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Usaf Gets $10.9 Billion for 1955
Congress has approved $10.9 billion for the Air Force during fiscal 1955, biggest slice of the new $28.8-billion defense budget. Navy was voted $9.7 billion and Army $7.6 billion. USAF’s appropriation for fiscal 1954, which started July 1, is $272 million less than the $11.2 billion asked by the Administration and $240 million lower than the $11.1 billion appropriated for last year.