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  • 1RAF munitions storage during WWII — The logistics organizations of the Royal Air Force in World War II were No. 42 Group and RAF Maintenance Command. As a result of a serious shortage of funds during the inter war period and a weakness of policy the RAF was singularly ill equipped… …

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  • 2List of the largest artificial non-nuclear explosions — There have been a number of extremely large explosions, many accidental, caused by modern high explosives, older explosives such as gunpowder, volatile petroleum based fuels such as gasoline (petrol), and other chemical reactions. This list… …

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  • 3Disasters — ▪ 2009 Introduction Aviation       January 23, Poland. A Spanish built CASA transport plane carrying members of the Polish air force home from a conference on flight safety in Warsaw crashes near the town of Miroslawiec; all 20 aboard are killed …

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  • 4Ho Chi Minh Campaign — Infobox Military Conflict conflict=Ho Chi Minh Campaign caption= partof=the Vietnam War date=13 December 1974 30 April 1975 place=Republic of Vietnam result=Decisive North Vietnamese victory, capitulation of the Republic of Vietnam combatant1=… …

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  • 5USS Benjamin Stoddert (DDG-22) — Career (US) …

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  • 6USS Union (AKA-106) — USS Union (AKA 106), the fourth ship with this name, served as a commissioned ship for 25 years and 1 month. She was laid down as North Carolina (MC 1697) on 27 September 1944 by the North Carolina Shipbuilding Company, Wilmington, N.C.; launched …

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  • 7Bien Hoa Air Base — Infobox Airport name = Bien Hoa Air Base nativename = image width =300 IATA = ICAO = type =military owner = operator = city served = location = elevation f = 79 elevation m = 24 website = r1 number = 09L/27R r1 length f = 10,000 r1 length m =… …

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  • 8United States Marine Corps — USMC redirects here. For other uses, see United States Maritime Commission and University of St. Michael s College. United States Marine Corps United States M …

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  • 9Naval Weapons Station Charleston — (NAVWPNSTA CHASN) is a base of the United States Navy located on the west bank of the Cooper River, in Berkeley County, South Carolina, north of Charleston. The base encompasses more than 17,000 acres (69 km²) of land with 10,000 acres (40 km²)… …

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  • 10USS Oriskany (CV-34) — USS Oriskany (CV/CVA 34), nicknamed Mighty O , The O boat , and Toasted O , was an Essex class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy, named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany. She served in Korea and Vietnam, and was finally sunk… …

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