Sentences with phrase «aircraft carriers at»

And we are currently building two advanced new aircraft carriers at a cost of over # 6bn, but can not afford the complements of aircraft they need when launched.

For aircraft carriers at sea, cards, letters and packages can be addressed to «Dear Sailor «or «Dear Friend ``:

Jerry D. Korsmeyer is Manager of Reactor Engineering for U.S.S. NIMITZ class aircraft carriers at the Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.

But the US now has seven aircraft carriers at sea and brought three of them together to put on a show of force no other nation on earth could possibly stage.

Not exact matches

The newly designed aircraft, built partially with lightweight composite materials and powered by Pratt & Whitney's fuel - saving engines, is targeted at established carriers looking to replace older, inefficient planes, and new airlines launching in developing countries, such as China, to service the growing middle class and airport expansion.

Currently the J - 15 launches using a ski - jump arrangement as with Russian and soon UK aircraft but at least one modified J - 15 was photographed with a catapult bridle on its nose wheel for land - based testing of a new magnetic catapult system likely to be used on the next Chinese aircraft carrier, the yet - to - be-named CV - 18, Type 002 aircraft carrier of entirely Chinese indigenous design to be built by the Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai.

China had previously purchased two former Soviet aircraft carriers to be used as tourist attractions, and the Liaoning, known as the Varyag at the time, was deemed to be too deteriorated to be able to be used for active duty, and the Chinese Navy was more focused on submarines at the time.

Between the three US carriers and one smaller Japanese carrier, the naval formation likely had more than 200 aircraft ready to strike at a moment's notice.

Alitalia, Italy's perpetually bankrupt flag carrier (literally: the company is presently under bankruptcy protection... for the third time in under a decade) sold all of their aircraft to raise some quick cash, then leased them back at not exactly favorable conditions.

He began as an enlisted man serving on one of the aircraft carriers that were so fortuitously away at sea when the Japanese struck at Pearl Harbor.

Ol' Aircraft Carrier had been absurdly predicting the American men's defeat for at least two years.

The arena is as loud as an aircraft carrier operating at full swing.

It had begun with the first minister at a school in Edinburgh (reading from the children's book, We're Going on a Bear Hunt) and the prime minister visiting the Rosyth Dockyard with the none - too - subtle backdrop of a half - constructed aircraft carrier «This is a success story that the whole of the United Kingdom can take great pride in»).

The party came at a time when museum officials were trying to persuade the state to allow the construction of a building on a lot across the West Side Highway from the aircraft carrier to house the space shuttle Enterprise.

He is an active - duty U.S. naval officer whose experience includes operational tours with Helicopter Squadron Five aboard the aircraft carrier USS EISENHOWER (from 2007 - 2009), as an analyst at U.S. Africa Command (2009 - 2012) and Commander Task Force SIX SEVEN (2012 - present).

The spokesperson added: «Difficult decisions had to be taken to deal with the MoD's financial blackhole but we are moving towards an enhanced future carrier strike capability with the new Joint Strike Fighter arriving at the same time as the next generation of aircraft carriers.

Lord West said it was ridiculous that UK aid to India, which currently stands at # 1.6 billion, has allowed the country to build its own aircraft carriers but deprived the Royal Navy of similar funds.

Others fear the decommissioning of HMS Ark Royal, leaving Britain without an operational aircraft carrier until at least 2020, has exposed the UK's inability to lead a substantial task force to the South Atlantic should another invasion of the islands occur.

Many things have not been touched upon, like: a cash for access scandal with David Cameron's chief fundraiser offering dinner for donors at Downing Street; the sacking of soldiers by email; aircraft carriers without aircraft; Andrew Mitchell effing and blinding at police officers; and the shambolic handling of the west coast railway contract that will cost taxpayers # 40 million.

Trump plans to land at JFK airport, then speak aboard the decommissioned USS Intrepid aircraft carrier in the Hudson, and meet with the Australian Prime Minister.

Lt. Burt Baskin was a World War II Navy quartermaster running a PX at a base on the South Pacific island of New Hebrides when he made a fateful swap with a supply officer off a visiting aircraft carrier.

These so - called electro - optical satellites produced images at resolutions better than 1 meter (about 3 feet)-- detailed enough to show individual cars and revealing such secrets as a new Soviet aircraft carrier under construction at a Black Sea shipyard.

Already, radiation at undisclosed levels and in undisclosed forms has been detected on the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan, according to the U.S. Navy, an aircraft carrier that had been 100 miles northeast of the stricken nuclear power plant off the coast of Japan on March 14.

Just as China's naval aircraft carrier was launched soon after they criticized the U.S. for spending too much on defense, undertaking the Tiangong / Shenzhou 8 mission at about the same time as the U.S. space shuttle program ends «is a powerful political signal that China is ascendant, and the U.S. is descending,» Cheng said.

Any damage from torpedos could be fixed by refreezing the ship and the cost was estimated at less than half the price of a conventional aircraft carrier.

He's just a smart, resourceful, and efficient guy with a family at home (well, on an aircraft carrier, anyway) that he'd like very much to get back to.

Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Block used kites built by Lieutenant Paul Garber to practice shooting at moving targets and to pass important papers from ships to flying aircraft.

On the issue of rearward visibility (or lack thereof): «You look back there, and it's like the landing deck of an aircraft carrier, with an abrupt dropoff at the far end.

Beginning Aug. 23, 2011, foreign carriers operating to the United States with at least one aircraft of 30 or more seats have been required to adopt contingency plans for lengthy tarmac delays as well as customer service plans, and to post these plans on their websites.

«[E] ach policy of aircraft accident liability insurance... shall specify that it shall remain in force, and may not be replaced, canceled, withdrawn, or in any way modified to reduce the minimum standards set forth in this part, or to change the extent of coverage by the insurer or the carrier, nor expire by its own terms in regard to coverage for the carrier in its common carrier operations in air transportation, until 10 days after written notice by the insurer (in the event of replacement, by the retiring insurer), or by the insurer's representative, or by the carrier to the Department... which 10 - day notice period shall start to run from the date such notice is actually received at the Department.»

Which is to say the boat has been an aircraft carrier, at times.

The eastern European carrier will base one new Airbus A320 aircraft at the airport.

The aircraft will be placed into service at Spanish flag carrier Iberia, which operates an all - Airbus fleet.

Adisucipto International Airport in Yogyakarta, Central Java, reopened at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday after being temporarily closed following an accident involving a Garuda Indonesia aircraft on Wednesday night, the flag carrier's spokesperson said.

Tour an aircraft carrier, say hello to the elephants at the world famous San Diego Zoo, go on a day trip to La Jolla, and take your pick of numerous bars and restaurants in the Gaslamp Quarter.

A report in Australian Business Traveller indicates that Emirates, the biggest of the Middle Eastern carriers, is looking at introducing a Premium Economy cabin on to its aircraft at some point in the future.

In late 2011, an extended runway opened at TCI's gateway airport on Providenciales to accommodate larger aircraft from Europe; most major international carriers serve the country.

While BA's B787 - 8 has three classes (Economy, Premium Economy, and Business), the national carrier of the UK has utilized the additional 20ft (6 m) on its 787 - 9 to add a First Class cabin at the front of the aircraft.

You will explore a floating city at sea and relive nearly 50 years of world history aboard the longest - serving Navy aircraft carrier of the 20th century.

American is in fierce competition with Delta, JetBlue and United to become the reigning lie - flat champion between New York and San Francisco / Los Angeles — so we asked TPG Contributor Kevin Song, an AAdvantage Executive Platinum elite, to take a closer look at the carrier's Airbus A321T, the only aircraft to offer a three - class configuration on these domestic transcon routes.

This addition brings the total number of aircraft allocated at London Luton to eight and the total investment to US$ 860 million, the carrier claims.

Hopes will doubtless be raised when you find yourself on an aircraft carrier heading up some stairs to a waiting jet, only to be dashed when you discover that you'll only be the gunner and get no control over the jet at all.

At the same time, players will be getting access to the CVN - 83 «USS Freedom» Aircraft Carrier, whether they buy the DLC or not.

NON-STOP ASSAULT - Blast away at tanks, jets, aircraft carriers, helicopters, missile - launching troops and more.

Ammo can be replenished by landing on your aircraft carrier or at bases you capture after bombing their defenders into submission.

Handel was also co-curator of Aircraft Carrier, an exhibition that debuted at the Israel Pavilion of the 13th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale and traveled subsequently to The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, and to the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City.

Updated, 12:30 p.m. Acting at Haiti's request, the United States is deploying an aircraft carrier and other vessels to help out as the battered impoverished nation moves from hunkering down to digging out (Navy Times).

The US Navy plans that its new Ford - class aircraft carriers will remain in service to the year 2100 and beyond... foreseeably in a strategic environment in which the Arctic ice is gone, and the Greenland and Antarctic ice is melting at a pace sufficient to flood vast tracts of America's coastal states.

Early in my career I served in frigates, survey vessels, aircraft carriers and auxiliaries as well as at air stations ashore.

If you like the late 20th century warming trend is like the curved ramp at the end of British aircraft carriers.