Sentence examples for defense crew from inspiring English sources

When a South Korean airliner strayed into North Korean airspace, a Northern air defense crew, already jumpy and anticipating the allied maneuvers in the Sea of Japan, mistook it for an American bomber.

The British plane's identification beacon also appears to have been unable to communicate with the American air defense crew, although it is unknown whether it malfunctioned, was turned off or was incorrectly programmed, officials said.

Sobieski was a member of the Polish defense crew besieged by Cossacks at Zbaraż from 10 July to 22 August 1649.

Then, a police spokesman, Ayman al-Batniji, said civil defense crews decided to try to catch the animal alive.

Plumes of white smoke still emanated from the charred, 63-storey Address Downtown Dubai hotel and residential block at daybreak, but civil defense crews had mostly extinguished the flames which erupted around 2130 (1730 GMT).

By E. J. Kahn The New Yorker, July 26 , 1952P. 11 For more than a year the names of the civil-defense crew for our floor have been posted beside the elevators.

The New Yorker, July 26 , 1952P. 11 For more than a year the names of the civil-defense crew for our floor have been posted beside the elevators.

While firefighters have used the Tuolumne River and granite formations on the fire's northern edges to set up defenses, crews have found little to work with on the blaze's eastern front south of the Hetch Hetchy reservoir.

I mean, the passengers on this plane were a line of defense, the flight crew were a line of defense.

Just 16 minutes later, the Toronto offense began weaving their way through the Crew defense, culminating on a give and go between Jay Chapman and Giovinco.

He has plenty of that on the Redskins' defense and a crew of linebackers -- LaVar Arrington, Jeremiah Trotter and Jessie Armstead -- who were all Pro Bowl selections last season.