So do the C-130 cargo planes and CH-47 helicopters that delivered Marines to Kandahar.
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The CH-46 Sea Knight was flying over Karma, an Iraqi insurgent base near Falluja.
On Friday, a U.S. Marine CH-46 helicopter crashed in Kuwait, killing all 12 people aboard.
We loaded onto three CH-47 Chinook helicopters for a three hour transit to the target that included an inflight refueling.
Extraordinary and ever more expensive measures will be required to keep the medium-lift CH-46 fleet operational into the next century.
The UAE government purchased the Yi Long, and a smaller CH-3 was sold to Pakistan and repackaged by Islamabad as the Shahpar.
If past practice is any guide, the application of such a "fly-before-buy" acquisition approach would leave the Marines without an operational aircraft until the year 2005, and delay complete replacement of the CH-46 until 2015.
By pursuing such initiatives while developing the full sales potential of existing product lines like the V-22 Osprey and CH-47 Chinook rotorcraft, Boeing may be able to grow military earnings even as defense demand softens in the years ahead.
However, the Toyota FT-CH and Chevrolet Aveo, and Chrysler Lancia Delta concept cars will probably hit dealerships in late 2011 or early 2012.
Toyota 's ( TM - news - people ) FT-CH concept, a compact hybrid, is close to what its next hybrid, slotted below the current Prius, will look like.
Ch Supt Babu - who is of Indian heritage and helped found the National Association of Muslim Police - said there was a "business case" as well as "moral" reasons for raising numbers, particularly in specialist units.
Toyota 's ( TM - news - people ) FT-CH concept, smaller than the popular Toyota Prius hybrid, and signaling the Japanese automaker's intention to roll out a full family of Prius hybrid vehicles.
Retired Ch Supt Carole Thompson-Young, whose role included heading the force's firearms licensing unit, said he was known to have a history of violence towards Mrs McGoldrick.
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Ch Insp Ian Drummond-Smith of Devon and Cornwall Police said on Twitter a gold command had been set up, involving "scores of other agencies", to deal with weather-related problems across the force area.
"When we started dealing with him he came across as very jokey, like he's your best mate, " said now-retired Det Ch Insp Colin Sutton, who led the investigation into Ms McDonnell and Ms Delagrange's murders.
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Speaking about the investigation - named Operation Latious - leading up to the convictions, EMSOU's Det Ch Insp Joe Elliott said they discovered a very comprehensive set-up in Boston.
His task was, in fact, impossible: to catch what Taoists called the ch'i, or life-force, of his subject.
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Ch Insp Robin Mason from Dyfed-Powys Police said a "pit" roller went into the camping area where people were staying for the rugby tournament.
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Det Ch Insp Neil Clark said the 31-year-old was "known to police but that does not take away that he has died".
Det Ch Insp Saunders said initial information revealed the last-known activity in the flat was on Thursday morning.
As well as theft and poaching, Ch Insp Simon Dodds said rural issues include fly-tipping, youths using motocross bikes and off-road driving.
Three police officers receive the Queen's Police Medal - Sgt Stephen Atkinson, temporary Det Ch Insp James Harkness, and Insp Philip Menary.
In 1654, K'ang-hsi, fourth emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty, born.
Ch Supt Lea said the problems started when police baton-charged hundreds of Madrid fans out of the stadium.
Ch Supt Babu, who has spent the past three-and-a-half years as commander of the London borough of Harrow, said many chief constables had been resistant to change.
South Johor's Ch'ng favors Affin Holdings, owned by the cash-rich military pension fund.
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