EMPIRE DEFENCE
I IMPORTANCE OF AIR FORCE i ' RAPID REINFORCEMENT OF DISTANT AREAS. BECOMING A DEFINITE POSSIBILITY. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day. 9.5 a.m.) LONDON. June 27. The Secretary of State for Air. Sir Kingsley Wood, opening the annual conference of the Empire Press Union, said that plans for Empire air defence revealed an increase during the next two years in the number of permanent squadrons overseas, including general reconnaissance types, in order to protect vital trade interests. Volunteer reserve training facilities were also being established where R.A.F. units were already stationed. He added that.the rapid development in speed and range of modern aircraft might well revolutionise Empire defence, in the direction of the reinforcement of any part of it in a matter of hours. This rapidly was becoming a definite possibility. Unification of the Empire’s defence offered great hope for the future.
Sir Kingsley Wood expressed satisfaction that a large proportion of Empire raw materials was used in British aircraft production.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1939, Page 5
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163EMPIRE DEFENCE Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 June 1939, Page 5
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