AMERICAN AIR FORCE
SHALL NAVY CONTROL IT? SPECIAL INQUIRY OPENS. iienter'e Telecram. WASHINGTON, September 22. Advocating the maintenance of the Navy and Air Service organisation in its present form before a special board appointed by President Coolidge to inquire into charges of inefficiency, Mr Curtis Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, said: “Air forces form an essential part of the fabric of the navy itself. ... If a vitally component part of the navy is under the direction and authority of an independent part of the service it removes from the naval commander that unity which has been proved essential to victory in battle.” The question of whether the air force should be controlled by the army authorities or the navy authorities has been strenuously and bitterly debated in the United States. In Bri-
tain the naval and military wings of tho air force were amalgamated in 1918, as the Royal Air Force, which is controlled by the Air Council.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12251, 24 September 1925, Page 4
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