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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 ...

A fixed-wing aircraft, commonly called an airplane or aeroplane, ... assisted takeoffs are used for some military aircraft. SpaceShipOne is the ...

largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... design work himself, particularly on the aircraft engines that the company ...

companies but later died piloting an aircraft of his own design. ... combustion engine that were later used in aircraft engines. ...

largest supplier of engines to civilian aircraft in the world, the company ... may have influenced Royce to turn to aircraft engine design) and broke ...

targets, usually as part of a larger military, terrorist, or riot strategy. ... &sig=mCN924uCybWfcThJuN2nRryGtNg Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An ...

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 ...

the propulsion of a vehicle such as an aircraft, ship, or submarine though ... The twisted airfoil (aerofoil) shape of modern aircraft propellers ...

With muzzle loading guns and some large military guns, there is no casing ... Large-caliber military guns often fire explosive-filled projectiles ...

or simulate, the experience of flying an aircraft as closely and realistically ... flight deck crew in both civil and military aircraft. Engineering flight ...

to gather information on their rival’s military capability in an effort ... Powers’s aircraft was badly damaged, and crashed near Sverdlovsk ...

exclusively by governments, either by the military or by civilian space agencies ... in the United States, professional, military, and commercial astronauts ...

and build ships. These can be yachts, military vessels, cruise liners, ... destroyer and the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers. ...

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 ...

In 1995, SAAB Military Aircraft and British Aerospace (now BAE Systems ... 45 percent of export airframes. SAAB Military Aircraft is responsible for ...

most prevalent forms of hijacking are of aircraft and automobiles. The motivations ... apply to customs, law enforcement, or military aircraft. Thus its scope appears ...

It maintains the largest collection of aircraft and spacecraft in the world ... Stringfellow steam engine intended for aircraft was accessioned into the ...

automobiles, bicycles, buses, trains, and aircraft. Business operations deal ... * Air transport involves moving peoples or materials via aircraft. ...

by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the ... are available to all users: Private, military, and commercial. In areas ...

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. ...

jumps from a hot-air balloon in 1797. The military developed parachuting technology ... Formerly, most parachuting was performed by the military forces of ...

help ferrying troops to Taiwan during a military expedition in 1874. ... In the early 1930s, an attempt by the military clique to break the ...

the first woman to fly a fixed-wing, jet aircraft across the Atlantic and ... became the first American women to fly military aircraft. ...

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 ...

famously warned the U.S. about the "military–industrial complex" ... The term military-industrial complex (MIC) refers to the combination ...

Center of gravity|the military concept|Center of gravity (military) ... The center of mass is an important point on an aircraft, which significantly ...

There are three main types of balloon aircraft: balloon. They are the most common type of balloon aircraft. ...

Gliders or Sailplanes are heavier-than-air aircraft primarily intended ... A "glider" is an unpowered aircraft. The most common types ...

school at Schweidnitz, Richthofen began military training at age 11. ... he managed to shoot down a French Farman aircraft with his observer's ...

Employed by the military, his interest was to move cannon more rapidly ... departement of Meuse) France. He first trained as a military ...

smoke; heating saunas and de-icing aircraft wings; short-range communications; ... Historically, thermography has been extensively used by military and ...

知久平, 1884-1949), as "The Aircraft Research Laboratory" ... 1, 1884-October 10, 1949), a Japanese military officer, engineer, and politician ...

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 ...

a pilot training program with Nebraska Aircraft. He bought his own plane ... …Germany was now able to produce military aircraft faster than any European ...

From March 1967 until July 1972, the U.S. military's Operation ... An attempt by the United States military to modify hurricanes in the ...

An aircraft carrier is a warship designed to deploy and, in most cases ... of the steadily increasing size of military aircraft over the years. ...

the native peoples, but the European military forces remained strongly ... and is still on-going in other aspects of military technology. ...

A helicopter is an aircraft that is lifted and propelled by one or ... Compared to fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters are much more maneuverable ...

" was sold to the expanding aircraft industry to coat the fabric ... with acetate "dope" for military aircraft. In November 1914 ...

The South Korean military has grown from a understaffed and under ... United Nations, South Korea established a military force mainly with police ...

Easter Rising. Shute attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich but because ... afterwards and in 1931 founded the aircraft construction company Airspeed ...

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 ...

University of Jerusalem to become the military leader of the first special ... Nasser from becoming another expansionist military threat. Eden had also been ...

are usually "inherently safe." Aircraft "failures" are ... such as commercial airliners, military aircraft, munitions and complex ...

than 40 anthropometric surveys of U.S. military personnel were conducted ... Anthropometric studies are used in the design of modern aircraft, ...

of both moving and fixed objects such as aircraft, ships, motor vehicles, ... well suited to the detection of aircraft and ships. Radar absorbing ...

English military engineer Benjamin Robins (1707-1751) invented a whirling ... for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. It is important to note ...

The Iron Cross was a military decoration of the Kingdom of Prussia ... does not replace the traditional black military Iron Cross, which can be ...

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 ...

Military intelligence (abbreviated “MI” or “int.” in Commonwealth ... Most militaries maintain a military intelligence corps with specialized ...

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. ...

or freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these ... Many decided to take their war-surplus aircraft on barnstorming campaigns ...

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 ...

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 ...

American businessman, movie producer, aircraft inventor, mine owner and ... Hughes was a lifelong aircraft enthusiast, pilot, and self-taught ...

study architecture. In 1921, he began his military service in the 2nd Regiment ... postal flight in the days when aircraft had few instruments and ...

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 ...

and Stanley using Grumman HU-16 Albatross aircraft. Fokker F27 and continued with Fokker F28 aircraft twice a week until 1982 ...

His first experience with the military was as a teen at the Citizens ... a test pilot and flew many types of aircraft, including experimental ...

English military engineer Laval (1707-1751) invented a whirling arm ... pilots for high-g flight in Air Force fighter aircraft. ...

power. Japan was awoken to Western military might when Admiral Commodore ... of the Mortar Platoon and the Anti-Aircraft Platoon, with the Bren Gun ...

American, and South Vietnamese military forces—fighting directly ... To disrupt these operations without direct military involvement, the ...

and television broadcasting, ship and aircraft navigation systems, cellular ... was formed. The FCC licenses all non-military communication in the United ...

resources, and establish strategic military bases to defend Japan's ... to deploy 45 fighter and 60 bomber aircraft to Guadalcanal once the ...

13, 1971) was a Chinese Communist military leader who was instrumental ... in 1925, and matriculated at Whampoa Military Academy. While at Whampoa ...

east). Tribal tensions increased after a military coup in 1966 which resulted ... Claims of electoral fraud were the ostensible reason for a military ...

Anti-tank warfare refers to any method of combating military armored ... remains in service with the Russian military today, though the other ...

at the University of California School of Military Aeronautics at Rockwell ... (MIT). In March 1924, he conducted aircraft acceleration tests at McCook ...

of Hawaii) and destroyed four Japanese aircraft carriers and a heavy cruiser ... html A Brief History of Aircraft Carriers: Battle of Midway ...

The first use of kamikaze aircraft was during this battle. A kamikaze ... which the Allies destroyed three Japanese aircraft carriers and approximately ...

out. Secondary objectives were to destroy aircraft production and to terrorize ... of those who designed and built the aircraft and the eventual superiority ...

the Argentine Navy corvette ARA Guerrico. Military occupation of the Falklands ... scale civil unrest against the repressive military junta that was governing ...

While the geography of Japan was fixed, the U.S. military planners ... not only by the available organized military forces of the Empire, but ...

were inevitable. Even when only military objectives are targeted ... Early in 1945, the Allies' political-military leadership started ...

GE Aviation, is the top supplier of aircraft engines in the world. ... a direct effect on the company's Aircraft Engines sector. ...

attackers. At the same time, Allied aircraft operating from Henderson ... Field by Allied forces. The Allied aircraft that subsequently operated ...

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 ...

preceded a major upgrade of Cuban military defense. ==U.S. nuclear ... was a necessary response to desperate military situations. The Soviets ...

and various military accounts [http://maic.jmu.edu/JOURNAL/5.1/Profiles/NKorea/nkorea ... meeting including, until March 1991, military negotiations between North ...

An airship or dirigible is a buoyant aircraft that can be steered ... Airships were the first form of aircraft to make controlled, powered ...

as attention and glory were focused on military leaders along with Hermann ... of MI6, felt that Hess might have useful military intelligence. ...

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 ...

as a known object (for example an aircraft or weather balloon), it ... certain reports are ruled out as manned aircraft. Some have reported that ...

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 ...

of the Soviet empire, as other military engagements have helped ... Russian military involvement in Afghanistan has a long history, going ...

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 ...

General of State Security, a highest military-like rank within the Soviet ... took control of production of armaments, aircraft, and aircraft engines. This ...

is considered one of the most successful military operations of modern times. ... a joint Central Intelligence Agency–military intelligence reconnaissance ...

Category:Military An invasion is a military offensive consisting of all, or large parts ...

Although playing a major military role in its own right, the Smolensk ... of swamps and forests that restricted military movement. Its most important ...

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 ...

A rocket is a vehicle, missile, or aircraft that obtains thrust by ... experts as mercenaries for the Mongol military. Reports of the Battle of ...

reliable. Remote viewers allegedly located lost aircraft, reported information on enemy submarine specs, and located SCUD missiles. ...

time of independence ZIPRA had a modern military stationed in Zambia and ... Kariba 15 minutes after the doomed aircraft. No one has been brought ...

a strict Catholic upbringing. He entered military school at 16 and made somewhat ... Hungary, Albania and Yugoslavia as a military observer, during which time ...

particularly in the US. Many new types of military sonar were developed. These ... using digital correlation techniques. Military sonars often have multiple ...

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 ...

" and learned to fly a light aircraft, a hobby that would take ... arms. This policy antagonized the Soviet military establishment and contributed ...

Alliance, or the Western Alliance) is a military alliance established by ... United States to transfer two hundred military aircraft out of France and return ...

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 ...

Islands in February 1944 the Japanese military leadership reappraised the ... coastal artillery guns, 12 heavy anti-aircraft guns, and 30 25mm dual-mount ...

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 ...

as did those collected by the military and civilian surveys in ... space exploration, and houses such famous aircraft as The Spirit of St. Louis ...

thousand soldiers and a handful of French military advisors with their leader ... with modernization of industry and the military, to establish Japan as a ...

was marked by brutality and disregard for military and civilian casualties ... . Part of the German military philosophy was to attack where least ...

enemy. America provided the Shah with military and economic aid, while ... Ajax, helping the Shah and the Iranian military to remove Mossadegh in what ...

of the North and South became common. UN military observers were assigned ... people of Korea and might lead to open military conflict there, ...

The present main source of scandium metal is from military stockpiles ... widely used, with tons of it used in some military aircraft. ...

referred to “a constructor of military engines.” J.A. Simpson, ... through development of World War I military aircraft. Meanwhile, research ...

in November 1918 began to work at Spadina Military Hospital in Toronto. By ... Aid Detachment nurse at the Spadina Military Convalescent Hospital in ...

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 ...

movements. Some of these were led by military dictators friendly to perceived ... with British intelligence, of a Soviet military spy inside the GRU military ...

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 ...

of Cuba and Mozambique offered direct military assistance to the Patriotic ... actively supported ZAPU. North Korean military officials taught Zimbabwean ...

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 ...

human rights violations, its dramatic military build-up, and hostility ... underestimated the extent of American military response. ...

of heavy artillery (including anti-aircraft guns) and their ability ... given Navarre a single order—to create military conditions that would lead ...

ranges) as well as specialized anti-tank aircraft such as attack helicopters ... Tank chassis were adapted to a wide range of military jobs, including ...

device that converted force into motion. Military devices such as catapults ... aero engines (for propeller-driven aircraft) and engines used by automobile ...

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 ...

has a mild Mediterranean climate and 16 military facilities hosting the United ... established the Presidio of San Diego (a military post) overlooking Old Town ...

He personally led many of the military campaigns that brought about ... to the French, in return for crucial military assistance. ...

oil rich state allied with the West, military action followed immediately. ... had crippled Iran's once mighty military. The bulk of the Iranian ...

[[Image:ANT-20.jpg|thumb|left|"Maxim Gorky" propaganda aircraft ... used transportation such as trains, aircraft, and other means. Josef ...

Category:Military Category:Public matured over time from the intimidating military maneuvers of the Mongols ...

Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial ... this front saw the introduction of new military technology, including poison ...

as the deciding factor at sea by aircraft carriers. The term "battleship ... and Gneisenau surprising and sinking the aircraft carrier HMS Glorious off ...

12, 1999, a coup d'etat by the military placed army chief Pervez ... the remaining areas, including strategic military posts, also passed into ...

the clandestine preparations and the military operation itself lasted ... Hitler considered himself a political and military genius. In the course of ...

Geoffrey Regan, The Guinness Book of More Military Blunders (London: Guinness ... the RFC fielded ten squadrons and 185 aircraft against 129 German. The ...

Military turbofans (fans fitted to a combat aircraft) usually have ... Sabre 75/80 version of the Sabreliner aircraft, as well as the Dassault ...

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 ...

During most of the history of the wall, Allied military personnel ... along aerial wires, flying ultralight aircraft, and even one man who drove ...

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 ...

from the Sinai Peninsula, increased its military activity near the border ... Israeli occupied territory, subject to military law. Israeli settlements ...

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 ...

warfare. While both conventional military forces may engage in psychological ... when a group that uses irregular military methods is an ally of a ...

FARC continued unabated its kidnapping, military attacks, involvement ... to be taken to the former DMZ by a military aircraft. President Pastrana ...

was fought between Portugal’s military and the emerging nationalist ... of Portuguese citizens, including military personnel, of European, ...

flag as its war flag, hoisted daily on military installations. ... The flag should be flown on the aircraft carrying the President, the ...

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 ...

chloroalkanes for fire suppression on military aircraft began at least as early ... chloroalkanes were in standard use in military aircraft by some combatants ...

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. ...

Civilian submarines are usually much smaller than military submarines ... tons. This submarine, based largely on military concepts, is one of very ...

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. ...

signed the treaty. The treaty prohibits military activities and mineral mining ... the ice runway. Travel is normally by military aircraft delivering cargo. ...

in 1937. He was conscripted into military service and began World ... the equipping of the Bundeswehr (German military) with such devices. In 1958 ...

overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance ... Pedro II was deposed on November 15, 1889, by a republican military ...

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 ...

is a state within India. However, a large military presence has been maintained ... overshadowed only during the 2001-2002 military standoff between India and ...

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 ...

50,000 men. Large numbers of tanks, aircraft, and artillery were acquired ... Egypt was the most important military partner in the 1970s, providing ...

Japanese kept Vichy French officials and military officers imprisoned for ... any conditions (Bảo Ðại had no military of his own, but soon he ...

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 ...

to establish links with elements of the military in the country. The Contras ... 2005, [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/iran-iraq.htm ...

made upon them by their world-wide military operations, and to the world ... declarations and negotiated the following military conclusions at the conference. ...

English military engineer and mathematician Benjamin Robins (1707–1751 ... effects of shock waves against various aircraft shapes in near vacuum. ...

Although doubts existed about the military wisdom of a major uprising ... On August 1, their military material consisted of: *1,000 rifles ...

a synonym for firearm, in specialist or military use "gun" has ... firearms, with wide-ranging effects on military history and history in general ...

are a major part of the economy. Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation builds military ... equipment (especially helicopters, aircraft parts, and nuclear submarines ...

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 ...

artillery has included ground-based anti-aircraft batteries. ... quot;artillery" covered all forms of military weapons. Hence the naming ...

[[Image:Defoliation_agent_spraying.jpg|thumb|right|275px|U.S. aircraft ... The Vietnam War was a military conflict in which communist forces ...

October 15, 1946) was a German politician, military leader and a leading ... numbers of the world's most advanced military aircraft. ...

[[Image:Makua-valley.jpg|thumb|Mākua Valley military testing area ... 12 American warships, destroyed 188 aircraft, and resulted in the deaths ...

opened a factory at Sindelfingen factory for military vehicles, aircraft engines, and aircraft. After the war the German automobile industry stagnated ...

coordinate scientific research with military objectives and played a ... direction of research in the U.S. towards military objectives and could informally ...

reputation, instead arguing for "military intimidation" and economic ... of the primary designers of the Soviet MiG military aircraft. ...

Hitler had always fostered dreams about major military campaigns to ... quot;). Among the occupants of the aircraft was a Luftwaffe major, Hellmuth ...

world's first successful fixed-wing aircraft and making the first controlled ... which enabled the pilot to steer the aircraft effectively and to maintain ...

national monument, it is a complex mixture of military museum, library, literary and historical archive, theatre, war memorial, and mausoleum. The museum ...

War II, initially serving with heavy anti-aircraft guns around Liverpool, and ... to negotiate the release of British aircraft passengers taken hostage ...

largest Soviet city, to be the primary military and political objective ... For Hitler, Moscow was the most important military and political target ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

World War II, also WWII, or the Second World War, was a global military ... making loans to China, providing covert military assistance, and instituting ...

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. ...

tests. Although he worked mainly with military rockets for many of his ... forbidden by the new Nazi regime. Only military development was allowed ...

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. ...

first ships sighted by incoming Japanese aircraft, they were also the most ... The squadron was nominally based on the aircraft carrier ...

law and global consensus would replace military and strategic confrontation ... his return from the mission Bush's aircraft made a hard forced-water ...

Japan (USFJ) have maintained a large military presence there, arousing ... the Japanese government, through military incursions, officially annexed ...

openly cooperated with the Japanese for military and economic assistance ... in the vacated area of Chahar the Mongol Military Government was formed on ...

weather conditions. Some satellites with military missions may conduct espionage ... spacecraft for detailed peaceful and military observation of the ground ...

(IPMD Ltd.); Director Pembroke Capital Aircraft (Shannon) Ltd.; Consultant ... 12, following a state funeral with full military honors.Daniel Laurence and ...

regions were under Japanese control. Military trucks needed rubber for ... uniform burning. Ultimately, all large military rockets and missiles began ...

==Aerospace and military applications== [[File:Jfader pathfinder bags ... incorporated air bag systems in various aircraft and spacecraft applications ...

rockets, which makes them ideal for military applications. In the 1970s ... the Lockheed CL-400 Suntan reconnaissance aircraft in the mid-1950s. In the ...

could operate more efficiently, giving aircraft greater range and payload ... is used to armor the cockpits of some military airplanes because of the ...

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 ...

is also central to the production of military aircraft. ... Kansas is home to several military facilities which contribute to ...

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 ...

Operation Bodyguard, a substantial military deception that used electronic ... 23. The short operating-range of British aircraft such as the Spitfire and ...

or special structures such as vehicles or aircraft. Structural engineering ... like defensive fortifications in military engineering but for the ...

children's toys, adult fitness, military and police applications ... have followed a similar pattern as in aircraft, the goal being strength ...

out, larger residential, industrial and military sites on the outskirts were ... operation as the justified bombing of a military and industrial targetU.S ...

state to the USSR, it lost most of its military and economic power. While ... rebel forces with financial support, military equipment, and mercenaries ...

Although there are important military, police, and personal-defense ... often use shotguns, and they have some military uses too. The shotgun is ...

The Portuguese used the ruins of Anfa to build a military fortress ... was the staging area for all American aircraft for the European Theater ...

The Occupation of the Channel Islands refers to the military occupation ... established communications and anti-aircraft defenses, established an ...

1999, Nigeria had largely been ruled by military dictators from 1966-1979 ... England expanded its trade ties into political and military conquest ...

Chemical warfare is warfare (and associated military operations) using ... tanks which disseminate from low-flying aircraft. Developments in the techniques ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nkrumah wanted Ghana to have modern armed forces, so he acquired aircraft ... He also gave military support to those fighting the Smith administration ...

Islands were placed under Allied military administration. The islands ... quarantine, customs processing of aircraft, visiting ships and yachts ...

Greenwich by the King. Philip left active military service when Elizabeth became ... abdicate on September 27, 1922. The new military government arrested Prince ...

Rebellion in the 1760s challenged British military control, which ended with ... the co-ordination of production of US military aircraft. Many of the Wright ...

put out the fire rising up his leg during military fire-phobia training]] ... such as being in elevators, trains, or aircraft. Conversely, people ...

Prime minister Chirac ordered a military intervention against the ... to discuss the existence of French military bases in Africa, despite ...

anti-aircraft (AA) guns were mounted on the ship's superstructure ... mutineers aboard the Potemkin captured a military transport, Vekha, that had ...

two zones were separated by the Gallieni Military Barracks, where the current ... that can accommodate large transport aircraft, and is served by the most ...

efforts, the PAIGC rapidly extended its military control over large portions ... following the 1974 socialist-inspired military coup in Portugal. ...

Hui, to Moscow for several months' military and political training.H ... the Northern Expedition (1926–1927), a military campaign to wipe out feudalism ...

a naval aviator and flew ground-attack aircraft from aircraft carriers. ... personal life" as he had shown in his military career: ...

a group of dissatisfied officers staged a military coup, putting General Robert ... responded by destroying most Ivoirian military aircraft (2 Su-25 planes and ...

in 1991, the island was converted to a military base from which civilians ... deployed gunboats, armored cars and aircraft. The Bedouins withdrew. ...

a heavy industrial city, with a large military industry that continued ... * Military * Auto, motorcycle * Lifan * Chemical * Textiles ...

and the United States, supported by their military alliance partners. It lasted ... nuclear and conventional weapons, military alliances, economic warfare ...

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 ...

quarter, built on the site of a Roman military camp. It is the highest ... The company began manufacturing aircraft in 1929. The center became ...

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 ...

Poland. Once Hitler renounced the military cooperation between Nazi ... offered to abide by their defensive military alliance with Czechoslovakia ...

because of its massive population, economy, and military. ... on economic and social reforms, military restructuring and modernization ...

also a stopping point for hundreds of aircraft sent from California to ... and, to a lesser extent, the presence of American military. ...

flying the Grumman F9F Panther from the aircraft carrier ... 1949. On March 2, 1950, he made his first aircraft carrier landing on ...

of European affairs, resisted acting on military information, lied to the ... Spitfire and Hawker Hurricane fighter aircraft, and to strengthen the RDF ...

King Faisal, though the British retained military bases and transit rights ... had been thwarted in 1981, when Israeli aircraft bombed the Osiraq nuclear ...

of supply and demand, energy policy, military conflict, and the environmental ... to use fuels containing alcohol in aircraft (although at least one model ...

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 ...

around 100,000–110,000 killed (civilians and military). ... chain, weaponry, and higher ranked military personnel, including general ...

=== Military === is Jamaica's small but professional military force. It is based on the ...

ended when the Japanese Navy took military possession of the Marshall ... many Japanese support vessels and aircraft at Truk. By the end of the ...

land location (signalling a searching rescue aircraft). ... of international aviation. Commercial and military pilots were required to ...

to insert the tear gas by means of military tanks; and to omit specific ... infrared (FLIR) cameras on government aircraft flying overhead. Edward ...

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 ...

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 ...

and to match the military success of the Germans through a victorious ... his generals initially allocated meager military resources to the campaign ...

near the beach, later used as an Israeli military court. ... to throw the hostages out of the aircraft. They surrendered and released ...

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 ...

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 ...

in decay, Kim Jong-il adopted a "Military-First" policy to strengthen ... North Korean socialist juche ideology by military might while the South insists ...

sparked mass protests in Belgrade and a military coup d'état led by ... General Franz Böhme, the German Military Governor of Serbia, rigorously ...

were taken accidentally during 1944, by aircraft seeking to photograph nearby ... feasible. Later, several nearby military targets were bombed. One ...

of welding processes, with the various military powers attempting to determine ... extremely important, such as in bicycle, aircraft, and naval applications. ...

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 ...

the purpose of propelling submarines and aircraft carriers. It has a good ... several commercial uses--for example, aircraft production, radiation shielding ...

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 ...

Rhee and Kim competed to reunite the peninsula, conducting military ... began the war with about 180 Russian aircraft, including 40 YAK fighters ...

Category:Military A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress with the intent ...

authorities made a show of overwhelming military force. The strike spread ... ===British military presence=== One battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers ...

Army officer and creator of special military units in World War II and ... Wingate was born February 26, 1903 in Naini Tal, India to a military ...

Forces Base Esquimalt, the Canadian military’s main Pacific naval base. ... schools, foodstuff manufacturing, light aircraft manufacturing (Viking Air ...

the UAE. Dubai shares legal, political, military, and economic functions ... Airline receives the Boeing 777-200LR aircraft—part of its November 2005 ...

Kirov became commander of the Bolshevik military administration in ... secret by Vasili Ulrikh, Chairman of the Military Collegium of the Supreme ...

regarded as one of the most prominent military saints. Christian folklore ... following year at Jerusalem. Chivalric military Order of St. George were ...

to the attack on Pearl Harbor and joined the military. ==World War II== of 1943, he began service on the light aircraft carrier U.S.S. Monterey ...

part of Mexico, under American military occupation as the result ... oil drillers, movie makers, airplane builders, Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed ...

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Africa, and refused permission for the aircraft carrying the Springbok rugby ... Fellow at the Asia Pacific Centre for Military Law, and in October 2007 ...

The island can be reached by private boat, by ferry, by small aircraft ... wood, is a European adaptation of Islamic military architecture. Mackinac Island ...

expedition into the Negev, then a closed military zone requiring a permit ... couple married after Sonya finished her military service as a truck driver ...

by Percy Spencer. In 1934, the British military began to make strides toward ... systems (HVAC); and various subsystems of aircraft and automobiles. ...

After Harrow he went to the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He ... 1895, he went to Cuba while on leave as a military observer during the Spanish ...

and Chemical Technology, Part 7, Military Technology; the Gunpowder ... more dangerous. At the present time, aircraft are not designed to withstand ...

to become a cavalry officer at the Military School of Karlberg. He took ... 039;s defense plan, training them in anti-aircraft work and as medical assistants ...

Missouri, while Joseph completed his military service at nearby Fort Leonard ... Also in 1996, after Cuban military pilots shot down two small civilian ...

measures. The introduction of compulsory military service in France in 1798 ... the German Confederation, with a Prussian military garrison housed in the capital ...

The United States maintained two large military bases in the region; U.S. Naval Base Subic Bay was 75 km (50 mi.) to the southwest, while Clark ...

The Alaska Commercial Company and the military also contributed to the ... been possible without the development of aircraft, which allowed for an influx ...

ballistic vests have become standard in military use, as soft body armor ... a helmet. Vests intended for police and military use may also include ballistic ...

tenure. Kim strengthened the role of the military by his Songun ("military ... biography states he was born in a secret military camp on Paektu Mountain ...

The White House was surrounded by the military but the troops defected ... In December 1994, Yeltsin ordered the military invasion of Chechnya ...

impress foreign peoples with China's military might. He ruthlessly suppressed ... expense, China launched annual military expeditions to weaken the ...

a radio controlled boat to the U.S. military, believing that the military ... of vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft. In 1934, Tesla wrote to ...

served as an important railroad and military supply hub. In 1864, the ... During World War II, manufacturing such as the Bell Aircraft factory ...

Russians also dominated the Soviet military and the Communist Party ... Despite this acceptance, post-Soviet Russia lacked the military and ...

a glow plug within a diesel or model aircraft engine. Excessive heat can ... Diesel engines were first tried in aircraft in the 1930s. A number ...

the Ayyubid dynasty, a Turco-Circassian military caste, the Mamluks, took ... the dissolution of the parliament in a military coup d'état known ...

monetary, political, diplomatic and military assistance, he formed the ... freedom only if it had political, military and diplomatic support from ...

airport runway is unable to accommodate large aircraft. ... quot; and welcomed offers of foreign military help. Australia, Malaysia ...

noisy environments. One such use is in aircraft cockpits where they are ... *Locating objects by sound: acoustic source localization, e.g. military ...

#039;s taxes, social security system, the military, international relations ... Although Scotland has a long military tradition that predates the ...

Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and ... boy and was widely read on classical military history, particularly the ...

officers of the United States military. (At one time it was thought ... United States and take part in supersonic aircraft development for the U.S ...

wooden boats and wooden airplanes for the military. Through the end of World ... on both the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380 aircraft. Among the many worldwide ...

The Philippines became a military base for the United States in the ... Camp O'Donnell, remained. All U.S. military and air force bases were ...

government spent heavily on the military, created a bloated civil ... Yugoslavia out of the war. But senior military officers opposed to the ...

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also valuable for spacecraft and certain military applications. A fuel cell ... this technology with NASA and McDonnell Aircraft, leading to its use during ...

electronic. There were indeed few non-military applications of electronics ... electronic location of enemy targets and aircraft. These included radio beam ...

The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements ... were ordered to capture and destroy military supplies that were reportedly ...

through the Great Depression and led the military alliance that defeated Nazi ... plans to rapidly build up the American military, but the remaining isolationists ...

He increased military spending, and set the Indian Army on course to fight the emerging threat of terrorism and insurgencies, as well as Pakistan ...

the Negro leagues. He served in the U.S. military for two years, played for ... served as a flag bearer in the 45th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion at Fort ...

in 1662, expelling the Dutch Empire and military from the island. Koxinga ... Taiwan held strategic wartime importance as Imperial Japanese military ...

policy on homosexuals serving in the military. In foreign policy, he ended ... college in Hawaii. When Suharto, a military leader in Soetoro's ...

of the Ukrainian SSR. More than a dozen military schools and academies were ... Kiev has the headquarters for Antonov Aircraft Manufacturing company. Kiev ...

be found in machines ranging from fighter aircraft to industrial robots, digital ... locations since the 1950s, with the U.S. military's SAGE system the first ...

Theater during World War II, Shultz met military nurse lieutenant Helena ... Taiwan, especially over the sale of military aircraft, resulted in a crisis ...

of 1904–1905, Gunji, a retired Japanese military man and local settler in ... 000 in 1944 and maintained more than 400 aircraft in Kurils and Hokkaidō ...

Robert E. Lee, then considered the best military commander. But Lee turned ... war strategy despite his inexperience in military affairs. Lincoln's ...

brought significant civilian and military casualties, extensive damage ... The Vichy authorities in 1941 allowed Germany to move aircraft and ...

and contracts with the German military/industrial technocracy. ... Rifle and the M1 Carbine. Allied military forces widely utilized IBM ...

imaging technologies similar to those used in military aircraft to provide the driver with a better view of the road at night. There are standard ...

the official opening hour. Though the military attempted to prevent rushing ... is an important producer of natural gas, aircraft, and food. The state ranks ...

when considering automotive, medical, and military applications where the device ... where night vision must be retained: Aircraft cockpits, submarine and ...

at Fort Dix, Gore was assigned as a military journalist writing for The ... In September 2005, Gore chartered two aircraft in order to evacuate ...

they argue, has enabled continued military and economic dominance in ... In lieu of direct military-political control, neocolonialist powers ...

also hindered trade routes and prevented military expeditions across its expanse ... (Baron) Hunt (1910–1998) – British military officer. He was the leader ...

among local tribes, established numerous military camps and colonies, latinized ... With Yugoslav military assistance, Ahmed Bey Zogu, the son of a clan ...

Also during the war the U.S. military employed many of New Mexico ... can be believed. The United States military maintains that what was ...

in the Army, the Foreign Office and the military intelligence organization ... Brigadier-General Hans Oster, head of the Military Intelligence Office from ...

the oldest reasons why cities were built: military protection.” In this example ... may be based on heredity, religion, military power, work projects (such ...

(Sertorius, 75 C.E.) referring to the military commander Quintus Sertorius ... difficult upwinds causing to uplift the aircraft when landing. It did have ...

McQueen also flew and owned, among other aircraft, a 1945 Stearman, tail number N3188, (his student number in reform school), a 1946 Piper J ...

a system of administration and built military garrisons and barracks in ... the Service of Internal Security, Military Counterintelligence, border ...

better responses from this extra military intelligence. ... by air using Blimps and scouting aircraft. Costello and Hughes, 110. ...

* "Mobile Sources" as motor vehicles, aircraft etc. ... * Military, such as nuclear weapons, toxic gases, germ warfare and ...

skin effect also increasing with frequency. Aircraft and military equipment traditionally employ 400 Hz power supplies since the decrease in efficiency ...

including civil infighting as well as military operations. In addition ... behind their King, and the political and military privileges granted to the ...

base to forge a trading, and ultimately a military, alliance with the Algonquin ... It includes the aerospace companies like aircraft manufacturer Bombardier ...

built at the Elco Boatworks in Bayonne, and the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV-6) was briefly docked at the Military Ocean Terminal in Bayonne ...

retreat and was almost destroyed by Russian military forces. ... government. This includes numerous military headquarters and the headquarters ...

The major application of uranium in the military sector is in high ... uses of DU include counterweights for aircraft control surfaces, as ballast ...

families whose members, bearing military titles, formed a governing ... boys went through harsh religious and military training that turned them ...

absence of women emigrants as well as the military nature of the conquest. ... the New York Times made his way through military lines and met with the Castro ...

engines; notably this has made steam aircraft extremely rare. Similar ... *Military: Steam tank (tracked), Steam tank (wheeled) *Space: Steam rocket ...

until unified by the Tibetan lama and military leader Shabdrung Ngawang ... to Tibet, have been closed since the 1959 military takeover of Tibet (although ...

comes from an Egyptian stele documenting military campaigns in Canaan. This ... Irgun in 1931, which attacked the British military headquarters, the King David ...

In Henry Hathaway's The Real Glory (1939), he plays a military ... Due to his age and health, Cooper did not serve in the military during ...

the October Revolution. The Petrograd Military Revolutionary Committee ... meeting Caddell while touring a Boeing aircraft plant in North Charleston ...

at the naval gunnery school and in an anti-aircraft crew. However, he was discharged from the navy at the age of 19 on medical grounds because of ...

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Toronto financier, industrialist and military man. Other notable neighborhoods ... Canada and serves the Bombardier Aerospace aircraft factory. ...

From 1249 to 1250, Afonso Henriques and his successors, aided by military ... World War I was a global military conflict which took place primarily ...

who dominated the country by means of military force and alliances with ... to the north, especially in ship and aircraft manufacture. Moreover, the ...

Political, commercial and military events during the Late Bronze Age ... II, in the Merneptah Stele, documenting military campaigns in Canaan. ...

retains major economic, cultural, military and political influence ... paved the way for the diplomatic and military cooperation that preceded ...

plate of the Martin ejector seat of the military aircraft, stating that the design is covered by multiple patents in Britain, South Africa, Canada ...

*military equipment (General Dynamics, Raytheon), *lasers ([http://www ... airports with six major runways and large aircraft maintenance facilities capable ...

include the design and manufacture of jet aircraft (Boeing), computer software ... There are several large military-related reservations, including Fort ...

watch towers also served as the site of a military camp for the Mysore army ... also uses it to test and develop fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force ...

By 1775, the Omaha were a powerful military force and wielded great ... During World War II a huge aircraft plant was built at Fort Crook ...

and challenged American claims of military, economic and technological ... the third acted as a communications relay aircraft. Two of the Sea Kings carried ...

discharge. In the course of his brief military career, he rose to the rank ... distances, partly because his aversion to aircraft complicated the logistics ...

The Mongols left their impact on the Russians in such areas as military ... nobles, who were obliged to serve in the military. The manor system provided ...

lands as temporary fiefs to dukes (tribal military leaders), counts (appointed ... was to be similarly reduced, and no military aircraft were allowed. Germany ...

when it replaced Sirmium as the main military base in the Balkans. ... Thessaloniki was also home to a military camp-converted-concentration ...

Prosecutor's Office, and the Russian Military and Historical Archive. ... him to reveal the location of the Firefox aircraft, which he has stolen and ...