Word: transportation
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...defense policy; they fear, with considerable cause, that Defense Secretary McNamara is phasing out the manned bomber. But Kennedy told the cadets that more than ever before, their futures will be "changing and challenging." Then he announced an Administration decision to spend federal millions to develop a supersonic commercial-transport aircraft (see U.S. BUSINESS...
...missions rather than fly without Huey escorts. Since last October, the Hueys have flown 3,600 sorties, fired 1,800 rockets and 200,000 rounds of machine-gun ammunition, and killed countless hundreds of Reds. Two enlisted men of the company (whose official military designation is Utility Tactical Transport Company) have been killed in combat, and 19 other members of the 113-man unit have been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Today U.S. military officials estimate that, although the Viet Cong has doubled its antiaircraft effort in the past year, the troop-carrying choppers are suffering 25% fewer hits than...
...BETTER TRANSPORT. That promise, in five columns of type across newspaper pages, was made last week by the Conservative Party, launching its first advertising campaign since its You-Never-Had-It-So-Good series in 1959. The Tories' new theme: "Britain is modernizing NOW-and only the Conservatives have got what it takes to see the job through...
...Force jet transport eased onto central Thailand's Korat airstrip from Hawaii last week and deposited 69 U.S. combat troops in battle dress. They were the advance unit of the two U.S. Army battle groups scheduled to participate in next month's SEATO maneuvers involving 25,000 troops from Thailand, the U.S., France, Britain, Pakistan and the Philippines. At SEATO headquarters in Bangkok, the purpose of the exercise was explained: "The operation supposes that out of tense conditions near the border of Thailand an enemy force crosses into this country in open aggression...
...Anglo-French consortium-British Aircraft Corp. and Sud-Aviation-and was shocked to see how far along the British and French were in building their needle-nosed Concorde jetliner, which will fly at Mach 2.2 (or 2.2 times the speed of sound). The market for a supersonic transport (or SST, as it is widely known) will at first be only 100 to 150 planes, and both U.S. and foreign airlines are naturally inclined to order the planes from the company that can promise the earliest delivery date. The Russians are also pushing ahead with an SST. Speed Debate. U.S. aviation...