Sentence examples for flying troops from inspiring English sources

I had the morning off, and he flies for ATA now, flying troops over here.

Outside the capital, the American military resumed flying troops to and from Afghanistan through the Manas air base on Monday, after a brief halt because of the uprising, the United States Embassy said in a statement.

Where before the focus was on replicating the armies and cultures of an era - making it realistic, for example, that the armies of the Huns would trigger the downfall of the Western Roman Empire - Warhammer brings gargantuan monsters, flying troops, powerful heroes and devastating magic.

Flying troops in to equip from pre-positioned stockpiles, rather than sending all the tanks, artillery, and heavy equipment is a tactic much beloved by the US, which generally would rather avoid the prospect of shipping an army across an ocean in wartime and exposing it to attack by submarines and cruise missiles.

Futuristic flying troop transports crash through the windows of a tower topped by gigantic neon-lit eyes and occupied by armed defenders.

Elsewhere in Kurdish Iraq, the United States continued to fly troops and matériel into two airstrips.

In addition to the overland freight routes, Moscow now allows the United States to fly troops into Afghanistan through Russian airspace.

Defense officials said it might be possible to fly troops home to the United States from Afghanistan nonstop using commercial jets and an air route over the North Pole.

WASHINGTON -- Kazakhstan has agreed to let the United States fly troops and weapons over its territory, a deal that opens a direct and faster route over the North Pole for American forces and lethal equipment headed to Afghanistan.

Air tankers – converted C-130s which fly troops and DC-10 passenger planes – drop even larger quantities, but they come from a base in Oregon because Omak airport's runway isn't strong enough to handle them.

[A40.] Pentagon Flies Commercial The Pentagon spent more than $1.2 billion this year to fly troops and supplies to Iraq on commercial aircraft, aiding airlines as they were struggling with the weak economy, the emergence of SARS and the reluctance of travelers to fly because of the war in Iraq.