military+stores

  • 61clean aircraft — 1. An aircraft in flight configuration (versus landing configuration); i.e., landing gear and flaps retracted, etc. 2. An aircraft that does not have external stores …

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  • 62downloading — An operation that removes airborne weapons or stores from an aircraft …

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  • 63embarkation — The process of putting personnel and/or vehicles and their associated stores and equipment into ships and/or aircraft. See also loading …

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  • 64follow-up — In amphibious operations, the reinforcements and stores carried on transport ships and aircraft (not originally part of the amphibious force) that are offloaded after the assault and assault follow on echelons have been landed. See also… …

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  • 65gear — A general term for a collection of spars, ropes, blocks, and equipment used for lifting and stowing cargo and ships stores …

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  • 66hung weapons — Those weapons or stores on an aircraft that the pilot has attempted to drop or fire but could not because of a malfunction of the weapon, rack or launcher, or aircraft release and control system …

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  • 67jettison — The selective release of stores from an aircraft other than normal attack …

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  • 68loading (ordnance) — An operation that installs airborne weapons and stores on or in an aircraft and may include fuzing of bombs and stray voltage checks. See also loading; ordnance …

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  • 69ordnance — Explosives, chemicals, pyrotechnics, and similar stores, e.g., bombs, guns and ammunition, flares, smoke, or napalm …

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  • 70pallet — 1. A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment. 2. (DOD only) 463L pallet …

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