Ejemplos de uso de supporting ground
1. The claims drew a stinging response from RAF crews supporting ground troops in southern Afghanistan.
2. The 37–year–old Nimrod MR2 was supporting ground forces battling Taliban guerrillas when it caught fire minutes after mid–air refuelling.
3. B–1 heavy bombers, designed to carry out nuclear strikes against major targets in the Soviet Union, are now supporting ground troops fighting guerrillas in the mountains of Afghanistan.
4. We need to be watchful of Chinese military capabilities.‘‘ He said the demands of supporting ground troops in Iraq has pushed the Air Force to draw on its fighters from virtually anywhere they can be found.
5. "It‘s a rugged, unpredictable environment that an agile, adaptable enemy can exploit." Patterson‘s fleet of Chinook and Black Hawk helicopters, with their teams of 55 pilots and crew members, perform the heavy lifting of the Afghan war –– ferrying the troops, evacuating the wounded, conducting reconnaissance missions and supporting ground assaults across southern Afghanistan.