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- in 1991. The treaty states that no military aircraft would fly anywhere ... They further added that Pakistani military aircraft had violated Indian ...17 KB (2,490 words) - 06:07, 21 August 2023
- A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, ... assisted takeoffs are used for some military aircraft. SpaceShipOne is the ...20 KB (3,021 words) - 07:09, 16 June 2023
- largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... design work himself, particularly on the aircraft engines that the company ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 22:33, 29 January 2023
- companies but later died piloting an aircraft of his own design. ... combustion engine that were later used in aircraft engines. ...9 KB (1,284 words) - 17:16, 13 February 2024
- largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... may have influenced Royce to turn to aircraft engine design) and broke ...12 KB (1,728 words) - 02:47, 16 December 2022
- targets, usually as part of a larger military, terrorist, or riot strategy. ... &sig=mCN924uCybWfcThJuN2nRryGtNg Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An ...13 KB (2,042 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- usually refers to the point at which an aircraft moves from transonic to ... The tip of the propeller on many early aircraft could reach supersonic ...16 KB (2,554 words) - 15:12, 27 April 2023
- the propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine though ... The twisted airfoil (aerofoil) shape of modern aircraft propellers ...19 KB (3,022 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- With muzzle loading guns and some large military guns, there is no casing ... Large-caliber military guns often fire explosive-filled projectiles ...18 KB (2,918 words) - 17:14, 26 July 2023
- or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically ... flight deck crew in both civil and military aircraft. Engineering flight ...23 KB (3,448 words) - 17:38, 28 March 2024
- to gather information on their rival’s military capability in an effort ... Powers’s aircraft was badly damaged, and crashed near Sverdlovsk ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 01:20, 3 May 2023
- exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies ... in the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts ...15 KB (2,112 words) - 18:25, 19 August 2023
- and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners, ... destroyer and the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. ...13 KB (1,801 words) - 14:17, 27 January 2023
- An airport is a facility where aircraft, such as airplanes and helicopters, can take off and land. A military airport is known as an airbase ...33 KB (5,029 words) - 20:47, 27 October 2023
- In 1995, SAAB Military Aircraft and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems ... 45 percent of export airframes. SAAB Military Aircraft is responsible for ...20 KB (2,871 words) - 20:36, 17 April 2023
- most prevalent forms of hijacking are of aircraft and automobiles. The motivations ... apply to customs, law enforcement, or military aircraft. Thus its scope appears ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world ... Stringfellow steam engine intended for aircraft was accessioned into the ...18 KB (2,632 words) - 01:35, 11 November 2022
- automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, and aircraft. Business operations deal ... * Air transport involves moving peoples or materials via aircraft. ...28 KB (4,136 words) - 02:08, 2 May 2023
- by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the ... are available to all users: Private, military, and commercial. In areas ...41 KB (6,292 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- it may be used to detect metal fatigue in aircraft and explosives at airports ... * It can be used in the radiography of aircraft to detect metal fatigue. ...11 KB (1,466 words) - 18:27, 25 November 2023
- jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting technology ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...19 KB (3,068 words) - 22:48, 29 January 2023
- help ferrying troops to Taiwan during a military expedition in 1874. ... In the early 1930s, an attempt by the military clique to break the ...11 KB (1,482 words) - 05:20, 13 June 2023
- the first woman to fly a fixed-wing, jet aircraft across the Atlantic and ... became the first American women to fly military aircraft. ...19 KB (3,058 words) - 08:12, 18 March 2024
- and yaw attitude angles in a spacecraft or aircraft. The center of ... 1910, and other nations soon realized the military importance of the invention—in ...15 KB (2,368 words) - 08:50, 29 July 2023
- famously warned the U.S. about the "military–industrial complex" ... The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ...14 KB (2,001 words) - 16:24, 13 September 2023
- Center of gravity|the military concept|Center of gravity (military) ... The center of mass is an important point on an aircraft, which significantly ...21 KB (3,514 words) - 23:50, 3 December 2023
- There are three main types of balloon aircraft: balloon. They are the most common type of balloon aircraft. ...27 KB (4,279 words) - 05:57, 26 August 2023
- Gliders or Sailplanes are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended ... A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ...22 KB (3,495 words) - 08:00, 24 January 2023
- school at Schweidnitz, Richthofen began military training at age 11. ... he managed to shoot down a French Farman aircraft with his observer's ...33 KB (4,981 words) - 17:23, 7 December 2023
- Employed by the military, his interest was to move cannon more rapidly ... departement of Meuse) France. He first trained as a military ...6 KB (974 words) - 23:34, 14 November 2022
- smoke; heating saunas and de-icing aircraft wings; short-range communications; ... Historically, thermography has been extensively used by military and ...10 KB (1,429 words) - 19:21, 5 March 2024
- 知久平, 1884-1949), as "The Aircraft Research Laboratory" ... 1, 1884-October 10, 1949), a Japanese military officer, engineer, and politician ...19 KB (2,695 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- viewer which differs. In the case of an aircraft wing, pressure regions turn ... the 1940s, they are now only found on military aircraft such as the Grumman ...23 KB (3,705 words) - 22:06, 25 November 2022
- a pilot training program with Nebraska Aircraft. He bought his own plane ... …Germany was now able to produce military aircraft faster than any European ...26 KB (3,945 words) - 21:30, 4 December 2023
- From March 1967 until July 1972, the U.S. military's Operation ... An attempt by the United States military to modify hurricanes in the ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 22:12, 7 January 2024
- An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and, in most cases ... of the steadily increasing size of military aircraft over the years. ...53 KB (8,096 words) - 07:01, 16 June 2023
- the native peoples, but the European military forces remained strongly ... and is still on-going in other aspects of military technology. ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- A helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or ... Compared to fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are much more maneuverable ...42 KB (6,643 words) - 23:04, 3 February 2022
- " was sold to the expanding aircraft industry to coat the fabric ... with acetate "dope" for military aircraft. In November 1914 ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 01:40, 13 January 2023
- The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... United Nations, South Korea established a military force mainly with police ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- Easter Rising. Shute attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich but because ... afterwards and in 1931 founded the aircraft construction company Airspeed ...19 KB (3,017 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- commander, and in 1916 he was appointed military governor. In 1918, he became ... by 1924 he had established himself as a military dictator in Peking. In 1927 ...11 KB (1,688 words) - 05:58, 13 June 2023
- University of Jerusalem to become the military leader of the first special ... Nasser from becoming another expansionist military threat. Eden had also been ...23 KB (3,489 words) - 21:32, 26 February 2023
- are usually "inherently safe." Aircraft "failures" are ... such as commercial airliners, military aircraft, munitions and complex ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 20:39, 17 April 2023
- than 40 anthropometric surveys of U.S. military personnel were conducted ... Anthropometric studies are used in the design of modern aircraft, ...14 KB (1,919 words) - 06:17, 31 July 2023
- of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, ... well suited to the detection of aircraft and ships. Radar absorbing ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- English military engineer Benjamin Robins (1707-1751) invented a whirling ... for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. It is important to note ...11 KB (1,529 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... does not replace the traditional black military Iron Cross, which can be ...23 KB (3,657 words) - 13:20, 6 March 2024
- on developing the Hovercraft further for military use. Dr. W. Bertelsen also ... on the secret list as being of possible military use and therefore restricted ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 19:24, 7 February 2024
- Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth ... Most militaries maintain a military intelligence corps with specialized ...18 KB (2,595 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- such as a drag racer, a fixed-wing aircraft, or a spacecraft during ... type, which he held in his arms as he left the aircraft. ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- or freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these ... Many decided to take their war-surplus aircraft on barnstorming campaigns ...33 KB (4,986 words) - 07:02, 16 June 2023
- has for the most part been exclusive to military use. The island was of strategic ... the United States Navy constructed a military base on the atoll. On August ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 2023
- as well as political corruption and military coups during the first two ... a dark blue line extending across the aircraft along the windows and covering ...23 KB (3,204 words) - 17:42, 31 October 2023
- American businessman, movie producer, aircraft inventor, mine owner and ... Hughes was a lifelong aircraft enthusiast, pilot, and self-taught ...29 KB (4,496 words) - 19:27, 7 February 2024
- study architecture. In 1921, he began his military service in the 2nd Regiment ... postal flight in the days when aircraft had few instruments and ...18 KB (2,919 words) - 06:45, 31 July 2023
- long, as large as today's largest aircraft carriers and would dwarf ... border, and was thus an area of military interest. The film was given ...13 KB (1,990 words) - 17:03, 10 November 2022
- and Stanley using Grumman HU-16 Albatross aircraft. Fokker F27 and continued with Fokker F28 aircraft twice a week until 1982 ...25 KB (3,561 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- His first experience with the military was as a teen at the Citizens ... a test pilot and flew many types of aircraft, including experimental ...37 KB (5,256 words) - 21:56, 10 December 2023
- English military engineer Laval (1707-1751) invented a whirling arm ... pilots for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. ...7 KB (963 words) - 23:56, 3 December 2023
- power. Japan was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore ... of the Mortar Platoon and the Anti-Aircraft Platoon, with the Bren Gun ...11 KB (1,690 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- American, and South Vietnamese military forces—fighting directly ... To disrupt these operations without direct military involvement, the ...23 KB (3,523 words) - 06:54, 4 March 2023
- and television broadcasting, ship and aircraft navigation systems, cellular ... was formed. The FCC licenses all non-military communication in the United ...35 KB (5,160 words) - 22:45, 7 December 2022
- resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's ... to deploy 45 fighter and 60 bomber aircraft to Guadalcanal once the ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- 13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader who was instrumental ... in 1925, and matriculated at Whampoa Military Academy. While at Whampoa ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- east). Tribal tensions increased after a military coup in 1966 which resulted ... Claims of electoral fraud were the ostensible reason for a military ...31 KB (4,828 words) - 22:13, 28 November 2023
- Anti-tank warfare refers to any method of combating military armored ... remains in service with the Russian military today, though the other ...26 KB (4,166 words) - 06:22, 31 July 2023
- at the University of California School of Military Aeronautics at Rockwell ... (MIT). In March 1924, he conducted aircraft acceleration tests at McCook ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- of Hawaii) and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser ... html A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: Battle of Midway ...42 KB (6,566 words) - 10:16, 22 September 2023
- The first use of kamikaze aircraft was during this battle. A kamikaze ... which the Allies destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers and approximately ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- out. Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and to terrorize ... of those who designed and built the aircraft and the eventual superiority ...41 KB (6,464 words) - 11:35, 20 September 2023
- the Argentine Navy corvette ARA Guerrico. Military occupation of the Falklands ... scale civil unrest against the repressive military junta that was governing ...43 KB (6,819 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- While the geography of Japan was fixed, the U.S. military planners ... not only by the available organized military forces of the Empire, but ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- were inevitable. Even when only military objectives are targeted ... Early in 1945, the Allies' political-military leadership started ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- GE Aviation, is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world. ... a direct effect on the company's Aircraft Engines sector. ...27 KB (3,816 words) - 06:43, 18 April 2024
- attackers. At the same time, Allied aircraft operating from Henderson ... Field by Allied forces. The Allied aircraft that subsequently operated ...46 KB (6,816 words) - 11:29, 20 September 2023
- strong steps to discourage an Italian military buildup. Italy soon began ... one-quarter of this army had any kind of military training and the men were ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- preceded a major upgrade of Cuban military defense. ==U.S. nuclear ... was a necessary response to desperate military situations. The Soviets ...24 KB (3,635 words) - 06:42, 11 January 2024
- and various military accounts [http://maic.jmu.edu/JOURNAL/5.1/Profiles/NKorea/nkorea ... meeting including, until March 1991, military negotiations between North ...29 KB (4,546 words) - 06:45, 27 February 2023
- An airship or dirigible is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...40 KB (6,108 words) - 07:11, 16 June 2023
- as attention and glory were focused on military leaders along with Hermann ... of MI6, felt that Hess might have useful military intelligence. ...23 KB (3,538 words) - 17:39, 22 December 2022
- than gasoline are the main reasons for military use of diesel in armored ... The first diesel-powered flight of a fixed wing aircraft took place ...30 KB (4,446 words) - 14:28, 29 January 2024
- as a known object (for example an aircraft or weather balloon), it ... certain reports are ruled out as manned aircraft. Some have reported that ...29 KB (4,399 words) - 01:37, 3 May 2023
- character and a profound respect for US military power. In December, 1936 ... D.C had given him an understanding of the military and material resources available ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- of the Soviet empire, as other military engagements have helped ... Russian military involvement in Afghanistan has a long history, going ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the control ... as hostile. The crew members of the AWACS aircraft were blamed for their inaction ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- General of State Security, a highest military-like rank within the Soviet ... took control of production of armaments, aircraft, and aircraft engines. This ...19 KB (2,858 words) - 17:56, 25 October 2022
- is considered one of the most successful military operations of modern times. ... a joint Central Intelligence Agency–military intelligence reconnaissance ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- Category:Military An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- Although playing a major military role in its own right, the Smolensk ... of swamps and forests that restricted military movement. Its most important ...33 KB (4,843 words) - 19:49, 13 February 2023
- the use of remote control technology for military purposes, and one result ... of wire wound on a spool on the boat. An aircraft was used to signal directions ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft that obtains thrust by ... experts as mercenaries for the Mongol military. Reports of the Battle of ...39 KB (5,911 words) - 02:27, 16 December 2022
- reliable. Remote viewers allegedly located lost aircraft, reported information on enemy submarine specs, and located SCUD missiles. ...14 KB (1,983 words) - 07:21, 14 January 2023
- time of independence ZIPRA had a modern military stationed in Zambia and ... Kariba 15 minutes after the doomed aircraft. No one has been brought ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- a strict Catholic upbringing. He entered military school at 16 and made somewhat ... Hungary, Albania and Yugoslavia as a military observer, during which time ...17 KB (2,658 words) - 20:34, 4 October 2022
- particularly in the US. Many new types of military sonar were developed. These ... using digital correlation techniques. Military sonars often have multiple ...46 KB (7,281 words) - 01:12, 4 February 2023
- The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the United ... 40 B5Ns, and 43 A6Ms (a total of 183 aircraft), launched north of Oahu ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- " and learned to fly a light aircraft, a hobby that would take ... arms. This policy antagonized the Soviet military establishment and contributed ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established by ... United States to transfer two hundred military aircraft out of France and return ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- to reduce Tu-22M production to thirty aircraft per year and not to give ... any leftward shift in the region with military coups. For much of the ...15 KB (2,257 words) - 10:05, 29 January 2024
- Islands in February 1944 the Japanese military leadership reappraised the ... coastal artillery guns, 12 heavy anti-aircraft guns, and 30 25mm dual-mount ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- August 17, 1988) was the president and military ruler of Pakistan from July ... in Pakistan, contributing to a pattern of military intervention and the suspension ...33 KB (4,947 words) - 01:49, 11 March 2023
- as did those collected by the military and civilian surveys in ... space exploration, and houses such famous aircraft as The Spirit of St. Louis ...22 KB (3,235 words) - 21:18, 30 January 2023
- thousand soldiers and a handful of French military advisors with their leader ... with modernization of industry and the military, to establish Japan as a ...62 KB (9,133 words) - 16:43, 12 February 2024
- was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties ... . Part of the German military philosophy was to attack where least ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- enemy. America provided the Shah with military and economic aid, while ... Ajax, helping the Shah and the Iranian military to remove Mossadegh in what ...27 KB (3,935 words) - 13:01, 6 March 2024
- of the North and South became common. UN military observers were assigned ... people of Korea and might lead to open military conflict there, ...16 KB (2,534 words) - 11:49, 3 May 2023
- The present main source of scandium metal is from military stockpiles ... widely used, with tons of it used in some military aircraft. ...12 KB (1,615 words) - 17:06, 25 January 2023
- referred to “a constructor of military engines.” J.A. Simpson, ... through development of World War I military aircraft. Meanwhile, research ...41 KB (5,793 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- in November 1918 began to work at Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto. By ... Aid Detachment nurse at the Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in ...24 KB (3,751 words) - 02:50, 24 July 2023
- During the Second Boer War (1899–1902), the British military, fearing ... . The airbase was used by the U.S. military as a stopping point for ...33 KB (4,923 words) - 20:47, 17 April 2023
- movements. Some of these were led by military dictators friendly to perceived ... with British intelligence, of a Soviet military spy inside the GRU military ...26 KB (3,792 words) - 23:54, 3 December 2023
- The war started with military uprisings throughout Spain and its colonies. ... cut the army's budget and closed the military academy when he was war ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- of Cuba and Mozambique offered direct military assistance to the Patriotic ... actively supported ZAPU. North Korean military officials taught Zimbabwean ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- played 19 seasons, twice interrupted by military service as a Marine Corps ... of his career, almost five years in the military during World War II and ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 21:15, 28 October 2022
- human rights violations, its dramatic military build-up, and hostility ... underestimated the extent of American military response. ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability ... given Navarre a single order—to create military conditions that would lead ...46 KB (7,166 words) - 11:39, 20 September 2023
- ranges) as well as specialized anti-tank aircraft such as attack helicopters ... Tank chassis were adapted to a wide range of military jobs, including ...57 KB (9,115 words) - 04:01, 27 February 2023
- device that converted force into motion. Military devices such as catapults ... aero engines (for propeller-driven aircraft) and engines used by automobile ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- reconnaissance operation in U.S. military history. He retired as lieutenant ... find himself trying to reenlist in the military at the age of 61 as America ...20 KB (3,055 words) - 23:52, 12 February 2024
- has a mild Mediterranean climate and 16 military facilities hosting the United ... established the Presidio of San Diego (a military post) overlooking Old Town ...27 KB (3,961 words) - 16:26, 31 October 2023
- He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about ... to the French, in return for crucial military assistance. ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- oil rich state allied with the West, military action followed immediately. ... had crippled Iran's once mighty military. The bulk of the Iranian ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- [[Image:ANT-20.jpg|thumb|left|"Maxim Gorky" propaganda aircraft ... used transportation such as trains, aircraft, and other means. Josef ...32 KB (4,797 words) - 01:18, 12 April 2023
- Category:Military Category:Public matured over time from the intimidating military maneuvers of the Mongols ...20 KB (3,129 words) - 23:30, 2 December 2022
- Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial ... this front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- as the deciding factor at sea by aircraft carriers. The term "battleship ... and Gneisenau surprising and sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious off ...59 KB (9,033 words) - 22:12, 16 January 2022
- 12, 1999, a coup d'etat by the military placed army chief Pervez ... the remaining areas, including strategic military posts, also passed into ...55 KB (8,309 words) - 08:36, 28 February 2023
- the clandestine preparations and the military operation itself lasted ... Hitler considered himself a political and military genius. In the course of ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- Geoffrey Regan, The Guinness Book of More Military Blunders (London: Guinness ... the RFC fielded ten squadrons and 185 aircraft against 129 German. The ...54 KB (8,491 words) - 02:44, 26 September 2023
- Military turbofans (fans fitted to a combat aircraft) usually have ... Sabre 75/80 version of the Sabreliner aircraft, as well as the Dassault ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- even painted three of their Boeing 737 aircraft in Shamu colors as an advertisement ... to rescuing lost or trapped humans. Such military dolphins, however, drew ...28 KB (4,061 words) - 16:40, 29 January 2024
- During most of the history of the wall, Allied military personnel ... along aerial wires, flying ultralight aircraft, and even one man who drove ...32 KB (5,068 words) - 11:04, 28 September 2023
- his speed-boat design might have a military application, at a time when ... engine, taken from a Folland Gnat jet aircraft, which developed 4500 lb ...14 KB (2,274 words) - 17:19, 30 January 2024
- from the Sinai Peninsula, increased its military activity near the border ... Israeli occupied territory, subject to military law. Israeli settlements ...66 KB (10,247 words) - 22:42, 29 January 2023
- the end of the Iberian Union, not by the military efforts, as these were already ... continues to support U.S. and Portuguese military operations. During the Cold ...17 KB (2,435 words) - 05:18, 26 August 2023
- warfare. While both conventional military forces may engage in psychological ... when a group that uses irregular military methods is an ally of a ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- FARC continued unabated its kidnapping, military attacks, involvement ... to be taken to the former DMZ by a military aircraft. President Pastrana ...22 KB (3,388 words) - 22:51, 5 February 2023
- was fought between Portugal’s military and the emerging nationalist ... of Portuguese citizens, including military personnel, of European, ...54 KB (8,315 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- flag as its war flag, hoisted daily on military installations. ... The flag should be flown on the aircraft carrying the President, the ...33 KB (5,237 words) - 17:33, 28 March 2024
- The history of women in the military extends over 4000 years into ... infantry and armor. Women can fly military aircraft and make up two percent ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- chloroalkanes for fire suppression on military aircraft began at least as early ... chloroalkanes were in standard use in military aircraft by some combatants ...35 KB (5,199 words) - 23:36, 3 August 2023
- are held throughout France. In Paris, a military parade is held on the morning ... a military review, and a Republican Feast in the Pré Catelan. ...30 KB (4,528 words) - 11:09, 20 September 2023
- Civilian submarines are usually much smaller than military submarines ... tons. This submarine, based largely on military concepts, is one of very ...65 KB (10,100 words) - 13:44, 28 April 2023
- the first proposal of a way to stabilize aircraft in flight. His proposal ... as the Army largely failed to grasp the military application of rockets. ...27 KB (4,141 words) - 21:27, 16 April 2023
- signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining ... the ice runway. Travel is normally by military aircraft delivering cargo. ...41 KB (6,181 words) - 05:21, 31 July 2023
- in 1937. He was conscripted into military service and began World ... the equipping of the Bundeswehr (German military) with such devices. In 1958 ...30 KB (4,486 words) - 17:03, 6 February 2022
- overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance ... Pedro II was deposed on November 15, 1889, by a republican military ...42 KB (5,904 words) - 22:53, 20 November 2023
- numerous cities burned to the ground in a military defeat, and then enjoyed ... day be equal to the Western powers, and military success in foreign wars ...23 KB (3,509 words) - 07:56, 7 October 2022
- is a state within India. However, a large military presence has been maintained ... overshadowed only during the 2001-2002 military standoff between India and ...51 KB (7,827 words) - 00:17, 28 July 2023
- code, or P-code, usually reserved for military applications. The C/A code ... be used to help reduce this error. Some military and expensive survey-grade ...54 KB (8,113 words) - 20:37, 29 December 2023
- 50,000 men. Large numbers of tanks, aircraft, and artillery were acquired ... Egypt was the most important military partner in the 1970s, providing ...27 KB (3,989 words) - 21:31, 26 February 2023
- Japanese kept Vichy French officials and military officers imprisoned for ... any conditions (Bảo Ðại had no military of his own, but soon he ...58 KB (9,174 words) - 19:56, 4 March 2024
- in the Cold War to prevent the American military from utilizing it. In spite ... temperatures, titanium alloys are used in aircraft, armor plating, naval ships ...27 KB (3,874 words) - 03:49, 1 May 2023
- to establish links with elements of the military in the country. The Contras ... 2005, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm ...39 KB (5,798 words) - 12:59, 6 March 2024
- made upon them by their world-wide military operations, and to the world ... declarations and negotiated the following military conclusions at the conference. ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- English military engineer and mathematician Benjamin Robins (1707–1751 ... effects of shock waves against various aircraft shapes in near vacuum. ...21 KB (3,348 words) - 10:57, 15 May 2023
- Although doubts existed about the military wisdom of a major uprising ... On August 1, their military material consisted of: *1,000 rifles ...33 KB (5,102 words) - 22:58, 3 May 2023
- a synonym for firearm, in specialist or military use "gun" has ... firearms, with wide-ranging effects on military history and history in general ...44 KB (7,015 words) - 19:53, 26 March 2024
- are a major part of the economy. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation builds military ... equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines ...36 KB (5,082 words) - 18:54, 14 January 2023
- to contaminants from United States military sites on the island that ... to a range of contaminants from U.S. military sites that were in use from ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 15:46, 27 April 2023
- artillery has included ground-based anti-aircraft batteries. ... quot;artillery" covered all forms of military weapons. Hence the naming ...76 KB (11,884 words) - 17:42, 16 August 2023
- [[Image:Defoliation_agent_spraying.jpg|thumb|right|275px|U.S. aircraft ... The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- October 15, 1946) was a German politician, military leader and a leading ... numbers of the world's most advanced military aircraft. ...51 KB (7,918 words) - 14:29, 12 February 2022
- [[Image:Makua-valley.jpg|thumb|Mākua Valley military testing area ... 12 American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, and resulted in the deaths ...11 KB (1,697 words) - 19:38, 17 November 2022
- opened a factory at Sindelfingen factory for military vehicles, aircraft engines, and aircraft. After the war the German automobile industry stagnated ...22 KB (3,044 words) - 00:05, 24 June 2022
- coordinate scientific research with military objectives and played a ... direction of research in the U.S. towards military objectives and could informally ...25 KB (3,736 words) - 14:34, 3 May 2023
- reputation, instead arguing for "military intimidation" and economic ... of the primary designers of the Soviet MiG military aircraft. ...19 KB (2,782 words) - 17:21, 2 December 2022
- Hitler had always fostered dreams about major military campaigns to ... quot;). Among the occupants of the aircraft was a Luftwaffe major, Hellmuth ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled ... which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain ...67 KB (10,436 words) - 14:04, 20 May 2023
- national monument, it is a complex mixture of military museum, library, literary and historical archive, theatre, war memorial, and mausoleum. The museum ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- War II, initially serving with heavy anti-aircraft guns around Liverpool, and ... to negotiate the release of British aircraft passengers taken hostage ...28 KB (4,351 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- largest Soviet city, to be the primary military and political objective ... For Hitler, Moscow was the most important military and political target ...44 KB (6,570 words) - 10:17, 22 September 2023
- of the Golan Heights would be a purely military option. Since the Six Day ... from the Soviet Union and improving its military tactics, based on Soviet ...55 KB (8,557 words) - 16:54, 4 June 2023
- 100,000 to 125,000 Japanese or Okinawan military or conscript deaths and ... people. The full application of our military power, backed by our resolve ...48 KB (7,479 words) - 07:20, 17 November 2023
- Glenn was one of the Mercury Seven military test pilots selected in ... he made his first solo flight in a military aircraft. During advanced training ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... making loans to China, providing covert military assistance, and instituting ...70 KB (11,168 words) - 13:51, 20 May 2023
- Rhein (Watch on the Rhine) by the German military, started on December 16 ... **About 6,000 allied fighters and bombers against 2,400 German aircraft. ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- tests. Although he worked mainly with military rockets for many of his ... forbidden by the new Nazi regime. Only military development was allowed ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- after the Second World War conferred anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) to the frigate ... sail fleet were its dashing frigates. Military Heritage 3(4) (2002): 12-17, 87. ...18 KB (2,809 words) - 06:46, 15 April 2024
- first ships sighted by incoming Japanese aircraft, they were also the most ... The squadron was nominally based on the aircraft carrier ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- law and global consensus would replace military and strategic confrontation ... his return from the mission Bush's aircraft made a hard forced-water ...41 KB (6,218 words) - 08:07, 23 January 2023
- Japan (USFJ) have maintained a large military presence there, arousing ... the Japanese government, through military incursions, officially annexed ...37 KB (5,344 words) - 10:28, 11 March 2023
- openly cooperated with the Japanese for military and economic assistance ... in the vacated area of Chahar the Mongol Military Government was formed on ...68 KB (9,889 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- weather conditions. Some satellites with military missions may conduct espionage ... spacecraft for detailed peaceful and military observation of the ground ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- (IPMD Ltd.); Director Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd.; Consultant ... 12, following a state funeral with full military honors.Daniel Laurence and ...16 KB (2,221 words) - 16:04, 8 February 2023
- regions were under Japanese control. Military trucks needed rubber for ... uniform burning. Ultimately, all large military rockets and missiles began ...34 KB (5,272 words) - 07:59, 24 November 2022
- ==Aerospace and military applications== [[File:Jfader pathfinder bags ... incorporated air bag systems in various aircraft and spacecraft applications ...35 KB (5,475 words) - 07:00, 16 June 2023
- rockets, which makes them ideal for military applications. In the 1970s ... the Lockheed CL-400 Suntan reconnaissance aircraft in the mid-1950s. In the ...24 KB (3,649 words) - 02:28, 16 December 2022
- could operate more efficiently, giving aircraft greater range and payload ... is used to armor the cockpits of some military airplanes because of the ...16 KB (2,304 words) - 23:57, 3 December 2023
- 4,100 landing craft. A total of 12,000 aircraft under Air Marshal Sir Trafford ... The number of military forces at the disposal of Nazi Germany, reached ...68 KB (10,141 words) - 10:18, 22 September 2023
- is also central to the production of military aircraft. ... Kansas is home to several military facilities which contribute to ...47 KB (6,951 words) - 08:26, 28 February 2023
- officials or pilots with their advanced aircraft. From 1953 to the early ... in the university of his or her choice. Military officers joined the South ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- Operation Bodyguard, a substantial military deception that used electronic ... 23. The short operating-range of British aircraft such as the Spitfire and ...85 KB (12,450 words) - 21:54, 26 January 2022
- or special structures such as vehicles or aircraft. Structural engineering ... like defensive fortifications in military engineering but for the ...56 KB (8,392 words) - 21:05, 26 February 2023
- children's toys, adult fitness, military and police applications ... have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being strength ...29 KB (4,462 words) - 03:45, 1 October 2023
- out, larger residential, industrial and military sites on the outskirts were ... operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial targetU.S ...25 KB (3,605 words) - 17:41, 30 January 2024
- state to the USSR, it lost most of its military and economic power. While ... rebel forces with financial support, military equipment, and mercenaries ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- Although there are important military, police, and personal-defense ... often use shotguns, and they have some military uses too. The shotgun is ...33 KB (5,325 words) - 14:26, 27 January 2023
- The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress ... was the staging area for all American aircraft for the European Theater ...20 KB (2,766 words) - 14:16, 29 November 2023
- The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... established communications and anti-aircraft defenses, established an ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- 1999, Nigeria had largely been ruled by military dictators from 1966-1979 ... England expanded its trade ties into political and military conquest ...37 KB (5,342 words) - 16:58, 5 June 2023
- Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using ... tanks which disseminate from low-flying aircraft. Developments in the techniques ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- in Hebrew)—an area given to Israeli military control in the Oslo accords in order to secure the border with Egypt. The tunnels connect the ...21 KB (3,255 words) - 21:20, 30 January 2023
- visitors gain access to the land by aircraft, but it is also possible ... use by the United States government for military purposes. By the 1950s accelerated ...17 KB (2,434 words) - 06:21, 12 August 2023
- Nkrumah wanted Ghana to have modern armed forces, so he acquired aircraft ... He also gave military support to those fighting the Smith administration ...26 KB (3,734 words) - 04:40, 4 March 2023
- Islands were placed under Allied military administration. The islands ... quarantine, customs processing of aircraft, visiting ships and yachts ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- Greenwich by the King. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became ... abdicate on September 27, 1922. The new military government arrested Prince ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Rebellion in the 1760s challenged British military control, which ended with ... the co-ordination of production of US military aircraft. Many of the Wright ...38 KB (5,430 words) - 22:43, 12 February 2022
- put out the fire rising up his leg during military fire-phobia training]] ... such as being in elevators, trains, or aircraft. Conversely, people ...19 KB (2,851 words) - 17:25, 23 November 2022
- Prime minister Chirac ordered a military intervention against the ... to discuss the existence of French military bases in Africa, despite ...53 KB (7,676 words) - 16:40, 16 August 2023
- anti-aircraft (AA) guns were mounted on the ship's superstructure ... mutineers aboard the Potemkin captured a military transport, Vekha, that had ...35 KB (5,047 words) - 18:20, 22 December 2022
- two zones were separated by the Gallieni Military Barracks, where the current ... that can accommodate large transport aircraft, and is served by the most ...16 KB (2,261 words) - 04:48, 14 June 2023
- efforts, the PAIGC rapidly extended its military control over large portions ... following the 1974 socialist-inspired military coup in Portugal. ...25 KB (3,595 words) - 03:07, 12 July 2023
- Hui, to Moscow for several months' military and political training.H ... the Northern Expedition (1926–1927), a military campaign to wipe out feudalism ...40 KB (5,930 words) - 16:44, 10 December 2023
- a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. ... personal life" as he had shown in his military career: ...89 KB (12,407 words) - 00:34, 10 February 2023
- a group of dissatisfied officers staged a military coup, putting General Robert ... responded by destroying most Ivoirian military aircraft (2 Su-25 planes and ...28 KB (4,077 words) - 07:33, 12 January 2024
- in 1991, the island was converted to a military base from which civilians ... deployed gunboats, armored cars and aircraft. The Bedouins withdrew. ...41 KB (6,203 words) - 15:18, 22 March 2024
- a heavy industrial city, with a large military industry that continued ... * Military * Auto, motorcycle * Lifan * Chemical * Textiles ...30 KB (3,987 words) - 17:18, 10 December 2023
- and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. It lasted ... nuclear and conventional weapons, military alliances, economic warfare ...49 KB (7,114 words) - 22:28, 7 January 2024
- besieged in 1990 and was surrendered by Military of Ethiopia troops without ... mile altitude. This means that large jet aircraft (such as an A380, MD-11 ...18 KB (2,473 words) - 21:16, 30 January 2023
- quarter, built on the site of a Roman military camp. It is the highest ... The company began manufacturing aircraft in 1929. The center became ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- infrastructure left behind by the U.S. military. A native post-war political ... #039;s Republic of China sent chartered aircraft to evacuate hundreds of ...21 KB (3,040 words) - 15:10, 27 April 2023
- Poland. Once Hitler renounced the military cooperation between Nazi ... offered to abide by their defensive military alliance with Czechoslovakia ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- because of its massive population, economy, and military. ... on economic and social reforms, military restructuring and modernization ...89 KB (11,967 words) - 17:55, 26 March 2023
- also a stopping point for hundreds of aircraft sent from California to ... and, to a lesser extent, the presence of American military. ...24 KB (3,659 words) - 05:12, 17 June 2023
- flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier ... 1949. On March 2, 1950, he made his first aircraft carrier landing on ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- of European affairs, resisted acting on military information, lied to the ... Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, and to strengthen the RDF ...55 KB (8,451 words) - 16:28, 11 November 2022
- King Faisal, though the British retained military bases and transit rights ... had been thwarted in 1981, when Israeli aircraft bombed the Osiraq nuclear ...56 KB (8,476 words) - 13:04, 6 March 2024
- of supply and demand, energy policy, military conflict, and the environmental ... to use fuels containing alcohol in aircraft (although at least one model ...36 KB (5,134 words) - 17:54, 31 October 2023
- peroxide is being used on current military systems and is in numerous ... a hydrogen peroxide spill on board an aircraft because the liquid was mistaken ...32 KB (4,734 words) - 13:20, 4 February 2023
- around 100,000–110,000 killed (civilians and military). ... chain, weaponry, and higher ranked military personnel, including general ...36 KB (5,522 words) - 14:58, 9 February 2022
- === Military === is Jamaica's small but professional military force. It is based on the ...31 KB (4,663 words) - 01:31, 8 February 2023
- ended when the Japanese Navy took military possession of the Marshall ... many Japanese support vessels and aircraft at Truk. By the end of the ...23 KB (3,329 words) - 01:56, 26 March 2024
- land location (signalling a searching rescue aircraft). ... of international aviation. Commercial and military pilots were required to ...27 KB (4,108 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- to insert the tear gas by means of military tanks; and to omit specific ... infrared (FLIR) cameras on government aircraft flying overhead. Edward ...56 KB (8,825 words) - 22:04, 3 May 2023
- was at first stationed with the British Military Mission to France, but after ... as he could, leading to his award of the Military Cross in 1916. His role ...39 KB (6,106 words) - 02:44, 17 January 2023
- was disarmed and turned back by Egyptian military forces, who refused to allow ... Liberation Army (PLA), the regular military force of the PLO. In the ...34 KB (5,106 words) - 09:50, 23 May 2023
- and to match the military success of the Germans through a victorious ... his generals initially allocated meager military resources to the campaign ...73 KB (10,868 words) - 05:44, 22 September 2023
- near the beach, later used as an Israeli military court. ... to throw the hostages out of the aircraft. They surrendered and released ...43 KB (6,718 words) - 06:53, 14 June 2023
- the defense of the seven emirates. The military relies heavily on troops ... includes U.S. F-16 multi-role fighter aircraft, Mirage 2000s, British Hawk ...41 KB (6,013 words) - 11:40, 3 May 2023
- experimenting with springs as part of his military research when he saw one ... to act out battles, often with toy military equipment and a castle or ...41 KB (6,246 words) - 04:50, 1 May 2023
- in decay, Kim Jong-il adopted a "Military-First" policy to strengthen ... North Korean socialist juche ideology by military might while the South insists ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- sparked mass protests in Belgrade and a military coup d'état led by ... General Franz Böhme, the German Military Governor of Serbia, rigorously ...32 KB (4,559 words) - 20:15, 20 January 2022
- were taken accidentally during 1944, by aircraft seeking to photograph nearby ... feasible. Later, several nearby military targets were bombed. One ...26 KB (4,084 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- of welding processes, with the various military powers attempting to determine ... extremely important, such as in bicycle, aircraft, and naval applications. ...41 KB (6,376 words) - 23:28, 3 May 2023
- methanol was used as a fuel in several German military rocket designs, under name M-Stoff, and in a mixture as C-Stoff. * In some wastewater treatment ...20 KB (2,894 words) - 16:26, 9 November 2022
- the purpose of propelling submarines and aircraft carriers. It has a good ... several commercial uses--for example, aircraft production, radiation shielding ...49 KB (7,262 words) - 10:10, 11 March 2023
- Nazis. On May 2, 1945, she returned by a military transport plane with Queen ... accepted a $1.1 million bribe from U.S. aircraft manufacturer Lockheed Corporation ...35 KB (5,252 words) - 06:40, 28 February 2023
- Rhee and Kim competed to reunite the peninsula, conducting military ... began the war with about 180 Russian aircraft, including 40 YAK fighters ...51 KB (7,713 words) - 04:35, 4 March 2023
