Sentence examples for combat drop from inspiring English sources

The parachute infantry regiment was held in reserve for several days before conducting the division's first airborne operation, a combat drop on the Tagaytay Ridge.

The divisional reconnaissance platoon was now in the vicinity of Tagaytay Ridge, the intended site of the 511th Parachute Infantry Regiment's first combat drop.

The division had also been absent from Operation Market Garden, and the only action it had seen was during the Ardennes campaign; it was, therefore, a relatively inexperienced formation that had never taken part in a combat drop.

The division had only served in combat for five months and seen only one combat drop, but in that short period of time it had seen 1,314 men killed in action and 4,904 men wounded or otherwise injured in action.

The company has been buying the manufacturing operations of other companies to add more services and increase efficiency to combat dropping sales.

Both the ADU-253A/B and ADU-272A/B are listed as being used in combat, with no mention of combat drops of CBU-68/Bs.

A new crew position, called the "weaponeer station", was created in the cockpit with a panel to monitor the release and detonation of the bomb during the actual combat drops.

Invensys is shedding more than half its businesses to reduce debt and combat a drop in orders for products including factory software and meters.

To combat a drop in demand, De Beers, Rio Tinto, BHP and other major players Russia's Alrosa and Canada's Harry Winston Diamond Corporation –formed the International Diamond Board last summer.

We were hopping between bases and combat outposts, dropping a guy off here, two off there, or sometimes just delivering some supplies.

So, to combat this drop-out problem, Ovelin, an early-stage startup from Finland has built a game for the iPad called WildChords that aims to provide a fun way for beginners to learn guitar so that they can get over those early humps and go on to musical glory.