Navy to pursue carrier fleet expansion in fiscal 1960
Deputy Admiral Combs told a congressional subcommittee the Navy plans to keep carrier fleets in service and aims to fight for a carrier in fiscal 1960 starting July 1 1969. He noted the force will not rely on nuclear driven mobile air bases and warned against overinterpreting the Navy’s needs. Khrushchev praised Americans while predicting the USSR would soon lead, during a Hungary tour drawing a large crowd on a farm near Cegled southeast of Budapest.