Sentence examples for enter operational from inspiring English sources

The result was the P-80 Shooting Star, the first American jet aircraft to enter operational service (1945).

The F-22 Raptor was conceived in 1981, took its first test flight in 1990, and did not enter operational service until 2004.

In 1947 Hughes Aircraft won a development contract for a guided missile, which later led to the Falcon, the world's first radar-guided air-to-air missile to enter operational service.

According to its original 1986 schedule, the Arrow system was supposed to enter operational service in 1995.

The B-2 was first flown in 1989 and entered operational service in 1993.

The self-configuration provides the automated initial configuration of cells and network nodes before entering operational mode.

Once the Sabre entered operational service in March 1956, the Sabre Trials Flight was dissolved and its responsibilities passed to No. 3 Squadron.

·         The Project will enter into operational partnerships with a range of rural development, pastoral and agro-pastoral projects and programmes.

The scientific objectives are related to lunar science and will be fulfilled once the spacecraft enters its operational lunar orbit, currently expected for January 2005.

As we entered the operational zone, we watched as the American soldiers removed their Velcro-affixed flag patches and insignias from their uniforms.

The F-16 was given its formal nickname of "Fighting Falcon" on 21 July 1980, entering USAF operational service with the 34th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 388th Tactical Fighter Wing at Hill AFB in Utah on 1 October 1980.