BIGGER AIR FORCE
SOUTH AFRICAN PLAN
EQUALITY WITH SMALLER POWERS
FIVE-YEAR PERIOD
United Press Association—By Electric Tola-
graph—Copyright,
(Received October 30, 9 a.m.)
LONDON, October 29.
The Johannesburg correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" says that the Union Government is embarking on a five-years* Air Force expansion plan, aiming to make South Africa equal in the air to any second-rate Power.
The programme visualises 250 new machines, 3000 air mechanics, and 1000 pilots, including a permanent force and reserves.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 105, 30 October 1935, Page 11
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