The Archive · 1935

U.S. FIFTH IN AIR STRENGTH

New York. June 14.

Figures showing that the United States is a poor fifth in its dattleplane strength among the seven major air powers of the world were made public by the " Aeronautical Chamber of Commerce to-day The table, showing comparative war-plane strength, gives France first place with 3,600 ships and Soviet Russia second with 3,000.

The United Siates followed both Great Britain and Tay with only 2,080 war-planes, and, of these, the Report says that only 1,600 modern fast fighting ships could be mobilized in an emergeney—United Press.

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