Zealand was not possible until the United Nations and British Commonwealth policies were more fully decided. Because publicity had been given modern trends in equipment, it did not follow that large amounts of it would immediately be available for first-line troops. Research and development went on constantly, but on a small scale. It was a long step from the first flight of a prototype aircraft until the model was coming off the production lines. Though all interceptor fighters would probably be jet aircraft, other types of aircraft in use by the Air Force would be for some time much the same as those coming into production at the end of the war.
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Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24899, 12 June 1946, Page 8
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186STRENGTH OF N.Z. FORCES Press, Volume LXXXII, Issue 24899, 12 June 1946, Page 8
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