Sublime

As the Arab Revolt broke out in Palestine in 1936 (see chapter 4), the RAF coordinated with police and army forces, once more conducting reconnaissance, distributing propaganda, and carrying out strafing and light bombing against Arab mobs, criminal gangs, and Arab and Jewish terrorist groups. It was in Palestine that the RAF began the tactic of

Royal Air Force,

long-range artillery and airships and airplanes permitted military action against civilians and effective operations behind enemy lines

Aztec squadron – The Delta Force squadron on call for no-notice deployments. Responsibility to be the Aztec squadron rotated between Delta’s assault squadrons.

Air strike – An attack that involves munitions—bombs or missiles—delivered from an aerial platform (a plane

In addition to the landing force, the fleet carried more than two hundred thousand tons of supplies, half of which were munitions. John C. H. Lee, it was said, always doubled whatever his staff thought the Army needed “just in case.”

The 101st Airborne Division, which had already been alerted, was ready for action. Eisenhower instructed Taylor to send the 101st to Little Rock immediately.

Airborne – In the military, this word is normally used to describe parachute troops and missions.

From 2013, American policymakers argued that armed UAVs (“drones”), along with Special Operations, could destroy al-Qaeda’s leadership and effectively end the war on terrorism.57