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xviii. CHAPTER XIV. An Independent Combatant Air Fleet and its Duties.

Tactical Importance of Altitude.

Formation Flying—Airmanship and Signalling.

The " V " Formation and its Value.

Aircraft Bases at High Altitude.

CHAPTER XV. The Command of the Air and its Limitations.

Belligerent Aircraft and the Rights and Obligations of Neutrals.

Other International Questions Relating to Aircraft.

Aircraft in Neutral Territory.

CHAPTER XVI. Present Day Position—The Fourth Arm in Peace Time.

The Flight Ground Question—Depreciation and Obsolescence.

British Ascendancy in the Air.

Causes which have Contributed to British Ascendancy.

The Advisory Committee for Aeronautics.

The Royal Aircraft Factory.

CHAPTER XVII. The Maintenance of British Supremacy.

Government versus Private Manufacture.

Continuity of Policy—A Scheme of Control.

A Board of Aeronautics Advocated.

CHAPTER XVIII. Retrospect—The Scope and Limitations of the Work.

Supplementary Notes on the N-Square Law.

Air Raids and the Value of Numbers.

A Further Note on Aircraft and Submarine.

The Strategic Employment of Aircraft on a Large Scale.

CHAPTER XIX. Air Raids—Some Questions of National Defence.

Power of Aggression as Affected by Radius of Action.

Air Raids as Affecting the Naval Outlook.

Aeronautical and Naval Defence Indissolubly Associated.

Future of Air Power: Essentially a National Question.

Categorical Statement of Recommendations for Future Policy.