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The picture depicts the moment when a group of people listens to the air-raid alarm, indicating that enemy aviation was approaching for a bombardment. The Basque Country was traditionally a conservative region of Spain but nevertheless was supportive of the Republican government in their struggle against Francisco Franco nationalists and their ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 January 2025. Type of clock A traditional wind-up (key-wound), mechanical spring-powered alarm clock An alarm clock or alarm is a clock that is designed to alert an individual or group of people at a specified time. The primary function of these clocks is to awaken people from their night's sleep or ...
The Cessna 310 was a common charter aircraft for the many air taxi firms that sprang up in the general aviation boom that followed World War II. The advantages of the Cessna 310 over its contemporaries, such as the Piper PA-23 , were its speed, operating costs and aftermarket modifications, such as the Robertson STOL kits that made it popular ...
The second predecessor of the flight is the 310th Air Refueling Squadron, which was activated on 8 October 1952 at Smoky Hill Air Force Base, Kansas as part of the 310th Bombardment Wing. It was not until January 1953, however, that the squadron received its first Boeing KC-97 Stratofreighters .
During World War II, the 310 Bombardment Wing, Medium was a command echelon of Fifth Air Force in the Southwest Pacific theater, controlling numerous fighter and bomber groups and squadrons until the Japanese surrender in 1945. Its attached units "flew missions against Japanese shipping, coastal installations, gun positions, airdromes, and ...
The A310 (background) is a shrunken version of the Airbus A300 (foreground). On 26 September 1967, the governments of France, West Germany and the United Kingdom signed a memorandum of understanding to commence the joint development of the 300-seat Airbus A300.
The Caproni Ca.310 Libeccio (Italian: southwest wind) [1] was an Italian monoplane, twin-engine reconnaissance aircraft used in World War II. Derived from the similar Ca.309 , it had its combat debut during the Spanish Civil War and took part in the earlier phases of World War II in Libya .