Word: flew
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Rhodesian response may ultimately lie in the hands of Lieut. General Peter Walls, commander of Salisbury's security forces, who flew to London last week to join the talks. A tough soldier who has directed the relentless seven-year fight against the guerrillas, Walls is unlikely to permit the dismantling of his 52,000-man force, much less its integration with the 40,000-man Patriotic Front forces...
Pretoria recently hinted that it would intervene militarily should the forces of "chaos and confusion" descend upon Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Last week South African Foreign Minister Roelof ("Pik") Botha flew unexpectedly to London to express his government's concerns to Carrington and Thatcher...
Stationed primarily at Beale Air Force Base in California, the SR-71s last flew over Cuba in November 1978 to help determine whether Havana's Soviet-supplied MiG-23 fighters had a nuclear capability. The answer: no. U.S. strategic satellites are also used for surveillance. But when their vision is obscured by cloud cover, the job is given to SR-71s, which have cloud-penetrating infrared sensors and cameras that can take pictures at a scanning rate of 100,000 sq. mi. per hr., making it possible to monitor military targets anywhere in the world. Most important...
...then repeated his demand that the British meet their "legal and moral obligation to immediately lift [economic] sanctions and lead us to international recognition." The only dissenter in Muzorewa's twelve-man party was former Prime Minister Ian Smith. He denounced the British pact as "madness" and flew back to Salisbury to rally white support against...
...Howard flew to Cambodia with the first relief flight on August 24 with 40 tons of supplies...