BRITISH AIR FORGE
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LONDON, July 24,
The ‘Pall Mall Gazette’ states that the Air Ministry has decoded to extend the Air Force by the establishment of a territorial reserve force of pilots and mechanics, which will ensure a largo supply of men skilled iu flying up-to-date machines. This reserve will place Britain in an unrivalled position in the event of another war. The Ministry is granting 2,500 commissions, with an ago limit of twenty-five years and a term of service of four years. In addition to pay while training, the men will have an annual grant of E3O. Six thousand mechanics will also lie recruited. The ‘ Pall Mall Gazette ’ adds that no country in the world has such an air reserve. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Evening Star, Issue 18030, 26 July 1922, Page 4
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