AIR DEFENCE IN U.S.A.
TEST OF.STRENGTH
V; WASHINGTON, April 10, The Department of War. has ordered the. concentration .of 244 army combat aeroplanes in .California, during the month of May to test tlie strength of : the organisation. The personnel will include .430 offipers ; . and 2500 other i ranks.. "■ ■■ .'■■.■■'■"'. ■ •■ •. ■, '..■.. ■' \
The total of 244 machines represents ;the actual fighting strength. There are 1500 serviceable 'planes,! but these include several hundred obsolescent types of training 'planes and 100 assigned to the reserve arid not used by the regular :air force units. ■- ~
Military experts are,,, upset by; reports from Europe, and decline to state whether the United States is fifth or /sixth ; among the world Powers.': ' "■' '■■;'.. ' : '■'■ ■-..'■:-'" "
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIII, Issue 85, 12 April 1937, Page 9
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