Word: airlift
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...Force servicemen and civilian employees at the Rhein-Main Air Base call it the gateway to Europe, and with good reason. Located opposite Frankfurt International Airport, Rhein-Main is almost a city unto itself, the largest and most vital link in the U.S. military airlift command. For that reason it is a prime target for terrorists. Last week they struck with a vengeance, setting off a car bomb that killed a 19-year old airman on temporary duty and the wife of another airman assigned to a medical airlift squadron. Twenty-one people were injured...
Yeager's decision to remain in the Air Force for 34 years rather than take lucrative civilian jobs paid off. There were challenging assignments in Europe and Asia, and the perks were good. He tells of using bombers to airlift him and his cronies to remote hunting and fishing grounds. The military also allowed him to do what he does best: fly fighters. His last combat missions were in Viet Nam, where, he coldly notes, he was credited with killing 50 V.C. on one mission. Yeager sees the world through gunsights. He takes potshots at astronauts ("little more than Spam...
Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu militant from an organization called Mahasabha (the Great Society). The Marshall Plan began. The state of Israel was born. In the summer of the Berlin airlift, Lyndon Johnson clattered across Texas in history's first campaign-by-helicopter--Lyndon swooping down ex machina to meet and greet the astonished farmers...
...problems, we're still married, with no plans to divorce--or even to cut back much on our summer driving trips, according to the AAA. Why won't we end it? Because we just don't give a flip about melting the ice caps, going broke and having to airlift Bradley fighting vehicles into Iraq for two or three more decades? No, I think those things pain us. It's something else. The reason our marriage to our cars continues is that infidelity isn't an option...
...willing" won't be possible. The numbers are a drop in the bucket compared to the 150,000 troops already deployed by the Americans, and don't pack the wallop of the 10,500 British troops. NATO is organizing the headquarters and communications. The Americans will provide airlift, sealift, training and equipment to many of the troops, and cold cash to make the whole thing work. And the folks back home in many contributing countries are actively hostile. So what's the point...