reconnaissance aircraft

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• reconnaissance aircraft — patrol aircraft …   English contemporary dictionary

• Reconnaissance — This article is about military reconnaissance. For other uses of reconnaissance, see Reconnaissance (disambiguation). For monitoring activity over a period, see surveillance. For civilian usages, such as civil and geodetic engineering, see land… …   Wikipedia

• reconnaissance — re|con|nais|sance [rıˈkɔnısəns US rıˈka: ] n [U and C] [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: reconnaître, from Latin recognoscere; RECOGNIZE] the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy s forces ▪… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• Aircraft losses of the Vietnam War — There were a great many aircraft losses during the Vietnam War. Hundreds of U.S. fixed wing aircraft were lost to ground fire of antiaircraft artillery (AAA), surface to air missiles (SAMs), and fighter interceptors (MiG)s. The great majority of… …   Wikipedia

• Aircraft of the Battle of Britain — The Battle of Britain (German: [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luftschlacht um England Luftschlacht um England ] ) was an effort by the German Luftwaffe during during the summer and autumn, 1940 to gain air superiority over the United Kingdom in… …   Wikipedia

• Aircraft — An aircraft is a vehicle which is able to fly through the Earth s atmosphere or through any other atmosphere. Rocket vehicles are not aircraft if they are not supported by the surrounding air. All the human activity which surrounds aircraft is… …   Wikipedia

• aircraft — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ fixed wing, jet, light, low flying, supersonic ▪ Three men were flying in a light aircraft at low altitude when a passenger jet approached. ▪ attacks by helicopters and fixed wing aircraft …   Collocations dictionary

• reconnaissance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ initial, preliminary ▪ maritime, military ▪ aerial, air, satellite ▪ Spotter planes made a …   Collocations dictionary

• reconnaissance — [[t]rɪkɒ̱nɪsəns[/t]] N UNCOUNT: oft N n Reconnaissance is the activity of obtaining military information about a place by sending soldiers or planes there, or by the use of satellites. The helicopter was returning from a reconnaissance mission …   English dictionary

• reconnaissance — UK [rɪˈkɒnɪs(ə)ns] / US [rɪˈkɑnɪsəns] noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms reconnaissance : singular reconnaissance plural reconnaissances the use of soldiers or aircraft to go into an area and get information about an enemy …   English dictionary

• reconnaissance — noun (C, U) the military activity of sending soldiers and aircraft to find out about the enemy s forces: a reconnaissance mission …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English