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Marines leap from Chinooks to beat mines.
The Evening Standard (London, England); Apr 22, 2002; ; 539 Words ...high in the mountains to take on Al Qaeda guerrillas. RAF Chinook helicopters, lacking anywhere to land on the jagged peaks...narrow ridge with a sheer drop on each side, the twin-rotor Chinooks carefully backed up to within a few feet of the ridgeline...foot drop on either side." While the pilots of the huge ...
Nesting success of grassland and savanna birds on reclaimed surface coal mines of the midwestern United States.
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology; Dec 1, 2006; ; 700+ Words ...within reclaimed surface coal mines, with the larger goal of evaluating whether reclaimed mines provide productive breeding...large reclaimed surface coal mines in west-central Indiana within...sites were established at the Chinook Mine (39[degrees] 28' N, 87...
Eurowatch: Chinook Downwash and Other Failings.
Rotor & Wing; Dec 15, 2008; 700+ Words ...obvious is that the CH-47 Chinook is unsuited for the combat...the downwash from an RAF Chinook attempting to land dislodged...in turn, detonated other mines. One of them killed Cpl Wright...second failing is that the Chinook had to land because it was...
Coal Ventures buys 11 mines
Charleston Gazette; Jul 3, 1998; 450 Words ...completed the purchase of 11 coal mines in West Virginia and three...properties in West Virginia, the Chinook and Sycamore mines in Indiana and the Skyline mine in Tennessee. "Those properties...Monday. In addition to the mines, Coal Ventures also assumed...
SOUTH COAST TO OPEN EARLY FOR CHINOOK.(Sports)(OUTDOORS REPORT)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); May 29, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...June. In the rivers, early chinook already have been reported...open, and slow to fair for chinook at typical spots like points...tributaries are also open for spring chinook, with fair fishing recently...River, Slip Point and the Coal Mines, some near 100 pounds. Fishing...
Army asks if Chinook used missile defense
Oakland Tribune; Nov 4, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...source. Tallman said all Chinooks also have an ALQ-156 missile...Special Forces variant of the Chinook, known as an MH-47E, is...sophisticated defensive systems. The Chinooks also can be equipped with...not known Monday whether the Chinook hit on Sunday had machine...such as ambushes, land ...
Investigators looking into whether Chinook crew used missile avoidance systems
AP Worldstream; Nov 3, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...source. Tallman said all Chinooks also have an ALQ-156 missile...Special Forces variant of the Chinook, known as an MH-47E, is...sophisticated defensive systems. The Chinooks also can be equipped with...not known Monday whether the Chinook hit on Sunday had machine...such as ambushes, land ...
Chinook double the fun
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; Aug 8, 1999; ; 700+ Words ...bring the small one (a chinook that weighed about 5...able to bring his big chinook to the net in Hanson...out but happy. Their chinooks each measured 41 inches...measure a pair of huge chinooks. He was surprised to...32 pounds even, and mine was just under 31 pounds...believe what ...
'A LOT OF NICE FISH' REPORTED IN EARLY CHINOOK BITE UP NORTH.(Sports)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); Feb 8, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...reports indicate no lack of large chinook in the San Juans (catch area...and even more, but smaller, chinook in the north Sound (area 9...other spots. "A friend of mine caught a 15-pounder out of...also open and producing some chinook, with a few 8 to 12 pounds...
Troops told to fight Taliban without vital air transport As Balkans soak up more British forces, refusal to send extra Chinooks to Afghanistan could put soldiers' lives at risk
The Sunday Telegraph London; Feb 17, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...been warned that no extra Chinook helicopters will be made available...vulnerable to attack with bombs and mines, which have been responsible...Commanders had hoped eight Chinooks, originally acquired from...currently supported by eight Chinooks, which can carry up to 40...t necessary," The eight ...
Rescued from oblivion: the Chinook Country Historical Society and its antecedents.
Alberta History; Sep 22, 2007; ; 700+ Words ...on March 6, 1959. It was renamed the Chinook Country Chapter in 1970, and its present...when it was legally incorporated as the Chinook Country Historical Society. But, as...Pearce, the Dominion Superintendent of Mines, Minerals and Resources, who had moved...
Chinook doctor honoured for lives saved in Helmand ; LOCAL LONDON have you got a story? .. .. locallondon@standard.co.uk
Evening Standard - London; Nov 11, 2008; 303 Words ...years and spent three months in Helmand as part of an emergency Chinook medical crew last winter. He was one of the first on scene...including a marine who lost both legs and an arm after stepping on a mine. Dr Olver, 56, from Barnet, was presented with the Military...
It's been an uphill run for unique chinook salmon
Daily Breeze; Aug 10, 2003; ; 700+ Words ...ago, a unique species of salmon in the southernmost river for chinook is making a comeback, spurred by more than $200 million in...migration; and clean up the pollution-ridden Iron Mountain Mine near Redding. It also prompted the government to build its...
'Rescue helicopter set off fatal mine'.(Features)
Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England); Oct 11, 2008; 700+ Words ...before its downdraft triggered a mine and fatally wounded a soldier...minefield, two had triggered mines which had blown their limbs...was tending to them when a mine set off by the Chinook exploded and mortally wounded...were available. Instead, the Chinook, which was not fitted with...
Hero soldier died af ter Afghanistan mine map blunder; Cpl Wright: Tried to save colleague.
The Daily Mail (London, England); Oct 7, 2008; 700+ Words ...life of a comrade hurt when a mine exploded. Six other soldiers...He told the inquest that no mine maps were available at that...rescue operation in which a Chinook helicopter was unable to land...safety. The issue of whether mines were set off by the Chinook's downdraft will also be...
Mine site flood threatens endangered salmon, strands campers
AP Online; Sep 8, 1998; 310 Words ...carried sediment from an old zinc mine onto spawning sites of the endangered chinook salmon and washed out a forest...creek past the inactive Hoodoo Mine site, washing sediment downstream...It's just one of these old mine sites that has never been cleaned...
LAWSUIT FILED OVER GRAVEL MINE PROPOSAL CHALLENGE COULD TEST PROTECTIONS FOR ORCAS.(News)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA); Sep 10, 2008; ; 700+ Words ...expansion of a sand and gravel mine on Maury Island could harm orcas, chinook salmon, humpback whales and...and others. Opponents to the mine said that the federal agencies...the region's populations of chinook, bull trout and steelhead...
U.S. soldier thrown off all-terrain vehicle in Afghanistan, Romanians lightly hurt by mine
AP Worldstream; Oct 7, 2002; 343 Words ...were slightly injured by a mine, the military said Monday...vehicle hit an anti-personnel mine southeast of Kandahar on Sunday...he did not know if the land mine had been planted recently. Also Sunday, a Chinook helicopter made a hard landing...
Combining coal ash and fermentation residuals
BioCycle; Aug 1, 1997; ; 682 Words ...another product to be used on degraded mine land that is a stabilized (but not composted...remediating land damaged by acid drainage from mines. Purdue's coal ash and Tylan filter...spread in test plots on land owned by the Chinook Mines in Brazil, Indiana in May, 1997. Researchers...
Addington agrees to abide by UMW's contract in Kanawha
Charleston Gazette; Dec 15, 1998; ; 516 Words ...they are covered by the United Mine Workers national contract...Corp. Cannelton and Kanawha mines in West Virginia and the Chinook Mine in Indiana, the UMW announced...1,000 miners work at the mines, which do business under Addington...
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