BRITAIN'S AIR FORCE
OVER 15 MILLIONS WILL BE SPENT THIS YEAR FRANCE’S FORCE IS THREE TIMES AS STRONG NEW MACHINES FDR ALL BRITISH SQUADRONS NUMBER OF RESERVE PILOTS INCREASED The British Parliament has agreed to the expenditure of £"15,809,000 this year on the Royal Air Force. France’s air force at present is three times stronger than Britain’s. In addition to the regular force, reserve pilots, who will number 725 this year, are being trained. The .Air Minister declared the Government to be as anxious as any other party for the reduction of armaments, and it would do so at the first opportunity v
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12075, 28 February 1925, Page 5
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103BRITAIN'S AIR FORCE New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12075, 28 February 1925, Page 5
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