The stealthy B-2 looks highly survivable for many years to come, but there are only 20 in the fleet and major air campaigns typically require a hundred bombers.

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United Airlines flies about 40% of its fleet to Beijing, China for major repairs and mandated inspections.

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Major Woody Page, a squadron commander with the Fleet Protection Unit at HMNB Clyde, said they were pleased William was visiting.

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While some in the military continue to insist that the authors of MCS only took strategic realities into consideration, it is clear that financial constraints played a major part in the paring down of the transport fleet.

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Sometimes before a major weather event, an airline will seek to reposition its fleet so that the planes are in an ideal location for when the event ends, which may have been why so many cancelled flights more than a day before the storm.

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FedEx ( FDX - news - people ), no doubt it spends enormous sums on airplanes, but its major assets are the supreme intellects in its employ whose operational brilliance enables its fleet of planes to deliver packages around the world.

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The council said its fleet of gritters would be out throughout the night treating main roads and major bus routes.

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