U.S. AIR FORCE
PRESIDENT* OPPOSES 70 I GROUPS (Rec. 10.30) WASHINGTON, June 22. President Truman - to-day declared that the United States could not afford a 70-group air force. He said he was opposed to an air force for which the nation could not pay. President Truman has ordered the air force to be kept down to its pi esent strength of 48 groups. The Congressional Drafting Committee has agreed on a Bill authorising 70 groups as the ceiling. However, the actaul size of the air force eventually will depend on the amount of money voted by Congress. A group varies with the types of planes, ranging from 30 bombers to 75 fighters.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 70, Issue 212, 23 June 1950, Page 3
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