‘THE AIR FORDE USELESS’
AUSTRALIA’S INEFFICIENCY SIR JOHN SALMOND'S REPORT THE MACHINES OBSOLETE By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Oct. 7, 5.5 p.m. Sydney, Oct. 7. "The Australian Air Force is useless for war owing to obsolete machines, ths absence of reserve equipment and the low standard of training among operative units,” says Sir John Salmond's report on the force. “Replacement of equipment is overdue.” Recommendations are submitted for the development of the air force, the cost of which will be £1,139,009 per annum, compared -with £531,000 at present.
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Taranaki Daily News, 8 October 1928, Page 9
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