Sentence examples for patrols above from inspiring English sources

The field is also a staging point for patrols above northern Iraq by American and British planes.

They labored uphill through snow until daybreak, when the company broke into smaller patrols above 9,200 feet.

Though the last of the air patrols above American cities were discontinued in 2007, the military keeps dozens of warplanes and hundreds of air crew members on alert to respond to potential threats.

Russia is reaching for many other Cold War tools as well, including aggressive long-range bomber patrols above NATO nations (particularly the Baltic states) and building up significant military capability in the Arctic.

The Obama administration has significantly increased staffing at the Border Patrol and has employed unmanned drones to patrol from above.

Search dogs roam the surface, sniffing for humans, while aircraft patrol from above, watching for any sign that the slope above could slide again.

— It is not uncommon for law enforcement agencies to have helicopters and planes to patrol from above, but Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Maricopa County, has created what he calls his own air force: a collection of 30 private planes that his "air posse" uses to track illegal immigrants and drug smugglers.

A few tourists wandered around in shorts looking confused as military planes patrolled above.

As Tony measured and weighed the mottled green and brown eggs, the parent birds patrolled above the ash trees of the field edge.

While on a search-and-destroy patrol above Rinko-do, Davis spotted two MiG-15s, shooting one down and forcing the other to withdraw.

As part of the build-up to the Battle of Arawe in December, the Kittyhawks launched a series of attacks on the Gasmata airfield and fuel dumps; on the day of the Allied landings, as No. 76 Squadron Kittyhawks patrolled above the beaches, the Spitfires remained at Kiriwina in case of strikes by Japanese raiders, though none came.