Word: airlift
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...Pentagon's new approach will be a sharply reduced American "forward deployment" in Europe and the Pacific, backed by a strong, mobile capability stationed in the U.S. The Army would be reduced from 28 divisions to 20, supported by increased, speedier airlift and sea-lift capacity, and including a quick-reaction Contingency Force consisting of the XVIII Airborne Corps reinforced with two armored divisions. The Pentagon would also proceed with its plans to close 225 military bases around the world and to tighten its procurement policies. All told, the current force of 2.1 million active-duty personnel would be reduced...
...relief operation is shaping up as the biggest assistance effort conducted in Germany since the Berlin Airlift of 1948-49, when the Western Allies saved the city from Soviet strangulation. Ironically, among the supplies to be sent to the U.S.S.R. will be 300,000 tons of powdered staples and canned foods that had been stockpiled in Berlin against another such blockade -- a trove whose existence had been a secret for 40 years until the current crisis brought it to light...
...stumbling block is how to get the food to the Soviet Union. The planes and ships that would normally be available are being used to airlift troops and equipment to the Persian Gulf. Mindful that much of the foreign aid sent to Armenia after the 1988 earthquake ended up on the black market, U.S. officials are also wondering how to ensure that food gets to the people who need it. Says one: "We would like to handle the distribution ourselves." As far as some Soviets are concerned, that would be just fine. As Victor Shinkaretsky, a Russian Deputy...
...protect jobs in 34 states, voted to spend $603 million to keep the program alive. The trouble-plagued Strategic Defense Initiative survived with a $2.9 billion appropriation, $1.6 billion less than the Administration requested. While the Pentagon sought $1.7 billion for six C-17 cargo planes to improve the airlift capability that had been inadequate in the gulf deployment, Congress approved only $540 million. As for sea lift, which was also deficient, an extra $250 million was committed toward an unspecified number of faster ships...
...from Amman has doubled from 50 to 100 in an effort to evacuate the refugees. India is averaging six flights a day, while Pakistan, which has resettled about 7,000 citizens, sent a passenger ship to Aqaba last week. The International Organization for Migration has launched a $50 million airlift program to aid Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis and others whose impoverished countries have offered little help...