Word: dived
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Then the take-off signal went up all the way. First the Corsairs were shot from the catapults, then the big, rumbling Skyraider dive bombers; and after the propeller-driven craft were well away, the jets were brought forward. Started by motors hustled about the deck by tiny yellow jeeps, the Grumman Panthers shrieked protest, then raised their voices to a horrible, thundering howl as they shot from the catapults...
...A.P.s" (air police-Air Force for M.P.s) cradled loaded carbines ready for sabotage or parachute attack. Even ground crewmen worked at their big planes with their guns beside them. At one base Curt LeMay strode by a master sergeant who had laid aside his piece to dive into his lunch bag. The C.G. rounded up all the maintenance men for one of his longer speeches. "This afternoon," said he, "I found one man guarding a hangar with a ham sandwich. There will be no more of that...
...South Koreans, who had fought extremely well in recent weeks, were frightened by enemy tanks which rushed at them with screaming sirens. The psychological effect was described by a U.S. officer as something like that of German Stukas (dive bombers) in the early phases of World...
...Russians have a staggering edge on the Western Allies. There are at least 750 first-line jet and piston fighters on the Reds' 29 East German airfields; attack and dive bombers are present in impressive force...
...aircraft industry this week pulled out of its long dive. The Air Force promise to spend $4.4 billion on new aircraft orders (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS) set aircraftmakers furiously scurrying for the men, tools and materials to flesh out their skeleton assembly lines...