Sentence examples for air strength from inspiring English sources
The Pearl Harbor attack severely crippled U.S. naval and air strength in the Pacific.
Analysts said the tensions in the South China Sea were one factor accelerating Beijing's efforts to build up its naval and air strength.
But in the spring of 1944 the Japanese air strength was still further depleted, and, moreover, on March 31 the sponsor of the plan, Admiral Koga Mineichi (Yamamoto's successor), and his staff were killed in an air disaster.
Allied air strength, September 1939 aircraft British French Polish bombers 536 463 200 fighters 608 634 300 reconnaissance 96 444 — coastal command 216 — — fleet air arm 204 194 — Great Britain, which was held back by delays in the rearmament program, was producing one modern fighter in 1939, the Hurricane.
By 13 August, German air strength had reached acceptable levels.
By 12 August, German air strength had reached acceptable levels.
However, the British defence was that the Middle East and the Soviet Union had all received higher priorities in the allocation of men and material, so the desired air force strength of 300 to 500 aircraft was never reached, and whereas the Japanese invaded with over two hundred tanks, the British Army in Malaya did not have a single one.
As with ships, arguing that an air force's strength is based on numbers only becomes relevant when the capability of individual aircraft types is understood.
Ranked flying officer (honorary flight lieutenant), he was one of the original 21 officers on the air force's strength at its formation that March.
The army has a total of 850,000 soldiers, while the navy and air force have a strength of 235,000 and 398,000, China said in its defence white paper.
