Sentences with phrase «on aircraft carrier»

Call it marketing, call it wretched excess, call it college football on the aircraft carrier used to bury Osama bin Laden at sea.

But just as one doesn't win a traditional war by pulling down a statute, landing on an aircraft carrier, and proclaiming «Mission Accomplished,» one doesn't win the war for healthy oceans via a single gesture - however grand.

Another friend is currently serving as a senior officer on an aircraft carrier for the Royal Navy.

Beginning on an aircraft carrier like the previous demo, I couldn't help but look around the environment and take in every little detail.

The demo available to attendees equated to around 10 - 15 minutes of gameplay starting on an aircraft carrier.

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

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.

I remember playing Super Mario Bros. and Metroid on the NES with my older brother, and never being able to land on the aircraft carrier in Top Gun.

Lamborghini has launched the Veneno Roadster on an aircraft carrier in Abu Dhabi.

Given the warning «Beware Of Jet Blast Propellers And Rotors» on the wall in the background, it looks like they're on an aircraft carrier.

A family - man first, Gerry (Brad Pitt) escapes Philly, I mean Newark, I mean some hell - hole, finding sanctuary on an aircraft carrier where the best and brightest and the Declaration of Independence are secreted to wait out the early days of the blight.

It was the weirdest thing because I never went to film school, I never studied cinema, I didn't know cinematic history or anything, and suddenly, in a very short period of time, I'm on this aircraft carrier with these robots and Bruce Dern trying to figure it out and having all these guys around me to help.

It's something of a disappointment (particularly in comparison to the Lloyd Kaufman interview on the second disc), as Kemper chooses to wax rhapsodic (and interminably) about the wonders of the technology on the 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.

Gerry is loathe to come out of retirement (the guy really likes his pancakes) but with the help of a daring helicopter rescue he and his family are deposited on an aircraft carrier, perhaps the planet's only safe zone, and Gerry is essentially blackmailed into accompanying a young scientist to South Korea, where it's thought the zombie - making began.

The results may lead to novel engineering designs that reduce noise over commercial flight paths and on aircraft carrier decks.

«If you are performing operations on an aircraft carrier or offshore platform, this is extremely important.»

He assumed he would follow in his father's footstepsand pursue a career in the Navy, but three years of scrubbing toiletsand cleaning guns on an aircraft carrier persuaded him to try college.The thought of returning to school scared him so much that as he droveto Victorville, California, to enroll in a junior college, he keptsaying over and over to himself, «I hope I never get there.»

The Navy wants to be able to land its jets safely on an aircraft carrier while on autopilot, even in dangerous conditions.

It reminds me a little bit of George Bush on the aircraft carrier.

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio likened the response to former President George W. Bush landing on the aircraft carrier and declaring «Mission Accomplished» while the Iraq war was still far from won.

For sailors on the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (cards and letters can be made out to «Dear Friend «or «Hello, Sailor «-RRB-: America Remembers USS Enterprise (CVN - 65) Operation Dear Abby V c / o Commander USS Enterprise

He had hoped to play professional baseball but his dreams and elbow were shattered by a bullet while serving on the aircraft carrier Bon Homme Richard in the Pacific.

Tonight's matchup between Michigan State and North Carolina not only pits two of the nation's most successful programs against each other, but also marks the first time a college basketball game is being played on an aircraft carrier.

Writers who misquote him can usually expect a personal and pointed note from Captain Harry, as he is called by many who still recognize the naval rank with which he was retired in 1945 after active duty on an aircraft carrier.

Twitter promptly seized on the statement, drawing comparisons to an infamous May 2003 speech in which President George W. Bush proudly declared the end of a major US presence in Iraq while standing on an aircraft carrier in front of a banner that said, «Mission Accomplished.»

Lewelling stood in a room with a mock - up of the UCLASS, a highly competitive Navy contract that would put a UAV on an aircraft carrier.

That China has even embarked on an aircraft carrier program speaks volumes about their future role in global security.

The nets used on the aircraft carriers to arrest airplanes were not made of nylon until after nylon became available in 1935.

Imagine a future in which jet fighters can navigate and land on aircraft carriers autonomously and search - and - rescue teams can pinpoint a person's exact location even in the remotest spots on or below the Earth.

These plans include a simpler wing stowage system for use on aircraft carriers, lighter wiring, thinner composite fuselage panels and an improved vibration suppression system.

It was just a simple twist, Supta Matsyendrasana (Supine Spinal Twist)-- nothing like the rigorous daily training he'd done as a damage controlman on aircraft carriers — but his legs refused to cooperate, due to the painful nerve damage and severe sciatica he'd suffered as a result of a career - ending back injury.

Taking off and landing on aircraft carriers, mid-air refueling, and bombing the bu - jesus out of your enemies in unmanned aerial vehicles are common place when you are a member of H.A.W.X. Tom Clany's H.A.W.X. 2 is now available from Ubisoft on Playstation 3, Xbox 360, and Nintendo Wii.

Not exact matches

Essentially small aircraft carriers that can carry troops, the ships are capable of waging war on land, air, and sea.

A PLA Navy fleet including the aircraft carrier Liaoning, submarines, vessels and fighter jets take part in a review in the South China Sea on April 12, 2018.

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.

Travelers concerned about legroom will find that some carriers and aircraft offer more space on their basic seats, letting you avoid the fee for a premium seat just to get a few extra inches.

The French flag - carrier was an early target of the US National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ as it was seen as a terrorist mark and it carried out tests in 2007 on allowing the use of mobile phones on its aircraft.

The hallway reminded me of the corridor of an aircraft carrier I once stayed on during the Kosovo crisis; I shouldn't have been surprised by the room.

In June 2017, when the UK's newest aircraft carrier, HMS Queen Elizabeth, went through sea trials, a Russian submarine was spying on it.

They pilot and navigate the flight of fixed - wing aircraft on nonscheduled air - carrier routes or helicopters.

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.

The ship has a number of new technologies, like the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System, which is intended to replace the current steam - powered launch system on current aircraft cAircraft Launch System, which is intended to replace the current steam - powered launch system on current aircraft caircraft carriers.

He jawboned Carrier into keeping jobs in the United States, threatened Boeing for the cost of Air Force One and Lockheed on its F - 35 aircraft, and pharmaceutical companies on their high drug prices.

An amateur drone pilot landed on Britain's new Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier without anybody noticing.

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.

Japan's F - 35 is the most advanced aircraft in its inventory and may be used on refitted versions of the country's Izumo - class helicopter carrier, effectively giving Japan full fledged aircraft carriers - something China has warned against.

Instead of focusing just on carriers, it also invests in aircraft manufacturers and airport operators from all over the world.

Flymojo, a Malaysian full service carrier that is yet to launch, announced on March 17 that it has signed a letter of intent to purchase 20 CS100 aircraft from Canada's Bombardier.

The footage below shows a recovery to the carrier in low visibility conditions of a Super Hornet (or «Rhino» as the aircraft is nicknamed aboard supercarriers) with the VFA - 143 «Pukin Dogs» (based on the badge that can be seen on the pilot's flight helmet).