aircraft
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Not to worry, they argued: Limited resources were better spent on slow-to-produce ships, aircraft and other platforms; in a crisis, the U.S. could rapidly build more weapons.
That includes higher aircraft utilization during peak days while reducing off-peak flying, as well as the flexibility to adjust to seasonal demand, it said.
From MarketWatch
Washington has deployed a massive military force to the Middle East, sending two aircraft carriers as well as more than a dozen other ships, a large number of warplanes and other assets to the region.
From Barron's
The Mexican military also prepared a squad of light, turboprop Beechcraft Texan aircraft that are low-cost and effective for counterinsurgency operations of the kind that they expected to encounter with Oseguera’s gunmen.
Aviation regulators—including the Federal Aviation Administration—issued safety alerts, airlines grounded aircraft, and manufacturers searched their inventories for Zamora’s forged parts.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
