AIR FORCE STRENGTH.
Test in United States. Press Association—Copyright. Washington, April 11. * TJie War D, pari .men t has ordered th© concentration of 244 army combat planes in California in May to test llhe strength of the organisation. The personnel will include 430 officers and 2500 of other ranks. Th,e total of 144 planes represents he actual fighting strength. There are 1500 planes serviceable, but these include several hundred obsolescent types, draining planes and 100 assigned to reserve and not used by the regular Air Force unite. Military experts are upset by repouts from Europe and decline to state whether the United States is. l fifth or six’i in the air amu*?g the world Powers.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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115AIR FORCE STRENGTH. Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 405, 12 April 1937, Page 5
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