State police dispatched a helicopter to help in the search Monday, but winds were too strong for it to be flown safely.
The BBC dispatched a helicopter to hover over Sir Cliff's Berkshire home and stationed its reporters at the singer's gates before South Yorkshire Police had even arrived to raid the premises.
This was in the 1980s, during the jihad, and when the Soviets learned of the burial site's magic and the pilgrims it attracted, they dispatched a helicopter to destroy it.
In Williamson County, north of Austin, so many callers were convinced that the plummeting light was a burning aircraft that the sheriff's office dispatched a helicopter and several patrol cars to look for debris.
The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter, a cutter and a second boat to search Monday.
The Navy sent its own spy planes; the CIA dispatched a helicopter drone.
Asked by The Torontoist if dispatching a helicopter was an appropriate response to candy theft, Constable Andy Pattenden replied, "Yeah, sure.
An emergency ambulance service also confirmed on Twitter that they dispatched a helicopter to the remote community.
The Coast Guard dispatched a helicopter and two boats, according to CBS, and local fire and police boats also helped with the search.
CBS newsman Walter Cronkite was so eager to have McGrady and his co-conspirators on the evening broadcast that he dispatched a helicopter to pick them up from the Newsday building.
