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- cruiser; twelve 3 inch (76.2 mm) M3 anti-aircraft guns (with only a single ... seven of the twelve F4F Wildcat fighter aircraft belonging to a Marine ...28 KB (4,195 words) - 22:06, 3 May 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
- and to accident, including 14 carrier fighter aircraft. ... about the losses to his carrier fighter aircraft strength, anxious about ...54 KB (8,339 words) - 09:45, 22 September 2023
- and achieved further celebrity as a fighter pilot, losing the sight ... his torpedo boat MAS 96 and the SVA-5 aircraft he flew over Vienna. ...19 KB (2,912 words) - 07:39, 15 April 2024
- of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, ... larger effective antenna, useful in fighter aircraft applications that offer ...32 KB (4,862 words) - 22:43, 7 December 2022
- United States Air Force (USAF) F-15 fighter aircraft, operating under the ... Meanwhile, at 09:35, two USAF F-15C fighter aircraft from the 53d ...67 KB (10,179 words) - 23:19, 30 March 2024
- steel, glass, electrical equipment, aircraft, oil, and real estate. Automobiles ... Mitsubishi, was a primary Japanese naval fighter in World War II. It was ...21 KB (2,798 words) - 19:21, 9 November 2022
- fire, such as in miniguns, and automatic aircraft cannons. ... to-air role, and by the late 1950s fighter aircraft armament had almost ...29 KB (4,662 words) - 04:50, 5 November 2022
- 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
- the development of an air force based on aircraft carriers and on land. He ... G4M crated a demand for long-range fighter aircraft. The result partly drove ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- (MIT). In March 1924, he conducted aircraft acceleration tests at McCook ... attack of 16 B-25 medium bombers from the aircraft carrier USS Hornet, with ...25 KB (3,734 words) - 15:02, 26 September 2023
- ever assembled, including forty-two aircraft carriers, twenty-four battleships ... formation that included at least a dozen aircraft carriers and several battleships ...36 KB (5,455 words) - 21:51, 17 February 2023
- such as a drag racer, a fixed-wing aircraft, or a spacecraft during ... These were tempting targets for enemy fighter aircraft, though difficult to ...30 KB (4,644 words) - 07:42, 18 November 2022
- 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
- coastal artillery guns, 12 heavy anti-aircraft guns, and 30 25mm dual-mount ... flying from the Mariana Islands. Fighter aircraft based on Iwo Jima sometimes ...41 KB (6,399 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- he was assigned to VMF-311, Marine Aircraft Group 33 (MAG-33) in Korea. causing Williams to have to crash-land his fighter jet. After scrambling out ...17 KB (2,672 words) - 21:15, 28 October 2022
- " and learned to fly a light aircraft, a hobby that would take ... the same time, he began to re-qualify as a fighter pilot. On March 27, 1968 ...17 KB (2,467 words) - 10:29, 7 June 2023
- joining NASA, Glenn was a distinguished fighter pilot in World War II and ... senior year in residence due to becoming a fighter pilot during World War II ...55 KB (7,935 words) - 02:28, 9 February 2023
- 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
- of about ten fixed-wing and fifty rotary-wing aircraft. ... air force, fielding some 600+ combat aircraft of American design. In contrast ...22 KB (3,202 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- situation, such as separatist, freedom fighter, liberator, revolutionary ... terrorist is another man's freedom fighter." This is exemplified ...40 KB (5,766 words) - 14:59, 30 April 2023
- had deployed twenty ships, including two aircraft carriers, and the constant ... rubles, small arms, ammunition, and a few aircraft to support the Afghan resistance ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- or not Zhou Enlai attempted to send air force fighter planes after the fleeing Lin’s aircraft. One account relates that when Zhou Enlai asked ...22 KB (3,630 words) - 04:11, 29 October 2022
- quot;). Among the occupants of the aircraft was a Luftwaffe major, Hellmuth ... 1,815 combat, 487 Transport and 50 Glider aircraft were deployed to support ...78 KB (12,110 words) - 11:42, 20 September 2023
- of the city fell on the 1077th Anti-Aircraft (AA) Regiment, a unit made ... engineers, artillery, and ground-attack aircraft. To counter this, Soviet ...43 KB (6,775 words) - 01:36, 26 September 2023
- first ships sighted by incoming Japanese aircraft, they were also the most ... Shepard was assigned to Fighter Squadron 42 (VF-42), flying the Vought ...57 KB (8,455 words) - 04:33, 17 June 2023
- 7, 1941. Two attack waves, totaling 350 aircraft were launched from six IJN ... 40 B5Ns, and 43 A6Ms (a total of 183 aircraft), launched north of Oahu ...60 KB (9,048 words) - 18:23, 21 August 2023
- technology, including poison gas, aircraft, and tanks. But it was only ... Mark 1), the first single seat fighter aircraft to combine a reasonable ...57 KB (8,515 words) - 17:19, 4 May 2023
- quot; Woodward and centered around the aircraft carriers HMS Hermes and ... the Task Force was shadowed by Boeing 707 aircraft of the Argentine Air Force ...43 KB (6,819 words) - 00:33, 25 March 2024
- high altitude, affecting the ability of aircraft to carry loads, made control ... also had mortars, artillery and anti-aircraft guns. Many posts had been ...53 KB (8,038 words) - 18:09, 14 May 2024
- , 332. However, he mentioned that aircraft diverted to such raids should ... bombing Soviet forces; Western Allied aircraft would not bomb east of the ...44 KB (6,668 words) - 07:18, 17 November 2023
- the coast. The Fast Carrier Force flew fighter cover, interdiction, and ... flying in gasoline and ordnance for the aircraft stationed at Inchon. The ...21 KB (3,161 words) - 09:47, 22 September 2023
- airport runway is unable to accommodate large aircraft. ... 2018, former president and independence fighter, Taur Matan Ruak, became ...25 KB (3,519 words) - 16:40, 26 March 2024
- able to obtain the material for an anti-aircraft missile defense wall after ... of the deficiencies of most of the aircraft and air defense weaponry ...55 KB (8,557 words) - 16:54, 4 June 2023
- officials or pilots with their advanced aircraft. From 1953 to the early ... flew his MiG-15 to the South. Since this fighter plane represented the best ...24 KB (3,531 words) - 10:04, 11 March 2023
- an searchlight battery of Finnish anti-aircraft artillery in defense of ... in the German air force received her jet fighter license. ...76 KB (11,315 words) - 23:28, 17 May 2023
- of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability ... and emplacing heavy artillery and anti-aircraft guns before making his move ...46 KB (7,166 words) - 11:39, 20 September 2023
- The United States Navy mobilized two naval battle groups, the aircraft ... of the Iraqi air force and anti-aircraft facilities. This was quickly ...62 KB (9,530 words) - 08:21, 8 January 2024
- Elevators are used to lift cargo and equipment; e.g. lifting aircraft ... On aircraft carriers, elevators carry aircraft between the flight ...49 KB (7,939 words) - 16:09, 13 February 2024
- 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
- using 'fatigued' Canberra B2 aircraft and Hawker Hunters— ... find alternative means of keeping their aircraft flying. The RhAF was relatively ...37 KB (5,599 words) - 20:03, 8 December 2022
- supporters viewed him as a heroic freedom fighter who symbolized the national ... come bearing an olive branch and a freedom fighter's gun. Do not let the ...34 KB (5,106 words) - 09:50, 23 May 2023
- On October 30, 1994, unmarked Russian aircraft began bombing the capital ... the city into submission. Russian aircraft bombarded Grozny while armored ...53 KB (7,700 words) - 19:54, 26 March 2024
- Truppe Volontarie and Condor Legion), aircraft, and weapons to support ... Soviet Union. These arms included 1,000 aircraft, 900 tanks, 1,500 artillery ...34 KB (5,051 words) - 15:18, 27 April 2023
- U.S.-manufactured F-4 Phantom and F-5 Freedom Fighter fighters, as well as AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters. It also operated a number of F-14 Tomcat ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- States to transfer two hundred military aircraft out of France and return ... and served into the early 1990s. Also, aircraft marshalling signals were ...52 KB (7,555 words) - 20:25, 17 March 2024
- | Aircraft || 7,700 || 18,700 || 142.8 |} In 1941, the Soviet armed ... severely hampered by a shortage of modern aircraft. The Soviet fighter force ...62 KB (9,424 words) - 00:50, 18 November 2022
- [[Image:Defoliation_agent_spraying.jpg|thumb|right|275px|U.S. aircraft ... Vietnamese navy. Maddox was joined by aircraft from the aircraft-carrier ...70 KB (11,017 words) - 20:17, 3 May 2023
- isoparaffin meant more C-3 available for fighter plane use. ... quality of fuel being used by the German fighter planes was quite similar ...47 KB (6,891 words) - 04:38, 18 April 2024
- War with twenty-two confirmed kills as a fighter pilot, and recipient of ... to fly businessmen and others on private aircraft. On a winter's day ...51 KB (7,918 words) - 14:29, 12 February 2022
