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Show Commerce Aircraft Program Planned A defense-commerce program providing pro-viding for use of commercial four-engined four-engined aircraft to meet needs of the military in time of national emergency while also maintaining essential civil air routes has recently recent-ly been approved. Under the agreement, agree-ment, the use of four-engined aircraft air-craft would be extended to the military mili-tary without disrupting essential commercial air routes and services. The program calls for the use of several hundred aircraft and crews from the commercial four-engined fleet, to be available on 48 hours notice. Under this program a sound balance would be maintained between be-tween essential civilian and strategic strate-gic military air transport requirements. require-ments. A restricted surface area in the Atlantic off Cape Cod has been established es-tablished by the Army to serve as an anti-aircraft artillery range. |