Sentences with phrase «military airbase»

In a visit heavy on symbolism, the Queen emerged from Baldonnel military airbase wearing a green coat and hat.

Rebels said they had secured the surrender of the country's main military airbase, Mitiga, along with Gaddafi's presidential guard.

Hellenikon International Airport started as a military airbase in 1938 and was Athens» main hub for commercial air travel for 60 years.

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[T] he Americans told Moscow in advance about the strike, to avoid casualties among Russian military personnel stationed on the airbase (source: BBC)

Use of territory and Airbase in a military cooperation agreement is nothing strange.

On September 19th Mr Mohamed officially re-emerged when he was taken from Bagram airbase in Afghanistan to Guantanamo in Cuba, being held there without charge as an «enemy combatant» until the following autumn when he was charged with conspiracy, although these charges were later dropped and replaced with new military commission accusations at the end of 2008.

Image analysis, completed less than a month later, covered a total of 36,000 square kilometers and revealed roadblocks, an influx of military vehicles at airbases, naval blockades, and other pivotal events as the conflict escalated.

Established during World War II as a strategic airbase in the Caribbean, the United States has since used vast areas of the eastern part of Vieques as a bombing range and site for military training exercises.

Prohibits the location of certain wind electric generation facilities within forty miles of an airfield or airbase under jurisdiction of any federal military department.