AIR FORCE EXPANSION
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Received- Mcmday, 9.30 a.m. WASHINGTON, May 2. Congregg ig- expected to ' approve the e^pansien of the Air Force to 70 groupg of 12,441 operatiohai airCraft and 502,000 meil. The Air F'jrce's rrtaximum strength in.warlime was 270 groups with -,50,000 planes of all types, inclndihg a larger number of transport planes, and 2,411,000 men, The Senate Appropriations Com-^ mittee approved on April 29 the provision Of 3,198,000,000 dollars to modernise the Air Force 's existing equipment of 55 grortps and to expafid the- establishment to 70 groups by 1050, when the yearly cost of maihtaining that strength will be about 7,500,000,000 dollars.
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1948, Page 5
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115AIR FORCE EXPANSION Chronicle (Levin), 3 May 1948, Page 5
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