Word: aircraft
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...underwater on a nuclear attack submarine, climbed into the sky in an E-4A Airborne Command Post and descended underground to inspect Strategic Air Command headquarters. Last week the President renewed his military travels by helicoptering with his wife Rosalynn from Savannah, Ga., to the deck of the nuclear aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower to view a series of combat exercises...
...Israel's right to be recognized by all countries of the region, provided that the whole situation is normalized. I told President Carter that Israel should be given all the guarantees she wants. If she wanted to have every Israeli citizen armed with a tank and an aircraft, and got such armaments from the United States, we would not object-provided, of course, that those weapons were used within her own, not other people's territory. We would never object to anything Israel wants, whether from the United States, the Soviet Union, or the UN Security Council...
...usual, the Soviet leaders would let me say what I liked, occasionally voicing opposition which developed at times into sharp exchanges. Except for Brezhnev-he always appeared to be understanding and never opposed me. This time, however, they promised to send me the missile-equipped aircraft, together with experts to train Egyptian crews to use them. This time, too, they waived their original condition, namely, that to operate those aircraft in particular, prior permission had to be granted by Moscow. At the end of the meeting I said: "It's Oct. 12 today. I hope these weapons will...
...summoned the War Minister the following morning and ordered him to carry out the decisions I had taken. By July 16, 1972, all my decisions had been implemented. As the Soviet Union refused to sell us the MiG-25 aircraft and jamming equipment, they were withdrawn along with the experts...
...followed up the progress of the war from the Operations Room I became conscious of a serious development: the United States was using us for the air-bridge she now established to save Israel. El Arish became an airbase where colossal U.S. transport aircraft landed, loaded with tanks and sophisticated weapons. El Arish is an Egyptian city [90 miles east of the Suez Canal in Sinai, it was captured...