Word: refuelers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...going to refuel in Austin and go back." Then he wondered aloud: "How could anybody want to kill such a kind-hearted...
...Soviet navy. Yet Singapore still does booming business servicing the Soviet fishing, merchant and oceanographic research fleets, all of which have naval auxiliary functions. In fact, Soviet fishing vessels, particularly mother ships, often carry out electronic eavesdropping on other navies. Soviet merchant tankers are frequently diverted to refuel warships. The Soviet Oceanographic Research Fleet-the largest in the world-charts the ocean floor for the navigators aboard Soviet submarines and sometimes lays down remote-control sensors in order to help the Soviets keep track of American submarines. Says Admiral Foley, tersely: "The Russians' entire maritime capability is linked together...
MASTER SERGEANT Joe Henderson is proud of his outfit, the 801st Junior Rear Officer Training Corps at Minuteman Technical High School in Lexington. "They get some grand opportunities--why, some of them last week got to go up in a C-135 and refuel jets. Mr. Hicks, you got to go up, didn...
...Garcia. It now has a complete airfield with a 12,000-ft. runway that can accommodate everything from the four-engine P-3 Orion patrol planes that fly submarine tracking missions from Diego to the huge C-5A and C-141 jet transports that land to drop supplies and refuel. The base also has permanent barracks for 820 troops, a large storage complex and a harbor that has been dredged deep enough (45 ft.) to accommodate the Navy's largest aircraft carriers (the U.S.S. Eisenhower and Constellation are currently stationed in the Indian Ocean...
...Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's much heralded "Year of Europe" goes awry when the allies fear the U.S. may be ignoring them and dealing directly with Moscow. During the Middle East war, some NATO members strain the alliance by refusing to allow U.S. supply planes to refuel at their bases en route to Israel...