aviation unit

collocation in English

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aviation
noun[U]
uk
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌeɪ.viˈeɪ.ʃən/
the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and keeping them in ...
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unit
noun
uk
/ˈjuː.nɪt/us
/ˈjuː.nɪt/
a single thing or a separate part of ...
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(Definition ofaviationandunitfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theaviationunitconsisted of nine officers, 23 enlisted men, and seven aircraft.
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Initially it housed a military fighteraviationunit.
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This event marked the first time an entire militaryaviationunithas flown on a biofuel mix.
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The earlyaviationunitwas however, still lacking knowledge and equipment to be considered as an air force and was then limited only to air transport duties.
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Norris also re-established theaviationunitafter it was grounded years before.
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Through this award, eachaviationunitis able to recognize an assigned enlisted aircrew member as having demonstrated exemplary performance and superior technical, aviation, professional, and leadership abilities.
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What was planned as a training raid, had grown into a major combat operation involving 4 battalions and frontal aviation units.
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It set a quota that 20% of a tactical aviation unit's pilot billets must be manned by enlisted pilots by 1929.
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All aviation units would be under the command of ground officers at all levels.
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These services operated ships as well as their own small aviation units to assist their maritime patrol capabilities.
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Crewmembers assigned to shipboard aviation units or duties report to either the flight deck, the hangar deck, fueling stations, observation posts, aviation workshops, etc.
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In addition, these services operate their own small aviation units to assist their maritime patrol capabilities.
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They supplied hardware and supplies to the aviation units.
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This is also true for the combat aviation units in many armed forces throughout the world.
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Today, cavalry designations and traditions continue with regiments of both armor and aviation units that perform the cavalry mission.
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From there the helicopters were assigned to aviation units.
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Army aviation units were on combat operations very poorly equipped for combat with their opponents.
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While in that ship he served as an aircraft gunnery observer with her embarked aviation units.
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The helicopters to fill out these large, combined-arms division-level aviation brigades comes from aviation units that used to reside at the corps-level.
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Originally consisting of 3 normal and 1 naval aviation units, and an air school, the number of units was increased to 10 normal and 3 naval aviation units.
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