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  No. 00-617: International Aircraft Recovery v. United States - Opposition
It was assigned to the aircraft carrier Yorktown and flew combat missions in both the Battle of Midway and the Battle of the Coral Sea.
The court first concluded that the United States had not abandoned all ownership interests in the aircraft, and that the aircraft therefore was not subject to the admiralty law of finds.
The court's holding that the United States has retained ownership interests in the subject aircraft is consistent with decisions of this Court and other courts of appeals, all of which recognize that the United States cannot be deemed to abandon property absent evidence of an express, duly authorized action relinquishing the government's claims of ownership.
www.usdoj.gov /osg/briefs/2000/0responses/2000-0617.resp.html   (3340 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : July 29,1953 Incident (Cape Povorotny) : Note from the American Embassy at Moscow to the Soviet ...
The Soviet Government having failed to reply to the United States Government's note of January 26, 1954, the United States Government, through its Embassy at Moscow, transmitted another note on May 25, 1954 (6) to the Soviet Ministry of Foreign Affairs inquiring when a reply might be expected to the note of January 26, 1954.
Those dead, the United States Government finds and charges, were brought to their death by the injuries caused in the course of the attack on the B-50 aircraft, by shock and by exposure in the waters of the Sea of Japan.
The Soviet Government states that two Soviet fighter aircraft approached the B-50 with the intention of showing the B-50 that it was within the boundaries of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and with the intention of suggesting that the B-50 leave the air space of the Soviet Union.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/coldwar/airpl005.htm   (2807 words)

  
 United States Air Force - TvWiki, the free encyclopedia
The stated mission of the USAF is "deliver sovereign options for the defense of the United States of America and its global interests -- to fly and fight in Air, Space, and Cyberspace".
Prior to 1947, military aviation was the responsibility of the Army, while the Navy maintained a fleet air arm on its fleet of aircraft carriers.
The US military first began to experiment with military aviation in December 1906, when ‘’Army Specification #486’’ was authorized, which looked the creation of aircraft for military usage.
www.tvwiki.tv /wiki/United_States_Air_Force   (3044 words)

  
 Naval Aircraft Designations - 1946-1962
The second utility aircraft built by Grumman was designated the J2F-1 and successive modifications to this aircraft became J2F-2, J2F-3, etc. It must be remembered that the aircraft Modification Sequence Number is always one digit higher than the actual modification number.
These aircraft were assigned to the new attack squadrons established in the latter part of 1946.
Aircraft models all started with the numeral 1, except for those aircraft on hand which were used by both services, in which case the existing Air Force designation applied.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/systems/aircraft/navy-designation.htm   (855 words)

  
 Chapter 837 — Aircraft Operation
The State of Oregon is not liable for any loss or damage resulting from errors introduced into the materials supplied by the Legislative Counsel Committee, by a user or any third party, or resulting from any defect in or misuse of any search software, drivers or other equipment.
The owner of a civil aircraft that is not based in Oregon but that is used in Oregon for commercial operations shall register the aircraft prior to the first time the aircraft is used in Oregon for commercial operations.
If an aircraft is not registered at the time of purchase, even though the aircraft may have been purchased within the state, new or used, the purchaser shall register it in accordance with ORS 837.040 and 837.045.
www.leg.state.or.us /ors/837.html   (2858 words)

  
 United States Army information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The Army of the United States was re-established for the Korean War and Vietnam War and was demobilized upon the suspension of the draft.
Military routinely incorporate the design representing their country in their insignia and the eagle with shield, arrows and olive leaves was taken from the Coat of Arms of the United States.
Upon joining the Army, all soldiers (officers and enlisted) must swear (or affirm) an oath to "protect the Constitution of the United States from all enemies, both foreign and domestic." This emphasis on the defense of the United States Constitution illustrates the concern of the framers that the military be subordinate to legitimate civilian authority.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/United_States_Army   (8257 words)

  
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The new military policy of hemisphere defense enunciated in 1938 was a reaction to the increasing offensive potentiality of military aircraft.
The continental United States could not at that time be invaded or seriously threatened unless the attack was backed by land-based air power.
III), and the preoccupation of the United States with the perilous situation in the Atlantic and Europe that blinded the nation to the menace of Japan in the Pacific until the very eve of open conflict.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/wwii/11-9/4-1.htm   (751 words)

  
 List of active United States military aircraft - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of currently-active military aircraft in use by the United States military.
Aircraft fly over the desert on April 14, 2003.
Aircraft include KC-135 Stratotanker, F-15E Strike Eagle, F-117 Nighthawk, F-16CJ Falcon, British GR-4 Tornado, and Australian F/A-18 Hornet.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_active_United_States_military_aircraft   (195 words)

  
 HyperWar: Reader's Guide to the U.S. Army in World War II Series--The Western Hemisphere
The aggressive wartime strategy of the United States, concerted with its European Allies, into which it launched so promptly and with such a massive deployment of force after 7 December 1941, obscures the fact that its declared military policy before that date was defensive.
In November 1938 President Roosevelt enunciated the doctrine that defense of the continental United States required, as the military objective of the nation, defense of the Western Hemisphere.
The defensive problems facing the United States as a continental power isolated by two oceans, and the relationship between security of the homeland and offensive action in overseas theaters (Ch.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-Guide/Guide-WH.html   (1364 words)

  
 aircraft and military museums
The aircraft museum at Edwards Air Force Base in the high desert an hour and a half north east of Los Angeles is one of those places which is almost impossible to visit unless you're a serving member of the United States Air Force.
Appropriately enough, the Egyptian National Military Museum is located within the grounds of the Citadel in Cairo, which has hosted the military garrisons of the Arab rulers of Egypt, followed by the Ottoman Turks, the French and the British.
The official USAF museum in Dayton, Ohio, is the world's premier military aircraft museum, with oodles of historically significant aircraft from the beginnings of air power in the United States up to the present day.
www.richard-seaman.com /Aircraft/Museums   (3956 words)

  
 C-27J Spartan - Joint Cargo Aircraft   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The C-27J Spartan is a military airlifter specifically designed for cargo and troops, paratroop and material air drop, medical evacuation and day/night all-weather operations.
Since it was originally designed as a true rugged military airlifter, the C-27J is highly interoperable with heavier models such as the C-130s, and incorporates state-of-the-art technologies throughout its propulsion system, avionic system, cockpit layout and data presentation.
The aircraft is also competing in Canada for its Fixed Wing Search and Rescue replacement as well as around the world.
www.c-27j.com /gmas_projects.php   (316 words)

  
 The Joint Strike Fighter - meeting 21st Century military needs
Two of North America's leading aerospace companies are competing for the right to build the next generation of military aircraft fighters for the United States and the United Kingdom.
By asking for a fighter that is a capable wartime aircraft but affordable at the same time, the U.S. and U.K. militaries are changing their philosophies somewhat.
The United States and the United Kingdom are expected to announce the contract winner in the spring of 2001.
www.exn.ca /Templates/Story.asp?ID=1999122153   (1309 words)

  
 The Avalon Project : Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6, ...
Military Facilities in the Azores: Agreement Between Portugal and the United States, September 6, 1951(1)
There will also be permitted the eventual visit to the airdrome of Santa Maria of some military aircraft which will be provided for by technical arrangements to be concluded between the Ministers of Defense of the two Governments.
Stockpiling of materials and supplies necessary to the preparation for war, in accordance with the reasonable exigencies of the international situation, and in accordance with technical arrangements to be agreed upon, is authorized during the term referred to in Article 1.
www.yale.edu /lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/portugal/port001.htm   (802 words)

  
 Cuban History, Missle Crisis (3 of 4)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
U.S. diplomat to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, aggresively protests to his boss that the blockade is invalid, citing analogies to a new Berlin wall, and point out the U.S. nuclear missiles already operational in Turkey and the U.S. naval base [storing nuclear capable bombs] already inside of the sovereign territory of Cuba.
The deal set by the United Nations was that if the Soviet Union stopped its arm shipments to Cuba, the United States must stop the blockade — the Soviet Union not only discontinued arms shipments to Cuba, but went a step further and removed its nuclear missiles from Cuba.
Khrushchev insists that the United States comply with its agreements, and lift the military and economic blockade of Cuba, and asks that, in accordance with the requests of Cuba, the U.S. withdraw from its base in Guantanamo, Cuba.
www.marxists.org /history/cuba/subject/missile-crisis/ch03.htm   (3651 words)

  
 Michelin Aircraft Tire Company, LLC
Since military aircraft operate under extreme conditions, the tires are designed to meet very strict tolerances.
Michelin® radial and bias aircraft tires are precision engineered to deliver ultra high performance and long life under the toughest conditions.
Today, Michelin is a leading supplier of military aircraft tires to the United States and French Armed Forces along with a number of other international military fleets.
www.airmichelin.com /military.html   (179 words)

  
 Ground Support Equipment, Military Aircraft, Repairs - US (United States)
CTG is America’s fastest growing stocking distributor of electronic components, electromechanical parts, military and aerospace parts, hardware, obsolete, discontinued and hard-to-find parts.
United Aeronautical Corp. is a manufacturer and surplus supplier for military aircraft parts.
United Aeronautical Corp. is Northrop Grumman's Licensee for the S2 Grumman Tracker.
www.kellysearch.com /us-product-45941.html   (478 words)

  
 High Gallery:United States Military Aircraft
The Military Aircraft as we know it today, had its beginnings in the First World War, but it was not initially an American development.
When the United States did start building aircraft, they were license built versions of European designs.
With speeds up to three times that of sound easily attained, radical concepts in propulsion are being devised to enable the modern aircraft to stand still in the air as well.
www.highgallery.com /UnitedStatesMilitaryAircraft.html   (251 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
This also means that the family's military sponsor must have applied for Space-A air travel and been placed on a roster.
Proof of that statement is the fact that eligible military family members, active and retired, have been flying Space-A on U.S. military aircraft within the United States with their sponsors since the Spring of 2003!
One of the first military family members to write us about her wonderful experience on Space-A flights inside the USA was R&R subscriber, Barb Roy, wife of Lt Cdr William Roy, USN, Ret.
www.militaryliving.com /newsletter/augsep06   (5222 words)

  
 Current Designations of U.S. Military Aircraft
Existing aircraft which used designations not compliant with the new system (all Navy and Marine Corps, many Army, and a few Air Force aircraft) were redesignated effectively on 18 September 1962 (see source [1] and article on Aircraft Redesignations in 1962).
AFI 16-401(I) not only covers aircraft designations, but also the designations of unmanned vehicles (missiles etc.) and some of the bureaucratic red tape to be followed for actually assigning a name or a designation to a military aerospace vehicle.
The "V" symbol was originally used for all staff transport aircraft, but is nowadays limited to aircraft used by the President of the United States.
www.designation-systems.net /usmilav/aircraft.html   (2286 words)

  
 Agreement on flights of Military Aircraft, July_02&July_04_1949; Embassy of India, Washington, DC
The Government of India has no objection to the temporary stationing of American ground crews at specified airfields on special occasions for the purpose of servicing American military aircraft transiting India in groups or units, provided such crews depart as soon as their task is completed.
The facilities accorded to the United States Government under the present agreement are confined to United States military aircraft bearing appropriate service markings and manned by crews in uniform and on duty.
The United States Government will on a reciprocal basis grant to Indian Military aircraft transit and landing rights in continental United States, comparable to those referred to in Clauses 1 to 4, both inclusive, and the use of airfields to be designated on request of the Government of India.
www.indianembassy.org /indusrel/India_US_treaties/military_aircraft_July_04_1948.html   (768 words)

  
 Allies Deploy Aircraft To Halt Serb Offensive Against Kosovo Rebels : NATO Vows To Head Off New Bosnia In Balkans
As military aircraft from the United States and the European allies moved into position for show-of- force exercises in the skies over Albania and Macedonia, starting Monday, Western leaders vowed Sunday that the Kosovo situation would not be allowed to become another Bosnia.
And the U.S. secretary of state, Madeleine Albright, on Sunday called the bloodshed in Kosovo "unacceptable," and said the world was determined to prevent another Bosnia.
But the possibility of NATO military action even without a UN mandate has emerged in discussions among allied leaders and gained powerful momentum Sunday when Germany seemed to acquiesce in the idea.
www.iht.com /articles/1998/06/15/kosovo.t_10.php   (758 words)

  
 JINSA Online -- Defense and Military   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Sections include military organizations of the United States and worldwide, specific weapon systems of the United States and worldwide, defense manufacturers.
As a combat support agency of the Department of Defense, the DIA's mission is to provide timely, objective and cogent military intelligence to the warfighters -- soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines -- and to the decison makers and policymakers of the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Government.
United States Department of the Air Force website is a good resource for general news and information and has an extensive library of related photographs called.
www.jinsa.org /links/links.html   (888 words)

  
 Military Living Publications   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Quite a few kinds of Temporary Military Lodging are available to you and your family.
They range from low-cost military "bachelor quarters," guest houses, lodges, inns, to full-fledged resorts such as the AFRC Resorts of the Hale Koa Hotel, Hawaii and Shades of Green on Walt Disney World Resort, Florida and other locations.
Military Installation MWR programs receive cash rebates, so don't forget to give your installation name or AFVC number when enrolling.
www.militaryliving.com /patriotic.html   (981 words)

  
 U.S. Cockpits
There are many different aircraft mission types found in the "Special Mission Aircraft" catagory.
Aircraft like Navy Patrol aircraft and special reconnaissance aircraft will be found here.
However, some aircraft that may seem to have a special mission are still listed by their basic mission type (For example, the RC-135 is listed under "Cargo" aircraft because the basic mission is "C").
uscockpits.com   (360 words)

  
 C-27J Spartan military future cargo and tactical transport aircraft: GMAS Projects   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The C-27J Spartan is a born military airlifter specifically designed for cargo and troops, paratroop and material air drop, medical evacuation and day/night all-weather operations.
The C-27J is currently under production for the Italian Air Force (12 units) and the Hellenic Air Force (12 units), and has been selected by the Bulgarian Air Force (8 Units).
The aircraft is also competing in Canada and Portugal.
www.c-27j.com /gmas_projects.htm   (319 words)

  
 List of military aircraft of the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For aircraft currently in service, see the List of active United States military aircraft.
Until 1962, both the Army and Air Force maintained one system, while the United States Navy maintained a separate system.
A collection of NASA experimental aircraft, including the X-31, F-15 S/MTD, SR-71, F-106, F-16XL, X-38, Radio Controlled Mothership, and X-36.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_military_aircraft_of_the_United_States   (746 words)

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