The stops themselves were cause for concern, writes Collins, because fuel is usually more expensive at commercial airfields like Prestwick than at military airfields like the nearby Lakenheath Air Base in England.
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Joseph Dunford said the priority is making sure airfields can operate.
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Multiple airports in Somalia show circles around airfields in the city.
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But island airfields, not ships, are the foundation of China's naval strategy.
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Four pilots controlled the 100 drones, that launched from four different airfields.
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Bases and airfields bearing American names became a feature of the postwar landscape.
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Those targets include two Syrian airfields, a research center and a chemical weapons facility.
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"Westy," as he liked to be called, was building airfields all over the place.
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But, already, American forces in the region are reinforcing their outposts, bases and airfields.
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Syrian and Hezbollah media had previously said Syria had thwarted missile attacks on two airfields.
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It's appropriately called Layover, in honor of the four airfields visible from this vantage point.
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It's been creating man-made islands and building airfields, ports and weapons systems on them.
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Airfields, however, need to be nearby to allow rapid response in the South China Sea.
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Some 100 smaller airfields were built around South Vietnam to accommodate helicopters and supply aircraft.
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She alone ferried 23 Spitfires and 22 other kinds of aircraft to airfields during the war.
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During his military career, he flew tactical missions attacking enemy airfields and top secret rescue missions.
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In Syria, Mr. Assad knows that we have many more Tomahawk missiles than he has airfields.
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What were once underwater reefs are now sandy islands complete with airfields, roads, buildings, and missile systems.
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Meanwhile, Iran stopped allowing Russia to use one of its airfields to bomb rebel positions in Syria.
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Into the future, the US Marine Corps will need to be able to construct and repair airfields.
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A number of Syrian military airfields, industrial sites and research facilities suffered in the strikes, he added.
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The evacuation affected airfields in Incirlik, Izmir and Mugla, resulting in the removal of 670 military dependents.
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On 3 December 1971, Pakistan Air Force launched a pre-emptive strike on 11 airfields across northern India.
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Such savings should particularly help little-used airfields, which would pay for control-tower services only when needed.
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Bunkers or airfields, for instance, need heavier pressure to destroy, so those targets would probably require surface bursts.
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A CENTCOM spokesman said any suggestion U.S. forces were in control of any airfields in Syria was incorrect.
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Beijing has reclaimed land in massive dredging operations, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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Assad's bomb-spewing jets and his airfields should have been taken out early in the war, before ISIS.
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American says its grounded jets are congregating at airfields in Pittsburgh, Tulsa, Roswell, New Mexico, and Mobile, Alabama.
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They can also be found in firefighting foams used on military bases, on airfields and by municipal firefighters.
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And private jets can reduce airport hassle and take advantage of smaller airfields closer to the ultimate destination.
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Three years later, he flew the final WWII combat mission in Japan on an attack on airfields near Tokyo.
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State television showed pilots clambering into their airplanes in snowy airfields and officers unfurling maps and speaking on telephones.
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Like many of the larger airfields in North Korea, there are adjacent underground hangars, including the one at Pukchang.
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A spokesman for the U.S. Central Command denied the United States has taken control of any airfields in Syria.
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In a week touring the region, a Reuters reporter saw 18 sites, including naval bases, radar stations and airfields.
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China is pursuing a long-term strategy of integrating these "floating sovereign airfields" into military operations, Mr. Cronin said.
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" On Thursday afternoon, in a speech in New York, Clinton said America should make Assad "take out his airfields.
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Mr. Mattis also assured House lawmakers that they would be notified before any strikes against Syrian weapons facilities and airfields.
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They campaigned urgently, even frantically, at airfields and arenas, on a college campus in Wisconsin and in a Philadelphia church.
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Airports • San Juan's Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport and eight other airfields are open or open with restrictions, FEMA said.
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Two other military airfields that were abandoned by the Ukrainians are also now in use again by the Russian military.
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So Westmoreland's logistical islands focused on new ports to be constructed first, as well as supporting airfields and supply depots.
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Even before the battle's conclusion, the US military started using the airfields on Iwo Jima for bombing runs on Japan.
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One of the skillsets of Special Warfare Squadrons is to survey and operate airfields in permissive or non-permissive environments.
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But as General Keane pointed out Thursday night on Fox News, there are more airfields at the Syrian/Russian/Iranian's disposal.
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A spokesman for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said, however, the United States was not taking control of any airfields in Syria.
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Are China's relationships with those countries ones that would allow Beijing to access ports, airfields, or other infrastructure for military uses?
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Sites identified by the Navy include: *Abandoned airfields near Mobile and Orange Beach, Alabama that could house up to 25,000 migrants.
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Passenger drones are designed to fly directly from place to place, rather than making use of existing airfields, as conventional aircraft do.
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Among those plans is a proposal for a "saturation strike" on Syrian military targets, including airfields, two military officials told The Intercept.
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Koh said China's string of militarized islands -- equipped with airfields and radar facilities -- have become like a series of immovable aircraft carriers.
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Once the airfields in Puerto Rico reopened, though, large amounts of food, water and other vital supplies starting flowing to the island.
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And although the Russians reported a number of Syrian military airfields, industrial sites and research facilities were hit, the Syrians said otherwise.
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What they're doing, in fact, is practicing hitting airfields or other targets that the US would likely use to sustain an invasion.
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The F-35B is a short takeoff and vertical landing variant and specifically designed to operate from austere airfields and amphibious ships.
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Defense officials said one possibility was to render certain Syrian airfields incapable of being used in the future to launch chemical attacks.
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These numbers mean the island has a higher risk of bird strikes than other airfields and averages about five strikes a year.
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And if you look closely, something like airfields in Somalia that may house American special forces suddenly light up like a Christmas tree.
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Using FARPs, as they're known, at airfields in austere or remote locations, can increase Air Force aircraft's ability to operate in contested environments.
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Trump could do something similar, for instance, unilaterally ordering American warplanes to bomb Syrian airfields so Assad's warplanes could no longer use them.
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The agency said the points are "usually hidden for security reasons," but then listed the bases, including two airfields and eight military outposts.
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Tensions have ratcheted up as China has reclaimed land in massive dredging operations, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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The agency said the points are "usually hidden for security reasons," but then listed the bases, including two airfields and eight military outposts.
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The plan relies in part on federal money set aside for the repurposing of joint-use or no-longer-in-use military airfields.
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Start with a devastating naval bombardment, get the men on the beach, provide them with close air support, and take the airfields quickly.
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Air safety regulators have sounded alarms about the threats of drones near aircraft and airfields, as the devices become more popular and easily obtainable.
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Separate screens can be used to display different airfields, because some remote towers will control flights in and out of a number of airports.
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The new centre is expected, eventually, to handle aircraft movements at 32 of the 45 airfields run by Avinor, Norway's state-owned airport operator.
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Rep. Tulsi Gabbard of Hawaii torched President Donald Trump on Thursday night over his decision to launch a missile strike against airfields in Syria.
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Assets most often damaged include airfields, energy infrastructure and water systems, according to military personnel at each site, who responded to the DoD questionnaire.
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"This law is supposed to be used for actions such as building airfields or barracks to help our troops fight wars overseas," he said.
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Across the north, airfields were laid to bring in men and equipment, and the now-famous Alaska Highway was built through the Canadian Rockies.
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It also has access to airfields and deepwater ports dating to World War II.Now only 16 countries recognize Taiwan, including five small Pacific nations.
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Missiles are launched against military airfields at Bandar Abbas and Bushehr inside the Arabian Gulf, and at Jask and Chah Bahar outside the gulf.
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It is the largest of the Taiwan-aligned Pacific countries, with access to the airfields and deepwater ports dating back to World War Two.
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With full control of Taiwan, Beijing would gain access to ports and airfields uncomfortably close to Okinawa, where over 20,000 American troops are stationed.
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Two airfields were established on Mindoro in late December 1944 from which aircraft would be launched to assist in the upcoming landings on Luzon.
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He and his team were part of a perimeter security force that guarded airfields as planes carried away whatever the Pentagon wanted to keep.
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"The deep-water ports and high-throughput airfields we once relied upon are also increasingly vulnerable to attacks with long-range fires," Neller wrote.
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"The ability to refuel aircraft at forward airfields and in austere environments is a critical element of Agile Combat Employment," said US Air Force Col.
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China is in the process of building artificial islands, some of which are equipped with airfields, to bolster its claim of sovereignty in the area.
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According to the ISW report, Syrian aircraft located on the outskirts of Hama, Homs and Palmyra have relocated closer to heavily defended airfields across Syria.
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Turkey makes important contributions to NATO operations, including in Afghanistan, Kosovo and the Aegean Sea, and hosts airfields that are crucial to operations against ISIS.
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Beijing has previously utilized dredgers to create seven fortified islands — some of which now house airfields, missile bases and radar systems — in the international waterway.
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It is the largest of the Taiwan-aligned Pacific countries, with access to the airfields and deepwater ports dating back to World War II.Taiwan support
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More damaging strikes targeted at the Assad regime, for example striking "numerous regime airfields and military bases, and warning the Russians in advance," Cafarella says.
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All the eastern coastal seaports, and all military bases and airfields in the eastern half of South Korea (nearest Japan) are under the EMP field.
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S. Muncy Long Island was once home to as many as 120 airfields, which means that the sky was full and the highways relatively empty.
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Tensions have ratcheted up in the region as China has reclaimed land in massive dredging operations, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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Before the track is laid, experts will examine evidence of prehistoric reindeer herds in Buckinghamshire, Roman villages in Northamptonshire and airfields from the second world war.
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The Kinzhal travels at 10 times the speed of sound and has been, Putin said, in trial service at airfields in southern Russia since December 1st.
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In fact, Trump commented on China's placement of military equipment and airfields on the islands in an interview with The New York Times published in March.
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This has been accompanied by aggressive investment, including ambitious new Arctic airfields, bases, and energy infrastructure from which it can project power on regional choke points.
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Acorn and other contractors fly civilian light aircraft — typically Beechcraft King Air models — that come and go from African airports and makeshift airfields without attracting attention.
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Defense as offensive strategyIn early August 1942, the United States landed Marines and other troops on Guadalcanal, taking much of the island and capturing its airfields.
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In addition to a state dinner, Trump will also visit Camp Humphreys, home to one of the U.S. army's busiest overseas airfields, and a national cemetery.
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With that hattrick in hand, the US had territories on which to build airfields for its new, state-of-the-art heavy bomber, the B-29.
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Mr. Koenig of the Levittown Historical Society said that before World War II, pilots who flew into the three nearby airfields used the trees to navigate.
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And it emboldened Iran to try to expand Hezbollah's arsenal of some 130,000 rockets to include cruise missiles capable of hitting Israel's critical infrastructure and airfields.
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China has built seven artificial islands in the Spratlys group in the South China Sea and turned them into military outposts with airfields, radars, and missile defenses.
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Mattis also had strong words for China over the South China Sea, where Beijing has built artificial islands and equipped them with airfields, ports and weapons systems.
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The incident highlights concerns among air safety regulators about preventing drones from flying close to aircraft and airfields, as the devices become more popular and easily obtainable.
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The Navy memo outlines plans to build "temporary and austere" tent cities to house 25,000 migrants at abandoned airfields just outside the Florida panhandle near Mobile, Ala.
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British authorities contacted airfields along the coast to check if the plane had made an unplanned landing, but there was no sign it had, Guernsey police said.
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Special Tactics teams can assess, open, and control major airfields to clandestine dirt strips in either permissive or hostile locations, providing strategic access for our nation's military.
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Trump, too, is fond of pulling up a podium in front of his "Trump Force One" 757 jet and speaking to supporters at airfields and in hangars.
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In any conflict in the world, the United States normally has open access to the territory, harbors, airfields, bases and material assistance of more than 2628 countries.
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If it wanted to increase the number of aircraft operating over Syria, it could simply send more ground-based jets to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's airfields.
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The lack of complete information played a role in deciding not to strike a larger set of targets including airfields, aircraft and helicopters, one defense official said.
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" When I asked him if he agreed with analysts who said all Syria's airfields should be taken out, he gave this clear answer: "Well, yes, I do.
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The signing of a preliminary deal in November 2017, which permits Russian aircraft to use Egyptian airfields, only solidified this concern about Cairo's drifting into Russia's orbit.
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To reinforce their claims in the region, China has constructed and militarized a series of artificial islands across the South China Sea, building airfields and radar stations.
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All are part of a web of bases, outposts and airfields spread across the northeastern corner of Syria, a model similar to those in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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There are so few travelers left at Kennedy International Airport, one of the world's busiest airfields, that taxis wait six hours or more for a single passenger.
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"The plans called for an initial attack, consisting of 500 sorties, striking all military targets, including missile sites, airfields, ports and gun emplacements," Robert F. Kennedy wrote.
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While most French warheads are lodged on submarines, a few dozen are fitted to air-launched cruise missiles that could be housed in, for example, German airfields.
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The Americans are also seeking access to three civilian seaports and airfields on Luzon, including Subic Bay, a former U.S. Navy base, a senior defense official told Reuters.
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Reuters visited two airfields on the island of Savai'i - Maota and Asau - which despite not being operational, were being maintained to stop the jungle from reclaiming the land.
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Elsewhere, airport managers are starting to abandon the panopticons that have dominated airfields for decades in favour of remote-controlled versions that promise to be cheaper and safer.
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The Americans are also seeking access to three civilian seaports and airfields on Luzon, including Subic Bay, a former U.S. Navy base, a senior defence official told Reuters.
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Beyond that, Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen have been using drones and missiles provided them by Tehran to strike Saudi targets such as airfields, pipelines and pumping stations.
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Tensions have risen over the past two years as China has embarked on a massive land reclamation program -- turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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These were responsible for thousands of schools, hospitals, parks, airfields, roads, sewers, trails, and other valuable infrastructure, helping lay the groundwork for the famous post-war economic boom.
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Reuters visited two airfields on the island of Savai'i — Maota and Asau — which despite not being operational, were being maintained to stop the jungle from reclaiming the land.
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At some point, Mr. Assad will undoubtedly have to address the American presence in northeastern Syria, where United States troops have built a constellation of bases and airfields.
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Its plan, analysts believe, is to halt any American invasion by launching nuclear strikes at the ports and airfields in the south where troops would enter the peninsula.
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In addition to the threat of attack against US navy ships, these officials say Iran continues to pose a threat to US military bases and airfields in the region.
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The official, who asked not to be named, stressed that the draft memo, which looks at setting up housing on Navy airfields in Alabama, was for planning purposes only.
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Trump could similarly order American warplanes to bomb Syrian airfields or take out Syrian chemical weapons facilities so Assad's planes could not drop nerve gas on their own citizens.
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China has also heavily militarized some islands and expanded other territories with major land reclamation work, turning sandbars into islands and equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems.
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The source also noted that Syria's military has repositioned a significant amount of air assets to Russian-controlled airfields in hopes that Washington would be reluctant to strike there.
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The official, who asked not to be named, stressed that the draft memo, which looks at setting up housing on Navy airfields in Alabama, was for planning purposes only.
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For the Americans, the airfields there meant both easier and shorter routes to mainland Japan as well as helping clear the air of fighters that would intercept such bombers.
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"Major construction features at the largest outposts include new airfields—all with runways at least 20163,800 feet in length—large port facilities, and water and fuel storage," the Pentagon reports.
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Compounding the situation is the fact that the many of the Syrian military's airfields are near civilian-inhabited areas, increasing the risk of civilian casualties from a potential U.S. airstrike.
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Targets of interest include airfields, ammunition storage facilities, and training areas, as well as vehicles traveling in and out of military facilities over time, according to documents describing the request.
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He was stationed in North Africa and later sent to Italy, where he helped set up petroleum pipelines for military airfields, at one point volunteering to drive truckloads of nitroglycerin.
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To reinforce its claims of sovereignty, Beijing has been reclaiming land on and around reefs and shoals to construct artificial islands which are then militarized with airfields and radar equipment.
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But when she came to make her first flight in one, as a 25-year-old pilot ferrying aircraft between Britain's airfields in the second world war, she knew for certain.
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In front of a live audience, she voiced support for U.S. bombing raids on Syrian airfields and said Russian interference in the presidential election was a theft more damaging than Watergate.
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They found their battleships matched not only against the US warships and planes, but also bulldozers, as US Marines repaired key airfields in between barrages of shelling from Japanese ships offshore.
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In a statement issued to reporters Tuesday afternoon, the Iraqi government said that troops coming from Syria have permission to transit through US bases and airfields, but not to settle there.
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The Solomons have recognized Taiwan since 1983 and is the largest of the Taiwan-aligned Pacific countries, with access to the airfields and deepwater ports dating back to World War Two.
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The Solomons has recognized Taiwan since 1983 and is the largest of the Taiwan-aligned Pacific countries, with access to the airfields and deepwater ports dating back to World War Two.
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The Eviation CEO said obvious markets for short regional air travel existed in the United States and the United Kingdom where a high number of small airfields were already in place.
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They've been very clear that their goal for this nuclear force — and this should scare the pants off of us — is to hit ports and airfields and US forces in region.
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The successful execution of a complex mission flown from two airfields outside Russia is a military milestone for Russia, which until the Syrian campaign had not conducted such extensive air operations abroad.
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Tensions have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them.
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McCain, the chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, and Graham, a committee member and close McCain ally, had earlier Thursday urged action to ground the Syrian air force, including striking airfields.
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The United States and its regional allies have expressed concern that China is militarizing the South China Sea with moves to build airfields and other military facilities on the islands it occupies.
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Sending bombers and fighter jets, with American or French pilots, to strike Syrian airfields or other facilities is considered risky because it could deepen the conflict if a pilot was shot down.
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While Afghan missions are flown via satellite link by pilots at bases in the United States, aircraft take off and land under the control of crews deployed to the airfields in Afghanistan.
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Blowing up some Syrian regime airfields didn't have a lasting effect the last time, and it would be too risky to try for a bigger response with a different outcome this time.
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It comes in three variants: the A model, meant for use on conventional airfields; the B model, which has vertical takeoff and landing capability; and the C model, for use on aircraft carriers.
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All told, operations at Malacky and Sliac Airport are losing $105 million for Russia-deterring projects like upgrades to the airfields on both bases — essential for everything from scrambling jets to bringing supplies.
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Puerto Rico had no major airfields available immediately after the storm struck, so that meant the military couldn't use all of its large cargo planes right away to bring in hurricane-relief supplies.
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China has reclaimed seven reefs in the Spratlys islands, building two airfields, ports, lighthouses radars, and other military structures, which the United States has called a clear move to militarise the disputed area.
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On the former point, Wallace says Mageshima could eventually see operations from US Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft, taking some of the load off current airfields on the main islands and Okinawa.
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China's activities in the contested area, such as building artificial islands, airfields and other military facilities, have fueled tension in Southeast Asia, although it says most of the construction is for civilian purposes.
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The worst, she found, were RAF airfields, where the ground crews often ignored her and, if one wanted to spend a penny, one had to find a bush, as the loos were men-only.
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"We have seen a number of incidents around airfields, and, in the end, we want to be prepared should anyone want to use a drone for an attack of some sort," Mr. Wiebes said.
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First, the US would have to deal with potentially thousands of Iranian coastal defense missiles, as well as cruise and ballistic missiles that can strike neighboring countries that would provide crucial ports and airfields.
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It wanted to remove Puerto Rico from the list of colonies, but not give it full autonomy, Mr. Cancel Miranda said, which might have meant losing the island's ports, airfields and other strategic assets.
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There is an alternative: Punish the Syrian government for violating the truce by using drones and cruise missiles to hit the Syrian military's airfields, bases and artillery positions where no Russian troops are present.
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More damaging strikes targeted at the Assad regime, for example striking "numerous regime airfields and military bases, and warning the Russians in advance," says Jennifer Cafarella of the Institute for the Study of War.
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Upmalis says that Latvia, as a borderland of the Soviet empire, was crammed with military installations ranging from tanks, artillery and ammunition stockpiles to submarine bases, military airfields and five bases for nuclear missiles.
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Diego Garcia — like Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and Al Udeid Air Force Base, Qatar — has the ability to house B-52s with flight lines and airfields that can accommodate the aircraft&aposs size.
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And in fact, the military infrastructure the United States has built up in Germany over the decades, including airfields and hospitals, has seen heavy use during US wars in the Middle East and Afghanistan.
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China's vast reclamation project, which began in earnest in 2013, shortly after Mr. Xi became the country's paramount leader, has steadily turned once-uninhabited places into fortified islands with airfields and increasingly military outposts.
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In addition to developing quieter, more deadly submarines of their own, the Russian military has assembled an arc of steel along its Arctic coast made up of dozens of military bases, ports and airfields.
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The air operation has reached such a large scale that a US defense official told CNN that some local airfields are now so full of helicopters that they are incapable of housing any additional aircraft.
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The Assad regime has denied responsibility for the April 7 attack and has since repositioned a significant amount of air assets to Russian-controlled airfields in hopes that Washington would be reluctant to strike there.
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The Assad regime has denied responsibility for the April 7 attack, and has since repositioned a significant amount of air assets to Russian-controlled airfields in hopes that Washington would be reluctant to strike there.
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In a crisis, a state that gained such an advantage might, they warn, attack an adversary's nuclear forces, military bases, airfields, warships, missile defenses, and command-and-control networks from great distances with stunning speed.
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Data collected from the fitness application Strava this year showed the exercise routes of users on hundreds of American military bases — from small outposts to sprawling airfields — in places such as Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The world's largest country has moved to reopen some abandoned Soviet-era military installations and place new facilities and airfields in its northern territory, while also establishing a string of seaports along its northern coastline.
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North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a ballistic missile test that simulated preemptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields used by the military, likely referring to the launches of three missiles on Tuesday.
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Tensions in the disputed waters have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them.
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Tensions in the contest waters have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them.
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"The list has been prepared many months ago when we had earlier discussions," Colonel Restituto Padilla told reporters, saying five military airfields, two naval bases and a jungle training camp were offered to the United States.
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The plan is a test both for the European Union's renewed efforts to coordinate on military matters and to work better with NATO, which has its own standards for military-strength bridges, roads, tunnels and airfields.
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Tensions in the contested waters have ratcheted up since 2014 as China has turned sandbars into islands, equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems and warned US warships and aircraft to stay away from them.
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And months after Trump ordered a strike on Syrian airfields in response to what the US said were chemical attacks ordered by Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, Haley maintained that Assad's days in power were numbered.
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"This event clearly stands in stark contrast to the way our aviators and Sailors are performing with utmost professionalism, discipline and excellence from our carrier flight decks and expeditionary airfields around the world today," he said.
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"This event clearly stands in stark contrast to the way our aviators and Sailors are performing with utmost professionalism, discipline and excellence from our carrier flight decks and expeditionary airfields around the world today," it added.
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A report last year from the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies suggests the J-220 could be used to strike enemy airfields and command centers in the ground attack role.
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The Solomons, a former British protectorate that is home to about 600,000 people, had been the largest of the Taiwan-aligned Pacific countries, with access to airfields and deepwater ports dating back to World War Two.
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Tensions in the area have ratcheted up in the past two years as China has reclaimed land in massive dredging operations in the Spratly Islands, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, weapons systems, ports and lighthouses.
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Boeing introduced the 727 in 1964 and portrayed it as a more efficient alternative to the standard four-engine jets of the day, with new features designed to make the 727 easier to operate from short airfields.
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In Puerto Rico, one plane is delivering a generator to support radar approach control flight operations, which will increase the number of flights able to travel in and out of San Juan International Airport and surrounding airfields.
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Seven hundred locations — North Korean military bases, launch sites, airfields, and underground bunkers — are in the I&W target deck for daily scrutiny, while another 700 indicators of activity on and off fixed targets are constantly monitored.
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Tensions in the region have escalated over the last two years as China has claimed land in massive dredging operations in the contested waters, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses in some cases.
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Today, Congress has delegated the power to seize private property to many military branches, including the Army Corps of Engineers to construct military bases and the Department of Navy to acquire land for airfields and gunnery ranges.
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"I think the debate tipped last year in Japan's favor after China built airfields in the South China Sea," said Michael J. Green, who served as a senior adviser on Asia during the George W. Bush administration.
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" In a supporting statement, Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick Airport's COO, added: "We welcome the clarity that today's announcement provides as it leaves no doubt that anyone flying a drone must stay well away from aircraft, airports and airfields.
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"The ability to refuel aircraft at forward airfields and in austere environments is a critical element of Agile Combat Employment," said US Air Force Colonel Robert Davis, the commander of the 3rd Wing, Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
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Indianapolis was a major center of military airfields and training during WWII, and currently devotes more acreage than any other US city to honoring fallen soldiers — second only to Washington, DC, in the overall number of war memorials.
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The Sun Yat-sen Memorial Highway Number One was built to handle not only rush-hour traffic, but also ten-tonne fighter jets, since the island's airfields would quickly be destroyed by Chinese missiles should war break out.
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Officials advocating some type of intervention told CNN that a decision might have to be made as soon as the next five days for limited airstrikes against Syria military airfields and bases if Aleppo is to be saved.
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In the past two years, the United States says China has reclaimed some 2,000 acres of land --- equivalent to 1,500 football fields -- in a massive dredging operation, turning tiny sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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The United States and its allies in the region have voiced concern about China's increasingly assertive pursuit of its claims in the South China Sea, including artificial island building and the construction of airfields and other military facilities.
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Early in the war, South Vietnam, which even after a century of French rule remained a largely rural nation, simply did not have the seaports and airfields required to receive this level of manpower and sustain military operations.
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Pentagon officials said that even if Syrian warplanes eluded an American-led strike campaign, the United States and its allies could still damage airfields across the country to hamper Mr. Assad's ability to launch future chemical weapons attacks.
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More recently, the US Air Force has been making noises about both preparing for "high-volume" operations in Europe and developing the ability to set up a lot more temporary airfields in Eastern Europe in the event of war.
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In each case, we emphasized the vital importance of taking out the airfields that were allowing both the resupply of weapons to Assad and his Iranian cronies (and now the Russians), and permitting those forces air dominance over Syria.
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This week, it fired three ballistic missiles, saying that they were used in simulated tests to detonate nuclear warheads over seaports and airfields in the South, where American reinforcements are supposed to arrive in the event of a war.
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However, warning of an imminent strike could force US military officials to modify their list of potential targets -- which could range from airfields or chemical storage sites to locations in Assad's backyard of Damascus depending on the intended message.
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In 19723, the Navy, which oversaw most of the large construction efforts, signed a contract with a joint venture between two large firms, Raymond International and Morrison-Knudsen, to build jet-capable airfields at Saigon, Da Nang and Pleiku.
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The display of high-powered weaponry is always a highlight of the parade, but its usefulness for assessing China's military has diminished over the years with ever-advancing satellite technology able to scour the country's bases, airfields and ports.
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Though Mr. Trump's aides made much of his order to fire Tomahawk missiles at Mr. Assad's airfields last spring — an order that Mr. Obama famously refused to give four years earlier — it was the exception that proved the rule.
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According to 1st Lt. Thomas Buckley, 37th FTS T-6 instructor pilot, a typical day includes giving their student pilots a formal brief, which includes the day's weather, notifications from various airfields and the overall plan for the day.
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DOD officials had planned to sign a new contract with the airport that would designate it one of several dozen European airfields at which US military aircrafts could refuel, extending the agency's current deal with Prestwick by five years.
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"The drill was conducted by limiting the firing range under the simulated conditions of making preemptive strikes at ports and airfields in the operational theater in South Korea where the U.S. imperialists nuclear war hardware is to be hurled," KCNA said.
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Planning began on Wednesday and accelerated at the Pentagon, the State Department and the White House on Thursday, helped by the fact that the Defense Department had numerous off-the-shelf plans, including for cruise missile strikes on Syrian airfields.
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He added that in the event of an attack, one of the first things the Russian military would do would be to strike the region's limited number of airfields, thereby making alternative landing areas critical to defending the alliance's eastern flank.
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Should Obama order such an operation, US officials said it could begin quickly as the US is well aware of airfields and bases both Syrian and Russian forces are using as a result of overhead surveillance and monitoring of communications.
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In the past two years, the United States says China has reclaimed some 2,000 acres of land in the waters -- equivalent to 1,500 football fields -- in a massive dredging operation, turning tiny sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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China claims almost all of the South China Sea, and has heavily militarized some islands in the region and expanded other territories with major land reclamation work, turning sandbars into islands and equipping them with airfields, ports and weapons systems.
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Take this plan published last fall by Gernot Wagner, executive director of Harvard University's Solar Geoengineering Research Program: In 15 years' time, as the impacts of warming worsen, planes loaded with sulphate particles start taking off from airfields around the world.
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U.S. sends warship close to island reclaimed by China Tensions have risen as China has reclaimed more than 2,000 acres of land in a massive dredging operation in the Spratly Islands, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses.
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"All the other support they need can't come in until we get the ports and airfields open, so that's why Northern Command has placed that at the top of the list in terms of the support we're providing," he added.
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"All the other support they need can't come in until we get the ports and airfields open, so that's why Northern Command has placed that at the top of the list in terms of the support we're providing," he said.
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More ominously (at least for Israel), Iran has raised the idea of establishing a naval outpost on Syria's Mediterranean coast as well as permanent deployments at various Syrian airfields — primarily as bases for the IRGC's drone, missile, and air defense units.
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Phil Coombes, landlord of the Prince of Wales pub, hasn't heard from 15-year-old Joe, an apprentice painter with Mike Yates and Sons, a firm that's been contracted to apply a fire-retardant emulsion to buildings at government airfields.
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By the mid-1980s, the guerrilla tactic of using 107-millimeter rockets for harassing fires was adopted by U.S.-backed insurgents in Afghanistan, who were using Chinese-made Type 63s paid for by the C.I.A. to attack Soviet-held airfields.
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The age and reputation of the Tu-154, as well as the fact that the aircraft had flown out of secure military airfields, meant that most senior officials speaking publicly ruled out the possibility that an attack had caused the crash.
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U.S. military units are reinforcing their outposts, bases and airfields in Iraq and Syria, preparing for revenge attacks for the American drone strike that killed a senior Iranian general last week — and puzzled both U.S. allies and President Trump's critics.
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SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Wednesday it had conducted a ballistic missile test that simulated preemptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields used by the U.S. military, a likely reference to the launches of three missiles on Tuesday.
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"The drill was conducted by limiting the firing range under the simulated conditions of making preemptive strikes at ports and airfields in the operational theater in South Korea where the U.S. imperialists' nuclear war hardware is to be hurled," KCNA said.
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Yameen had requested New Delhi to withdraw Indian helicopters at airfields on the islands of Gan and Laamu, a move that Modi's government suspected was an effort to "clear the decks for a Chinese air and naval presence," Brewster said.
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If some facilities are forced to close, that's no problem for the narcos: a closed airport that meets Federal Aviation Administration standards is better than any of the thousands of clandestine airfields used to launch their wares to North America.
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President Tsai watched as the air force landed F-16V aircraft on a highway in eastern Changhua county, an exercise designed to test the military's refueling and rearming capacity if major airfields on the island were occupied or destroyed by the PLA.
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North Korea has launched a series of missiles in recent months, the latest last week when it fired three ballistic missiles that it said was a simulated test of preemptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields used by the U.S. military.
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North Korea has launched a series of missiles in recent months, the latest last week when it fired three ballistic missiles in what it said was a simulated test of preemptive strikes against South Korean ports and airfields used by the U.S. military.
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With that total, the United States could maintain two or three major airfields and hubs of operations for intelligence and special forces at Bagram near Kabul in the center, near Kandahar in the south, and perhaps near Khost or Jalalabad in the east.
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The pilot then made an emergency landing in the Mojave National Preserve north of the I-40 near Ludlow, California, as there were not airfields near the remote area, in the eastern part of Southern California about 145 miles from Las Vegas.
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The answer — which the Air Force calls Agile Combat Employment — calls for the service to be able to launch, recover and maintain planes away from its main air bases and instead at unorthodox locations like partner nations' military airfields or civilian airports.
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An April 2019 exercise called Resilient Typhoon required aircraft gathered at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam to rapidly disperse to other airfields located on the islands of Guam, Tinian, Saipan, the Federated States of Micronesia and Palau, allowing for more distributed footprint.
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"I really believe that we should have and still should take out his airfields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them," she said Thursday during an event in New York.
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China has embarked on a massive land reclamation program, turning sandbars into islands equipped with airfields, ports and lighthouses, but Wang said China honored President Xi's commitment not to militarize the South China Sea -- made while he visited the White House in September.
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At the time, U.S. land-based aircraft capable of conducting an air raid on Tokyo did not have nearby airfields to support the operation and U.S. carrier-based aircraft could not travel the distance to Tokyo without putting their carriers in harm's way.
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"By launching a ballistic missile that can be tipped with a nuclear warhead in the future, North Korea directly and blatantly demonstrated its provocative ambition to target seaports and airfields across South Korea and even its neighboring countries," the military's statement said.
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The Bayport Aerodrome, carved out of the Pine Barrens midcentury, is the last of the public grass airfields, and has become a gathering spot for retired service veterans who restore and fly antique planes — or, some days, just grill food and talk.
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China has been building other airfields in the South China Sea as part of a controversial land reclamation program and in July civilian aircraft successfully carried out calibration tests on two new airports in the Spratly Islands, on Mischief Reef and Subi Reef.
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Therefore the military would have to target "not only nuclear infrastructure but command and control facilities, key leaders, artillery and missile units, chemical and biological weapons facilities, airfields, ports, and other targets deemed critical to regime survival," according to the report for Congress.
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It describes facilities that would house as many as 47,000 people at the former Concord Naval Weapons Station in California, another 47,000 people at Camp Pendleton, the Marines training facility in the same state, and as many as 25,000 people at abandoned airfields in Alabama.
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" In a separate statement, Vice Admiral Mike Shoemaker said that "This event clearly stands in stark contrast to the way our aviators and Sailors are performing with utmost professionalism, discipline and excellence from our carrier flight decks and expeditionary airfields around the world today.
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UNIDENTIFIED: We have the team effort for FEMA and also the US Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico specifically and trying to open up the airfields that begin as they get the majority of the supplies in and setting up across the island with the numbers.
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Flight restrictions are in place for airspace over Iran, Iraq, and Yemen so similar restrictions would probably be put in place if the U.S. planned serious action against Iran and wanted the political support of the Gulf states — and continued use of those Gulf airfields.
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They are some of the most frightening substances on earth, and Weber expects some of them to be used against South Korean ports, airfields, and cities as a way of killing large numbers of civilians and troops while causing terror on a nationwide scale.
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But, at any given time, between 24,2500 and 2015,2250 American troops are in the region, spread out between Jordan and Oman, assigned to operate airfields, run key headquarters, sail warships and fly warplanes, and stage for deployments to places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
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But, at any given time, between 24,2500 and 2015,2250 American troops are in the region, spread out between Jordan and Oman, assigned to operate airfields, run key headquarters, sail warships and fly warplanes, and stage for deployments to places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.
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