Sentence examples for tour of operations from inspiring English sources

Two years later, Meese donned a D.E.A. cap and a khaki suit for a weeklong, five-country tour of operations in Latin America.

During January 1944, he flew 38 sorties, completing his second tour of operations with No. 405 Squadron.

Brill completed his second tour of operations later in July but stayed on to fly more missions, often mentoring less experienced crews.

Rather than take disciplinary action, Balmer allowed the man medical leave and sought out respite for him in the country, after which the pilot returned to active duty and completed his tour of operations.

Considered a "dynamic" leader and a "brilliant" pilot, Balmer was decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) for "great skill and devotion to duty" during "a varied tour of operations"; promulgated in the London Gazette on 18 April, the award citation further described him as "a most efficient squadron commander, whose keenness and zeal have set a fine example".

He then voluntarily reverted to group captain so that he might begin a third tour of operations, this time as commanding officer of No. 617 Squadron RAF (the Dambusters squadron), which he led from December until the end of the war.

During his three tours of operation he participated in Operation Hydra and dozens of other sorties over Europe.

The downside was a 'double tour' of 45 operations, as opposed to the 30 flown by Main Force.

One day this summer, I went to take a tour of its operations, which sprawl across several hundred square miles.

July 15 CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY The director Tim Burton brings his snarky Goth sensibility to a new version of Roald Dahl's children's book, about a candy mogul (Johnny Depp, looking disturbingly like Michael Jackson in the trailer) who takes a group of children on a tour of his operations.

A week's leave he was due for completing a full tour of 18 operations was going to be cancelled because of training demands.