It is generally conceded that the Formosan air force is the best by far in Asia, and the army the best trained.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

Michelin has an important truck tire manufacturing plant in Waterville and the Department of National Defence has its largest air force base in Atlantic Canada located at CFB Greenwood along with an important training facility at Camp Aldershot, near Kentville.

Once these projects have been approved by the United States Air Force or other agencies such as the CIA, and are ready to be announced to the public, operations of the aircraft are then moved to a normal air force base.

Given its " blue-water " bias, the navy is even less inclined to become involved in counterdrug operations than the army or air force.

After years of intense rivalry between the navy and the air force for the control of naval aviation, President Castelo Branco decreed in 1965 that only the air force would be allowed to operate fixed-wing aircraft and that the navy would be responsible for helicopters.

In accordance with the Castelo Branco compromise, the S-2E aircraft were flown by air force pilots and the helicopters by navy pilots.

The Brazilian Air Force (,, also known as FAB, or ) is the biggest air force in South America.

In 1999 after a creation of the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ), the Aeronautic Ministry changed its designation to Aeronautic Command, but no big changes happened to the air force structure, it kept almost the same organization it had before.

Bulgaria is to have 27, 000 standing troops by 2014, consisting of 14, 310 troops in the land forces, 6, 750 in the air force, 3, 510 in the navy and 2, 420 in the joint command.

According to the document the military of the Republic of Bulgaria should include two mechanized brigades, four regiments ( Logistics, Artillery, Engineering, SpecOps ), four battalions ( Reconnaissance, Mechanized, NBC, PsyOps ) in the Land Forces ; Fighter base, helicopter base, SAM air defense brigade and Air force training base in the Air Force ; and two naval bases in the Navy.

Blitzkrieg ( German, " lightning war "; ) is an anglicised word describing all-motorised force concentration of tanks, infantry, artillery, combat engineers and air power, concentrating overwhelming force at high speed to break through enemy lines, and, once the lines are broken, proceeding without regard to its flank.

It was never used in the title of a military doctrine or handbook of the German army or air force.

The Luftwaffe, the German air force, was established, and development begun on ground-attack aircraft and doctrines.

The Germans had massed the bulk of their armoured force in Panzer Group von Kleist, which attacked through the comparatively unguarded sector of the Ardennes and achieved a breakthrough at the Battle of Sedan with air support.

After the Allied landings at Normandy, Germany made attempts to overwhelm the landing force with armoured attacks, but these failed for lack of co-ordination and Allied air superiority.

J. P. Harris states that most Luftwaffe leaders from Goering through the general staff believed as did their counterparts in Britain and the United States that strategic bombing was the chief mission of the air force and that given such a role, the Luftwaffe would win the next war and that:

The Luftwaffe did end up with an air force consisting mainly of relatively short-range aircraft, but this does not prove that the German air force was solely interested in ’ tactical ’ bombing.

In 1979 the armed forces were dominated by the army ; the navy and the air force only had 450 men between them.

It is usually — but incorrectly — referred to as " navy commodore ", to avoid confusion with the " air force commodore ", which is equivalent to the navy's captain and army's colonel.

In its temporary dispositions, the document ordered the transition from the former military government, with Augusto Pinochet as President of the Republic, and the Legislative Power of the Military Junta ( formed by the heads of the navy, air force, National Police, and a representative of the army, the head of the Army being president of the republic ), to a civil one, with a time frame of eight years, during which the Legislative Power would still be the Military Junta.

The majority of FARDC members are land forces, but it also has a small air force and an even smaller navy.

By 1999, ESAF strength stood at less than 15, 000, including uniformed and non-uniformed personnel, consisting of personnel in the army, navy, and air force.

The army has almost 1, 400 soldiers, the police 400 paramilitary men, the navy 200 service members, and the air force about 120 members.

The army is believed to have only about 1, 320 men under arms, the navy 120, and the air force 100.

The African country of Gabon has a small, professional military of about 5, 000 personnel, divided into army, navy, air force, gendarmerie, and national police.

The others included the military hierarchy consisting of Lt. Gen. Fred Akuffo, the Chief of Defence Staff, and the army, navy, air force and Border Guards commanders respectively.

In 2004 the army has gone beyond its accord-mandated target, and has implemented troop reductions from an estimated 28, 000 to 15, 500 troops, including subordinate air force ( 1, 000 ) and navy ( 1, 000 ) elements.

The air force operates three air bases ; the navy has two port bases.

Guinea's armed forces are divided into five branches — army, navy, air force, the paramilitary National Gendarmerie and the Republican Guard — whose chiefs report to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is subordinate to the Minister of Defense.

While laying the foundation stone of the National Defence Academy ( India ) in 1949, he stated: " We, who for generations had talked about and attempted in everything a peaceful way and practiced non-violence, should now be, in a sense, glorifying our army, navy and air force.

We have to be prepared with all modern defense methods and a well-equipped army, navy and air force.

It consists of three branches, the army, the air force and the navy.

The Lebanese Armed Forces Emblem consists of a Lebanon Cedar tree surrounded by two laurel leaves, positioned above the symbols of the three branches: the ground forces represented by the two swords, the navy represented by an anchor, and the air force represented by two wings.

Meanwhile Idris formed a navy in 1962 and an air force in 1963.

Another strategy -- bolder and tougher -- was also attracting notice in Washington: a naval and air blockade to cut Cuba off from the world, destroy Castro.

It also cools the air in summer and nourishes the trees and wild life.

Argon was also blown at low velocities ( mass flow rate Af ) through a tube coaxial with the cathode as an additional precaution against contamination of the arc by air.

He also had, at times, an uncanny absent-minded air like a sleepwalker ; ;

Argon is isolated from air by fractionation, most commonly by cryogenic fractional distillation, a process that also produces purified nitrogen, oxygen, neon, krypton and xenon.

Adiabatic heating also occurs in the Earth's atmosphere when an air mass descends, for example, in a katabatic wind or Foehn or chinook wind flowing downhill over a mountain range.

In " Mémoire sur la combustion en général " (" On Combustion in General ," 1777 ) and " Considérations générales sur la nature des acides " (" General Considerations on the Nature of Acids ," 1778 ), he demonstrated that the " air " responsible for combustion was also the source of acidity.

In the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Australia, Austria and France, air marshals have also been added to some flights to deter and thwart hijackers.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon ( SPAA ) or self-propelled air defense system ( SPAD ), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

An air show, also " airshow ", Air Fair, or Air Tatoo is an event at which aviators display their flying skills and the capabilities of their aircraft to spectators in aerobatics.

In the 2010 comedy Marmaduke two Afghan hounds appear in the dog park and are shown to resemble high school girls watching the more athletic dogs as if they were " jocks " and are also shown to be " air heads ".

The two most popular heaters for ultra-high-efficiency houses are a small heat pump, which also provides air-conditioning, or a central hydronic ( radiator ) air heater with water recirculating from the water heater.

If the brine regenerator uses high heat, they also partially sterilise the air.

This technique would also be employed in Serbia during air operations in 1999.

There were also test, evaluation, ground training, and captive air training versions of the missile ; designated ATM-54, AEM-54, DATM-54A, and CATM-54.

The U. S. Department of Defense investigation contract, which is ongoing, will also evaluate the effectiveness of copper alloy touch surfaces to prevent the transfer of microbes to patients and the transfer of microbes from patients to touch surfaces, as well as the potential efficacy of copper-alloy based components to improve indoor air quality.

Berlin also serves as a continental hub for air and rail transport, and is a popular tourist destination.

There are also air connections from the Bornholm Airport to Copenhagen and other locations.

In the book, she also made comparisons of her close gay friends to today's homosexuals, who " jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through " and that some contemporary homosexuals behave like " fairground freaks ".

However, they are now increasingly of low-floor design and optionally also ' kneel ' air suspension and have electrically or hydraulically extended under-floor ramps to provide level access for wheelchair users and people with baby carriages.

In North America, the term " Btu " is used to describe the heat value ( energy content ) of fuels, and also to describe the power of heating and cooling systems, such as furnaces, stoves, barbecue grills, and air conditioners.

Depending on lung infection, or sanitary conditions, plague also can be spread in the air, by direct contact, or by contaminated undercooked food or materials.

The grid separates the flame into an array of smaller flames with a common external envelope, and also prevents flashback to the bottom of the tube, which is a risk at high air-to-fuel ratios and limits the maximum rate of air intake in a conventional Bunsen burner.