The Colombians have an acute shortage of helicopters and air power, and it is hoped the new aircraft will help them build on the military successes against the rebels that the army achieved in the second half of last year, partly thanks to the use of air power.
That plus the fact that carriers are a useful means of projecting power in parts of the world where air bases are not assured makes it likely that carriers will be kept.
Throughout the ordeal, Al Jazeera effectively leveraged the power of the cloud to stay on the air and scale its reach and performance.
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And it was deeply held by the first advocates of air power in the early 20th Century, including early British and Italian military theorists like Sir Hugh Trenchard and Giuilo Douhet who believed that civilian morale would collapse with the first air strikes on cities.
Barak believes too readily in the efficacy of air power and in the ability of elite ground units to rapidly seize and hold land.
In Bosnia, Europeans were irritated that, with no troops in harm's way though plenty of fire-power from the air, America could dictate the conduct of the war and shape the peace.
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Advocates of close relations with China maintain that its military strength has been overrated by Americans in search of an enemy: they point to China's lack of long-range naval power and the poor training of its air-force pilots.
The alliance has spent two months polishing a broad range of options, including the use of air power.
B-2, is on the other hand offered as evidence that this was a pretty good war for air power of the longer-range sort.
British troops, with the support of coalition air power, have been pushing steadily into Basra since shortly after the start of the war, facing fierce resistance from Iraqi regular and irregular troops.
The Indian Ocean furiously hurls itself against the jagged coast and the air shudders with the power of its large explosions.
Having given warning of his power in the air with an effort over the bar, Crespo adjusted his radar to flight a header beyond Howard moments later.
In March, I called for the CME to use its power to take the air out of the oil bubble.
It turns out that under an old provision of the Clean Air Act, power plants do have to tell the government about their releases of one greenhouse gas carbon dioxide.
"This is fairly weak in terms of tornadoes, but we saw the awesome power of the twisters as they lifted the trailers several hundred feet in the air, " he said.
Police responded to calls at around 10 a.m. about the basket of the hot air balloon crashing into the power lines while airborne.
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The capability to strike at very long range with very great accuracy using conventional weapons has been a goal of strategic air power since the invention of the airplane.
After talking to constituents, perhaps they will be keen on the idea that the heat of the sun, instead of making everybody sweat, could help power the air conditioner.
But what they really are looking at is the EPA to soon release or formalize, finalize its carbon-based pollution regulations for future power plants and then to get quickly on the task of putting together some of the regulatory rules under the Clean Air Act for existing power plants.
Libertarians tend to be sticky about principles and the last time I looked robbing savers of purchasing power by creating money out of thin air was theft no matter how Dr. Friedman or the Keynesians would like to justify the practice.
It was his equalizer on 30 minutes which caught the eye, his ability to hang in the air and generate an unfathomable amount of power to head the ball into the net remains a joy to behold.
The Texas power grid is usually only taxed in the middle of summer when air conditioners are in overdrive.
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Once that is accomplished, the United States should take the lead in assembling a "coalition of the willing" prepared and disposed to make effective use of military power (namely air assets) to punish the Serbs.
But from Day One, NATO's promise of victory by air power has seemed a limp match for the human costs of the campaign.
And yet, despite these obviously contradictory impulses, the GOP is ready to shut down the EPA because the agency dared to require power plants to reduce the amount of mercury it pumps into the air.
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The Nasdaq situation has set off alarms within the government because of the exchange's critical role, which officials put right up with power companies and air-traffic-control operations, all part of the nation's basic infrastructure.
Mr Ullman wrote that the use of air power to achieve "nearly incomprehensible levels of mass destruction" could achieve "an overwhelming level of shock and awe against an adversary on an immediate basis to paralyse its will to resist".
Approximately 1, 100 such units at more than 450 existing power plants emit 48 tons of mercury into the air each year, with 11 tons of that deposited on to U.S. soil and waters, says EPA. Those plants also release arsenic, lead and other heavy metals, all of which are considered hazardous and are therefore subject to clean air laws that require those facilities to use modern pollution controls.
UNITA, evaluating the strength of the government's build-up and air power, opted for a tactical withdrawal, taking most of its heavy weapons, and the civilian population, with it.
Next week the European Court is expected to issue a preliminary judgment stripping European Union member governments of the right to negotiate bilateral air-service agreements and handing the power instead to the European Commission, which handles other external trade issues.
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