SOVIET AIR FLEET GROWS
WORLD SUPREMACY THE AIM NEARLY 1000 ’PLANES. Published in "The Times." LONDON, September 18. The Riga correspondent of “Tho Times” says that the rapid strides which Soviet aviation is mating can he judged from the fact that the air fleet numbers 987 airplanes and seaplanes, of which 625 are for observation purposes, 296 are fighters, and 66 are bombers. The machines are organised into squadrons of twelve, and most of them are stationed in European Russia. The registered airmen number 1214. Great progress has also been made in the provision of airdromes, which are now scattered throughout the country, and are furnished with the most modern equipment. The Soviet makes no secret of its intention to create a fleet which will ultimately be the most powerful in the world.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12248, 21 September 1925, Page 6
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