Word: wainright
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...United States can scarcely compete with French supremacy in the air. In his final report as Assistant Secretary of War, J. Mayhew Wainright stated that the Army Air Service is faced with a " serious condition of affairs." Our equipment manufactured in war-time has been practically used up. The amounts of money appropriated for the purchase of new aircraft are so small that within two years we shall have on hand less than one-half the number of aircraft necessary for normal peacetime work...