Sentence examples for air escort from inspiring English sources

These tactics succeeded until radar came to the aid of the escorts and until convoys could be given continuous sea and air escort all the way across the Atlantic in both directions.

When Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, along with Crown Princess Juliana and other members of the Dutch Royal Family fled to England in May 1940 aboard the British destroyer, Guest was in the air escort that accompanied her to safety.

The new use of sonar, air escorts, specially designed rescue ships, and voice radio communications permitted convoys to be more easily coordinated, and afforded greater protection against the new German tactics of marshalling U-boats into "wolf packs" of 8 or even 20 submarines that would intercept convoys and attack them at night en masse.

As they flew above Point Cook, twelve RAAF aircraft took to the air to escort them to their landing place at St Kilda Beach, where they were welcomed by a crowd of 10,000 people.

As the war progressed, though, aircraft acquired longer range and, more important, convoys had their own air patrols on escort carriers, which essentially eliminated the black spots.

Nicknamed the "Rhino", its missions include air superiority, fighter escort, land strike, maritime strike, close air support, and reconnaissance.

"Drug traffickers take note: this is the future that awaits you," Mr. Santos said before Mr. Montoya, 49, limped out of an air force plane escorted by five commandos.

In 1995 the Russian government, always hard up for cash, started arranging trips into Chechnya that included military air transport, armed escorts and all the vodka you could drink.

The escort carriers' air wings were disappointed with their experience, as their ability to detect submarines was hampered by severe weather throughout the operation.

The second phase of OPEVAL, which took place at MCAS Yuma from 25 February to 8 March, required the AV-8B to perform fighter escort, combat air patrol, and deck-launched intercept missions.

As well as providing local air defence, and fighter escort for Australian bombers, the Kittyhawks were armed with incendiary and general-purpose bombs so that they could engage in ground attack missions, a practice that had already been employed by Commonwealth forces in the Middle Eastern theatre.