Sentences with phrase «air combat missions»

With just hours left of a week - long simulated air combat mission, the control panel in his F16 illuminate.

Not exact matches

While the Navy's F / A -18 Super Hornets actually flew the most combat missions, the Air Force's F - 15Es dropped the highest number of bombs, releasing more than one in five of the total amount, according to AFCENT.

Dubbed Warthog, Hog or just Hawg, the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the «airplane built around the GAU - 8 Avenger 30 - mm hydraulically driven seven - barrel Gatling - type cannon» to fight the Soviet tanks in the European battlefields during the Cold War, is considered one of the most durable and lethal combat plane in the CAS (Close Air Support) mission.

Eventually the Army Air Forces would give him a chance, and Gray would fly more than 50 combat missions over Germany.

But his postgridiron career was fruitful: Before retiring from the Air Force in 1971, he flew 113 combat missions during the Vietnam War and was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross.

Our primary mission [the A-10] is close air support, protecting troops who are in close combat with enemy forces on the ground,» Levy explains.

This is why the logic of an extended air campaign is mission creep and western boots on the ground — whatever the Prime Minister may say now about keeping British combat troops out of the way — are a real possibility.

Energy is a «mission enabler,»» said Kelly Sanders at the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command (ACC) public affairs operations office in an email.

It is no secret that American troops in Iraq routinely use unmanned air vehicles — flying robots, in essence — in reconnaissance and combat missions.

He attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, became an Air Force pilot who flew 66 combat missions in Korea and earned a Ph.D. in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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Fryer: My operational tours in the Air Force included 161 combat missions in Southeast Asia in the F - 4 Phantom and command of a B - 52 bomb squadron and an F - 16 tactical fighter wing.

This combination of make - believe and reality allows for some great action - packed moments and clever gameplay ideas across both Army Men: Air Combat's 16 - mission campaign and multiplayer mode.

Army Men: Air Combat isn't an especially difficult game, but later missions can definitely catch you out if you play in a mindless or reckless manner.

Air Missions: HIND is action combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi - 24 Hind assault helicopter, also known as the «Flying Tank».

Developer and publisher 3Division have announced today that they will be bringing their combat flight simulator, Air Missions: HIND to Xbox One on 14th July, GO →

We slapped a 7/10 on the game in our review, saying that «it crucially makes dogfighting and air - to - air combat more thrilling than ever before, particularly online, and the apache missions prove an interesting diversion to shake up the gameplay».

Release Date: Jul 2, 2009 Theme: Modern Military Rating: M for Mature Game Modes: Single player, multiplayer Game Series: ARMA, Operation Flashpoint ARMA II is a modern military tactical action game in which players controls a squad of troops through various combat missions that can include both land and air vehicles.

Its best moments are when you're going from ground combat to air combat within the same mission and particularly in one of the later levels this is done very well and is an utter blast.

This game provided 2 distinct modes of play with Armada being entirely tactically based and a far easier quick play method much like the mission creation facilities of Chuck Yegar's Air Combat of 5 years previous.

Independent developer 3DIVISION has announced that Air Missions: HIND, a combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi - 24 Hind assault helicopter, is heading to Xbox...

Air Missions: HIND is a combat flight simulator based on the Russian Mi - 24 Hind assault helicopter, also known as the «Flying Tank».

«Lock On: Modern Air Combat» comes with training and quick - start missions.

• Secured procurement of $ 2,500,000 materiel handling equipment for new 240,000 square foot warehouse distribution centers at Joint Repair Parts Command and General Depot Command • Succinctly managed 71 deployment taskings for Eighth Air Force personnel; always 100 % on - time Deployment Requirement Manning Document delivery to base Installation Deployment Officer • Coordinated with Air Force Global Strike Command on tasking verifications — slashed deployment shortfalls by 50 % • Co-lead with item manager on critical B - 52 brake mission capable issues; production up over 60 % — kept 76 B - 52s combat primed • Spearheaded transfer of 439 Headquarters Eighth Air Force weapons to 2 BW — vital assets valued at $ 290,000 available for redistribution • Remarkable leadership; revamped Eighth Air Force deployment process — slashed late responses by 65 % and reclamas by 25 % • Prepped 175 9MMs and 266 M16s for Combat Arms Training and Maintenance inspection — 100 % compliant for 1st time in 2 years; reorganized annex space — 40 % more • Oversaw 2 peninsula wide Staff Assistance Visits; assessed 5 sites and $ 1,800,000,000 War Reserve Materiel program; 497 findings 98.4 % fixed — Air Support Group prepped to ace Unit Compliance Inspection • Launched premier vehicular support to NASA and FEMA teams during Space Shuttle Columbia crisis • Quickly transitioned flight from Strategic Command exercise to wartime status in aftermath of September 11th attacks — 27,000 gallons of JP - 8 issued to Air Force One and escort aircraft; base efforts lauded by Precombat primed • Spearheaded transfer of 439 Headquarters Eighth Air Force weapons to 2 BW — vital assets valued at $ 290,000 available for redistribution • Remarkable leadership; revamped Eighth Air Force deployment process — slashed late responses by 65 % and reclamas by 25 % • Prepped 175 9MMs and 266 M16s for Combat Arms Training and Maintenance inspection — 100 % compliant for 1st time in 2 years; reorganized annex space — 40 % more • Oversaw 2 peninsula wide Staff Assistance Visits; assessed 5 sites and $ 1,800,000,000 War Reserve Materiel program; 497 findings 98.4 % fixed — Air Support Group prepped to ace Unit Compliance Inspection • Launched premier vehicular support to NASA and FEMA teams during Space Shuttle Columbia crisis • Quickly transitioned flight from Strategic Command exercise to wartime status in aftermath of September 11th attacks — 27,000 gallons of JP - 8 issued to Air Force One and escort aircraft; base efforts lauded by PreCombat Arms Training and Maintenance inspection — 100 % compliant for 1st time in 2 years; reorganized annex space — 40 % more • Oversaw 2 peninsula wide Staff Assistance Visits; assessed 5 sites and $ 1,800,000,000 War Reserve Materiel program; 497 findings 98.4 % fixed — Air Support Group prepped to ace Unit Compliance Inspection • Launched premier vehicular support to NASA and FEMA teams during Space Shuttle Columbia crisis • Quickly transitioned flight from Strategic Command exercise to wartime status in aftermath of September 11th attacks — 27,000 gallons of JP - 8 issued to Air Force One and escort aircraft; base efforts lauded by President