air-craft carrier
1Carrier Vessel — In diesem Artikel oder Abschnitt fehlen folgende wichtige Informationen: Andere Konzepte zum Starten und Landen von Flugzeugen (VTOL, STOL, STOVL) Untertypen von Flugzeugträgern: Leichter Flugzeugträger, Geleitflugzeugträger, Flugdeckkreuzer,… …
2aircraft-carrier — airˈcraft carrier noun A vessel from which aircraft can take off and on which they can land • • • Main Entry: ↑air …
3Air launch — Air launching is the practice of dropping a parasite aircraft, rocket, or missile from a mothership. The parasite aircraft or missile is usually is tucked under the wing of the larger mothership and then dropped from underneath the wing while in… …
4air-cushion machine — ▪ vehicle Introduction also called ground effect machine, or hovercraft, any of the machines characterized by movement in which a significant portion of the weight is supported by forces arising from air pressures developed around the… …
5air warfare — Military operations conducted by airplanes, helicopters, or other aircraft against aircraft or targets on the ground and in the water. Air warfare did not become important until World War I (1914–18). The British, French, German, Russian, and… …
6Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident — The two Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident, published in 1994/5 and 1997, form the basis for much of the skeptical explanation for the 1947 incident, the purported recovery of aliens and their craft from the vicinity of Roswell, New… …
7Air Transport Auxiliary — Infobox Military Unit unit name= Air Transport Auxiliary caption= start date= 15 February 1940 end date= 30 November 1945 country= United Kingdom allegiance= branch= type= role= size= 14 ferry pools (1944) Air Movement Flight Unit 2 Training… …
8air force — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. air fleet, flying force, flying corps, aviation service, air power, air cover, aerospace team, air arm, air service, U.S. Air Force, USAF, Strategic Air Command, SAC, Tactical Air Command, TAC, Navy Air Force, Marine Corps… …
9aircraft carrier — air′craft car rier n. mil a warship equipped with a large open deck for the taking off and landing of warplanes and with facilities to carry, service, and arm them • Etymology: 1915–20 …
10Aircraft carrier — From bottom to top: Principe de Asturias, amphibious assault ship USS Wasp, USS Forrestal and light V/STOL carrier HMS Invincible, showing size differences of late 20th century carriers An aircraft …