They had to build and fill a 50,000-gallon fuel farm, install a trailer-sized refrigeration unit, and, using excavation vehicles, extend the outpost's helicopter
landing zone. They also had to stock the COP's supply of food and water for the next few months using one of the largest air supply drops in the history of Operation Enduring Freedom.
provides a real-time picture of the
landing zone on two cockpit displays and is expected to be tested at Yuma in 2008.
Captain Joel Sugdinis "watched with awe" as the dauntless aviators time and again dared the torrents of lead, risking everything for the wounded in
Landing Zone Albany.
President Bill Clinton to review the plan for
landing zone relocation.
According to the Pentagon, a full brigade of the 82nd arrived at 2 p.m., almost five hours after the Rangers had declared the
landing zone secure Upon arriving, however, they came under what the Pentagon called "heavy fire." The Cuban barracks on the airfield had not been taken at all, and the Rangers controlled only one end of the airstrip and did not press the attack.
The helicopter - a Bell UH-1Y Venom - was lifting tires during the training one fell near a
landing zone in a U.S.
Mechanical hook tape is designed to be applied on a loop-based
landing zone, applied on the diaper's front.
Don't point yourself straight at the "
landing zone;" you limit your shotgun swing that way.
However, it was the only suitable
landing zone in the narrow canyon.
After completing the full autorotation into the unprepared
landing zone, he completed an emergency shutdown to preclude the possibility of a sprag-clutch reengagement.
The main feature of the agreement is the naming rights to Miller Park's AirTran Airways
Landing Zone, an all-inclusive seating area at the Milwaukee Brewers' home stadium.