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...critical comments on the A-10 Thunderbolt II [May 24] shocked me. The mission assigned this plane is one of the toughest and most dangerous in the history of air warfare. The A-10s will fly at treetop levels, where faster aircraft like the F-16 lack the turning ability to avoid hills, trees and other obstructions. At this low altitude, the A-10 must be able to withstand small arms and other antiaircraft fire while destroying targets quickly. Its survivability is second to none...
...angle off the slopes at treetop level. When we are almost on a ridge line, an entire column of army troops appears, dark figures moving like bearers through the high, waving grass. They fan out around the ship and fire continuously back at the tree line. More men come running with bodies slung over their shoulders, dropping them hurriedly at the chopper door and darting away. There is something imploring in all the eyes that I can see. Nobody wants to touch the bodies. The dead men's shirts are off and at first I think they are guerrillas...
...Suddenly the guerrillas' fire shakes the aircraft violently. The door gunners respond with bursts of pinkish red tracers that hit the ground like sparklers. Even at 1,000 ft., the ground looks too close. The firing from the ground gets lighter and we come in low, blurring at treetop level for nearly half a mile. The blossom of a purple smoke grenade opens beneath us. Four figures run toward us carrying a man. Before the wounded and unconscious officer is even inside, we are taking off again. The soldier who brought the officer on board sits beside...
Question: What soars high above a treetop with an open umbrella? Answer: Barbara ("Mary Poppins") Bush. That's the way the Second Lady billed herself after braving high altitude and Washington rain to top the national Christmas tree with a star on the Ellipse south of the White House. To crown the 30-ft. Colorado Spruce, Bush was given a lift in a cherry picker. The task comes with her job, she says: "Vice Presidents' wives go to funerals and top Christmas trees." They do not, however, light the evergreens. On Dec. 17, Ronald Reagan will perform that...
...wail until after the air raid is over. Strictly speaking, that may not be true, but since there is no difference between the alert and the all clear, there is room for confusion. Iranian Phantoms have put on a dazzling display of technical skill, swooping in over Baghdad at treetop level to avoid radar detection, dropping their bombs and hightailing it back to Iran before the Iraqis realize what has happened...