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RCÀAF Locks BQCk-As 1952 drF-ew tc, a close, ihe RCAF could !ook bock on a year of achievement and ex(panrsion. New operationcil s;quadrons were formied, new train*-ng-,tations c:ame into being, and new ajrcraft cand equipmenit w brought into use. Persoille' -stre-nqth ros5e from 29e552 of fhe, close of 1951 b acn estimatled 38,500 ati he nd of 1952, and for the firs- i time Canaidictn' fighter ýlane-s wecre based in Europe in Pepce-timne. The following picures give on indicatio.n of the activi4ties aind strength of thet RCAF. (1) The RCAIF coninued if-s search and rescue and mercy flight program~me, cand many I'wmanitarian flights were, carried out by air force c:rews, Here an RCAF he-licopter takes, aboard a sirk Patient., 'V A recent additïin t the RCAF "is the C-i 9 o "Fyin Bo-car" wichis nvauable for carrying heavy freiqht and equipm1enf. (3) The departure ofr3 qudo 'from Uplaind-s airport for Noth Luffenhact, Fngland, typifies tlhée etent of th ...F' omtmnscvrsaToFighte-r wvinqs are aliready based in .Europe, btuildinQ towrC ad d 2-Squadron air division oni the Continent. (4)ý The Miniister of Naionalý Defenice, Brooke Claxton, rigjhf, announced thott Air Marshal W. A. Curtis, Chief of the Air Staff, cenfre, will retire ai, fhe enrd' of Janiucry, 1953, ond will be -succeeded by Air Vice-Marshal C, R, Slemnon, left. (5) Symbolizing the importance of wom-en in the tdr RCAF, t1his pictureshw an airwoeiran directing a Salrm pilot tao a safe Iconding. (6> The mintenunce aýnd epninof an efficieýnt aýir forcecas for a vast constructio.n programme, including inew, barrocks, ru#nwaysý and hangars- sýuch cis this massive concrete s ýtrucfure. ()An-other important aspctî of Coada's coribubttion tIo NATO is týh# trajininig of aiir crews from ofher mnember ccountries ait RCAF stations. Formi1ng acaaraderie which bodes wt for the 'free world, two, rnch and foDainish sueî examine nvgto instruments during their Training in Canada. tam- dark. t lis ~Xtxcù~e~ws. SPour nto Butter hoc ý, ue g, kr sà oif - ii, INTELLIGENCE h.d~~otitb lta Qtb(.r threi- slt' tusegrnoe? id --Chlina -n 0cumrents IF cedtd ihbeing the retBriîtaJin's democratiegvennet -Tecorn Laws a -TheExclusion Ac,. Jnited tte(s iis 1sted ïbelc, Can YoU l. ,f tie- vote occur-s in the United Statc Senae, whjo ï is rittedc t, cast i.s vateL and brcak the 'e? -TePresident -Chefýý Justice of th uee Court -Th(, Vice Peiet -Thie Secret.ary of State, 6. Pppects are- operatedÔ by setn the handcs hinskle the dioil, Maronntts are opérated withL -Magl'etS -Weights -Strings -Lvs à. atch the f ollaing natonal Jsymbols ,to their priua on trie. Scre ours.elf 10 points-,for eachl correctl choice. E(B "iJohn P -Bull --Franjce C Unle eSam -Amrica (D), Co'ckadedat-usi Total or on s core of l0-20 is poor; 3»-60, aea~7-0 ANSERSTO îNTELLIGENCE TEST -,Ym.~(c)~OTA t coconut this gingerbread ~s a party dessert. * * * DDING and houj for !ive minutes. hot, 1Gr .a j-, decided our first W11,hat Shakespeare Really. Looked Like Whit at ay be ithie ol uh nt(Ye rIt Sa e .spcerf-, $erve r was suest raisis Warren au- ai-. w.ith