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    Force H was a British naval formation during the Second World War. It was formed in late-June 1940, to replace French naval power in the western Mediterranean...
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  • well-established business family and he owned the successful shipping firm William H. Force and Co. (established in 1873), and his father had been prosperous in the...
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  • employers hire younger H-1Bs in lieu of older and more expensive American workers. Type III labor savings are where employers force H-1B workers to work longer...
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    the H-21. In 1949, Piasecki proposed the YH-21 Workhorse, which was an improved, all-metal derivative of the HRP-1, to the United States Air Force (USAF)...
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    Rodney set sail for Gibraltar on 23 October and rejoined Force H upon her arrival. Force H was to provide distant cover for the landings at Algiers and...
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    of the United States Air Force, there was a new system, and many aircraft, but not all, were redesignated. The R-5 became the H-5. The United States Army...
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  • Force 11 Task Force 16 Task Force 17 Task Force 18 Task Force 19, the reinforcement of Iceland, in July 1941. Task Force 31 Task Force 34 Task Force 37...
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    attack from the Italian air force, with Force H ordered to deliver Hawker Hurricanes to reinforce the island's air defences. Force H was deployed from 31 July...
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    designation system, also used by the United States Air Force, the helicopter was designated H-34. The U.S. Army also applied the name Choctaw to the helicopter...
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    details were regularly revised. By August 1941, phase 1 was planned as Force H, joined as soon as possible by the phase 2 battleships, the Nelson-class...
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    commander of Force H, transferred his flag to Nelson on 8 August. Several weeks later, the ship participated in Operation Mincemeat, during which Force H escorted...
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  • of the Air Force "spoilers" about the H-20: There is no technical bottleneck, it's coming soon, just wait. Deputy Commander of the Air Force: The new generation...
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    In physics, a force is an influence that can cause an object to change its velocity, i.e., to accelerate, meaning a change in speed or direction, unless...
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    for the Bismarck in 1941. She spent much of 1940 and 1941 assigned to Force H at Gibraltar, escorting convoys and she participated in the inconclusive...
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    The Xi'an H-6 (Chinese: 轰-6; pinyin: Hōng-6) is a twin-engine jet bomber of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF). The H-6 is a license-built...
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  • one man, General Henry H. Arnold, who had served as head of the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. As the Air Force was a component of the...
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    Pahang by Japanese aircraft. Renown spent much of 1940 and 1941 assigned to Force H at Gibraltar, escorting convoys and she fought in the inconclusive Battle...
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    decided to attack France and the majority of the surviving Gs were sent to Force H at Gibraltar in July. Two of them, Griffin and Greyhound, participated...
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    escort duties West of Ireland and set an intercept course for the Bismarck. Force H had already left Gibraltar with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal, the battlecruiser...
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    south and west, and Tovey continued to steam toward the mid-Atlantic. Force H, with the aircraft carrier Ark Royal and steaming up from Gibraltar, was...
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  • States Air Force aircraft designations (1919–1962) § H: Helicopter (1948–1962). H-46 Sea Knight – Boeing Vertol H-47 Chinook – Boeing Vertol H-48 – Bell...
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    the Heavy Covering Force of Convoy PQ-17, but in October she was dispatched to Gibraltar where she became the flagship of Force H. In October 1942, Duke...
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    force it experiences. There are two different, but closely related vector fields which are both sometimes called the "magnetic field" written B and H...
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    cockpit, 100 built for the U.S. Army and 5 for evaluation by the U.S. Air Force. H-23B H-23A with skid/wheel undercarriage and 200 hp (149 kW) O-335-6 engine...
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    (Louis Georges Emile Frossard [fr]). Admiral James Somerville, commander of Force H, based in Gibraltar, was ordered to deliver an ultimatum to the French...
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    Unaware that Germany had no intention of seizing the ships, the British sent Force H to sink the ships; Dunkerque was damaged in the Attack on Mers-el-Kébir...
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    The H-3 airstrike (Persian: عملیات اچ۳) was a surprise air attack by the Iranian Air Force during the Iran–Iraq War on 4 April 1981 against the airbases...
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  • The Force is a metaphysical and ubiquitous power in the Star Wars fictional universe. "Force-sensitive" characters use the Force throughout the franchise...
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  • The H-4 SOW (Stand-Off Weapon) is a precision-guided glide bomb manufactured by NESCOM and deployed by the Pakistan Air Force, capable of striking targets...
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    The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in units of standard gravity (symbol g or g0, not...
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