Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ailing Frontier Airlines decided in May to sell 25 jets, about half its fleet, in order to raise $265 million. -- Major carriers have been forced into a war of so-called Ultimate Super Saver fares, which slash prices on some routes as much...
...release its Shi'ite detainees if the U.S. asked it to do so; after all, only a month ago, the Israelis had exchanged 1,150 prisoners, including some world-class terrorists, for three of their own servicemen. At the same time, there were reports that the U.S. Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean had invoked a "radio silence" on its movements -- a possible sign of action to come. As of Sunday night, there were further reports of military activity around Cyprus and of the departure of a U.S. naval vessel from the Israeli port of Haifa...
Weinberger and Lehman made their proposals after a formal assessment of the damages caused by the family-and-friend spy ring. The good news, the Navy said last week, was that the U.S. fleet of ballistic-missile submarines (SSBNs), the most important element of the nation's sea, air and land nuclear deterrent, seems secure. Admiral James Watkins, Chief of Naval Operations, said SSBN tactics and equipment have changed greatly in the 18 years since John Walker served on two nuclear subs. "We remain convinced that our SSBN force is still 100% survivable," he said...
...Navy insisted last week that the sea leg was as sturdy as ever. "Our submarine fleet is invulnerable," declared Vice Admiral Nils Thunman, deputy chief of naval operations for submarine warfare. "The oceans are becoming more opaque, not less." When satellites, surface ships and sophisticated sound systems are used against the Navy's own "boomers" in tests, he said, "nobody can find...
Arthur Walker taught antisubmarine warfare tactics at the Atlantic Fleet Tactical School in Norfolk from 1968 until his retirement in 1973. Entering the Navy in 1954, he had served as a sonar operator on three subs before winning his commission. His subsequent duties included those of navigator, officer in charge of communications, engineering officer and executive officer on various submarines. When he retired, he quickly found a civilian job as an engineer with VSE Corp., a Navy contractor with regional headquarters in Chesapeake, Va. He worked on plans for the maintenance of Navy carriers and amphibious ships...