F-94 Starfires, F-102 Delta Daggers and finally, F-106 Delta Darts formed the backbone of the three fighter interceptor squadrons which operated from the base until 1963.

Predictions of the PLAAF's future aircraft fleet indicate that it will consist of large quantities of Chengdu J-10 and Shenyang J-11 as its main force, and JH-7A as the PLAAF backbone precision strike fighter.

The Hurricane II was the backbone of the fighter defence.

The IJN 1st Fleet was the main battleship force, which formed the backbone of the navy and was intended to be used in a traditional line-of-battle showdown with an equivalent enemy battleship fleet ( kantai kessen ).

Jumblatt had organized his own PSP into an armed force, and made it the backbone of the Lebanese National Movement ( LNM ), a coalition of left-wing Lebanese demanding the abolition of the sectarian quota system that permeated Lebanese politics, which discriminated against Muslims.

In principle all of the joint units functioned as part of the British administration, but in practice they were under the command of the Jewish Agency and " intended to form the backbone of a Jewish military force set up under British sponsorship in preparation for the inevitable clash with the Arabs.

This force was Bastogne ’ s indispensable backbone of steel.

The backbone of the British force under Lord Chelmsford consisted of twelve regular infantry companies: six each of the 1st and 2nd battalions, 24th Regiment of Foot ( 2nd Warwickshire Regiment ), which were hardened and reliable troops.

Working with Italian corporations, it developed the new AMX attack aircraft ( known locally as A-1 ) which makes up the backbone of the FAB's attack force.

The Nemo quickly proved to be a powerful unit and remained to be AEUG's and Karaba's backbone force until the end of the conflict.

The combined three-service MARS programs ( Army, Air Force, and Navy – Marine Corps ) volunteer force of over 5, 000 dedicated and skilled amateur radio operators provide the backbone of the MARS program.

Hemingway's fiction is supported by a `` moral '' backbone and in its search for ultimate meaning hints at a religious dimension.

Basic reference tools are the backbone of the collection, but there is also specialization in science and technology, an indicated weakness in local libraries.

The pectoral girdle is supported by muscle and the well developed pelvic girdle is attached to the backbone by a pair of sacral ribs.

A series of linked carbon atoms is known as the carbon skeleton or carbon backbone.

Saturated oils and waxes are examples of larger alkanes where the number of carbons in the carbon backbone is greater than 10.

* cyclic ( general formula, n > 2 ) wherein the carbon backbone is linked so as to form a loop.

The most commonly used alcohol is ethanol,, with the ethane backbone.

ATM is a core protocol used over the SONET / SDH backbone of the public switched telephone network ( PSTN ) and Integrated Services Digital Network ( ISDN ), but its use is declining in favour of All IP.

Although both polysaccharide classes share the same galactose-based backbone, agaropectin is heavily modified with acidic side-groups, such as sulfate and pyruvate.

Minsk has a digital metropolitan network ; waiting lists for telephones are long ; fixed line penetration is improving although rural areas continue to be undeserved ; intercity-Belarus has developed fibre-optic backbone system presently serving at least 13 major cities ( 1998 ); Belarus's fibre optics form synchronous digital hierarchy rings through other countries ' systems ; an inadequate analogue system remains operational.

The keel is a lengthwise structural member to which the frames are fixed ( sometimes referred to as a backbone ).

It is used as a backbone to connect several printed circuit boards together to make up a complete computer system.

Credit for organizing the backbone about 1983 is commonly attributed to Gene " Spaf " Spafford, although it is also claimed by Mark Horton.

This psalm book is the very backbone of the Breviary, the groundwork of the Catholic prayer-book ; out of it have grown the antiphons, responsories and versicles.

A beta strand ( also β strand ) is a stretch of polypeptide chain typically 3 to 10 amino acids long with backbone in an almost fully extended conformation.

The 5-carbon monosaccharide ribose is an important component of coenzymes ( e. g., ATP, FAD, and NAD ) and the backbone of the genetic molecule known as RNA.

The backbone of a gumbo is roux of which there are two variations: acadian, a golden brown roux, and creole, a dark roux, which is made of flour, toasted until well-browned, and fat or oil.

A and B chromosomes are very similar, forming right-handed helices, while Z-DNA is a more unusual left-handed helix with a zig-zag phosphate backbone.

The backbone of Cholistan economy is cattle breeding.

Fixed end system: common host / server that is connected to the CDPD backbone and providing access to specific application and data

It is the sequence of these four nucleobases along the backbone that encodes information.

The foreign battalion formed the backbone of the column launched on Antananarivo, the capital of Madagascar.

Urban and agricultural workers constituted the majority of the Red Guards, whereas land-owning farmers and well-educated people formed the backbone of the White Army.

It formed the backbone of a waterway stretching some 382 miles ( 614 km ), linking a number of lakes and rivers to provide a route from Gothenburg ( Swedish: Göteborg ) on the west coast to Söderköping on the Baltic Sea via the river Göta älv and the Trollhätte kanal, through the large lakes Vänern and Vättern.

These three cities formed the backbone of the burgeoning movement, but there were also other scenes in a number of cities such as Brisbane and Boston.

Crop farming, sheep farming, and the working of stone from the quarries formed the early backbone of San Marino's economy.

In addition, trypsin contains an " oxyanion hole " formed by the backbone amide hydrogen atoms of Gly-193 and Ser-195, which serves to stabilize the developing negative charge on the carbonyl oxygen atom of the cleaved amides.

Britpop groups brought British alternative rock into the mainstream and formed the backbone of a larger British cultural movement called Cool Britannia.

The sacral ribs were stout and short, since they formed part of the pelvis, connecting the backbone to the hip bones.

The hastati and principes formed the main attacking strength of the legion with sword and pilum, whilst the triarii formed the defensive backbone of the legion fighting as a phalanx with long spears and large shields.

In 1918 the puppet-state became independent and formed the backbone of the new internationally recognized Second Polish Republic.

During the Cold War, his major serial combat aircraft included the supersonic Su-7 which became the main Soviet fighter-bomber of the 1960s, and interceptors Su-9 and Su-15, which formed the backbone of the PVO.

The Athinganoi were numerous in Anatolia and together with the Greeks and Armenians formed the backbone of the Byzantine army of that era.

The manufacture of furniture, textiles, mirrors, garments, and hardwood flooring formed the economic backbone for the area.

On the succession of Elizabeth, these former monks ( happily reunited both with their wives and their pensions ) formed the backbone of the new Anglican church, and may properly claim much credit for maintaining the religious life of the country until a new generation of ordinands became available in the 1560s and 1570s.

The backbone of rock in the park is dolerite, while the southern areas at lower altitudes are constituted from sedimentary rocks formed from sediments deposited by marine, glacial and freshwater sources between 355 and 180 million years ago.

Castles were often situated along the old Roman roads that still formed the backbone for travel across the country, both to control the lines of communication and to ensure easy movement between different estates.

By the 15th century only Windsor, Leeds, Rockingham and Moor End were kept up as comfortable accommodation ; Nottingham and York formed the backbone for royal authority in the north, and Chester, Gloucester and Bristol forming the equivalents in the west.

When Vichy Premier Pierre Laval formed the Milice, an armed pro-German militia, in February 1943, the father told his son to join, hoping it would put some backbone into him.

In the 18th and 19th centuries there was considerable commercial traffic on the river, mainly from Selby, which then had a custom house, downstream, but after 1826 with the opening of the Aire and Calder Navigation most traffic was concentrated on the port of Goole, which continues until today, though the coal trade which formed its backbone has ceased.

The most productive seams are to be found within the Middle Coal Measures, varieties including coking coals which formed the backbone of the local iron smelting industry.

These, along with the similar British Rail Class 86 | Class 86 formed the backbone of express passenger services on the WCML from the 1970s until the 2000s.

Twenty-five thousand Egyptian engineers and workers formed the backbone of the workforce required to complete this tremendous project which deeply changed many aspects in Egypt.

Starting with the LaGG-1, he produced thousands of fighters which formed the backbone of the Soviet Air Force during the Second World War.