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    A revetment, in military aviation, is a parking area for one or more aircraft that is surrounded by blast walls on three sides. These walls are as much...
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    A revetment in stream restoration, river engineering or coastal engineering is a facing of impact-resistant material (such as stone, concrete, sandbags...
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    the threat of infiltrating enemy special forces. Christmas tree Revetment (aircraft) Vick 1999, p. 31. Rystedt, Jörgen (2005-10-01). "Flygbassystem 60"...
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  • coastline) or as part of military fortifications Revetment (aircraft), an area for parking aircraft that is protected by blast walls Riza, a metal cover...
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    which are used by British Armed Forces. Blast shelter Shockwave Revetment (aircraft) Smith, Peter. "THE EFFECTIVENESS OF BLAST WALLS" (PDF). www.civ...
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    Sukhoi Su-24 (category Aircraft specs templates using afterburner without dry parameter)
    Retrieved 26 September 2022. ..and three more Su-24 Fencers sitting inside revetments were very likely destroyed. Another Su-24 and adjacent structure, along...
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  • 30 large revetments. A remote revetment area contains 5 bomber pads and probably 5 fighter pads. The airport is also home to the Orsha Aircraft Repair Plant...
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    bomber aircraft. Gallery of various dispersal methods and additional protective features Airfield dispersal utilising a basic type of protected revetment consisting...
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    missile precision attack. Taiwan Air Force built at least 400 protected revetments in its 9 bases, approximately half of them covered. Underground hangars...
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    bomber. The base has a 3,500-metre (11,500 ft) runway and about 10 large revetments. It is named after the nearby city of Engels, which is named after the...
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    dispersed aircraft parking, revetments, hardened aircraft shelters, or even underground hangars, to protect aircraft from enemy attack. Combat aircraft require...
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    airbase with a longer runway and protective revetments, it did not succeed in acquiring new fighter aircraft. A series of radar sites were constructed to...
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  • tarmacs, and 12 revetments. From 1967-93, it hosted a Military Transport Aviation regiment, from 1989 with Ilyushin Il-76 aircraft. It was home to 193...
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  • 000 feet (3,700 m) of revetments, parking aprons, and several miles of roads. The revetments paid for themselves in saved aircraft in just the first six...
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    M9 Gun Director (category Anti-aircraft guns of the United States)
    at Bell named David Parkinson had a dream about being in an anti-aircraft revetment where he also spotted a potentiometer. He spent the next couple of...
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    Palisade Parapet Place-of-arms Pillbox Postern Redan Ravelin Rampart Aircraft revetment Sandbag Sangar Scarp and Counterscarp Sally port Sich Shield wall...
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    against airborne radars. When using a prepared position for prolonged time, revetments might be used for TELs and additional equipment. Russian officials have...
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  • Russia located 9 km southwest of Orenburg. It has a large tarmac and revetments for 35 large transports. It is sometimes erroneously referred to as Chalovskiy...
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    (94mm) anti-aircraft guns, consisting of octagonal gun pits, formed of cinder blocks and concrete, surrounded on seven sides by earth revetments; and a semi-underground...
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    Squadron of the 13th Red Banner Rocket Division The facility featured three revetment compounds. The 412th Fighter Aviation Regiment (412 IAP PVO) flew from...
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    nuclear bomber facility with 15 very large revetments on the east side of the airfield and about 30 small revetments on the west side. As many as 63 Tupolev...
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    engines, components, and fuel systems. These included fuel testing, a gun revetment, hydrostatic testing, static testing, and many others. From the 1950s...
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    passengers. The southern part of the airport has hardened aircraft shelters and artillery revetments. The construction of a third terminal is planned but its...
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    asphalt/grooved, 28 is ILS equipped. The island has many abandoned taxiways, aircraft revetments and two other runways on the west side of the island. All of these...
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    Old 666 (category Individual aircraft of World War II)
    and 43rd Bombardment Groups in 1942–1943. It is notable for being the aircraft piloted by Lt. Col. (then Captain) Jay Zeamer Jr. on the 16 June 1943 mission...
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    concentration of unprotected soldiers. Gabions are also used for aircraft revetments, blast walls, and similar structures. A gabion is often referred...
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    however, two of its runways are still visible from the air and many of the revetments still remain in good condition. It was founded as an airship base for...
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    just off the runway was heavy jungle growth, which offered excellent revetments and camouflage. The unit had also transitioned from its P-40C's to Bell...
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  • for Allied aircraft moving between Australia and New Guinea. The airfield consisted of two intersecting runways, with revetments for aircraft parking. After...
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    Second World War era aircraft dispersal point (labeled as a 'fighter pen') and eight pairs of Cold War era dispersal revetment blast walls dating from...
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