Airframes in a sentence

Airframes are hardly the only system to have their budget and production cut.

American airframes possess a range of sophisticated and unique capabilities; however, Beijing has been rapidly modernizing its Air Force over the last decade.

As the military began to recognize that nuclear weapons were shrinking in size and soon airframes would be able to carry them, the potential for air-power capabilities soared.

During the two-hour visit, RapidFlight showcased its methodology for developing unmanned systems, which prioritizes mission requirements and tailors airframes accordingly.

The Charles de Gaulle can carry up to 40 airframes, including the Super Etendard, E-2C Hawkeye airborne early warning aircraft and the Rafale M fighter jet.

Despite their basic airframes dating back to the 1960s, the WC-135Rs are structurally sound and could continue flying for decades.

In 1997, the United States bought twenty-one fighter jets from Moldova, in an effort to keep the capable airframes out of Iranian hands.

Sans tail, these tailless designs are inherently stealthier than other tailed airframes—the X-44 would have had a very low radar signature.

This MDS diversity provides new maintenance officers the unique opportunity to experience working with multiple airframes in just one assignment at Edwards.

An inspection revealed the airframes had only flown around ten thousand hours out of a potential twenty-three-thousand-hour service life.

America doesn't control the actions of the majority of airframes in service.

An FMP is an exercise that integrates multiple airframes, usually involving a ground controller and other services, all serving to complete the same mission and learn how to operate more efficiently together.

Triumph Group is set to provide airframes for the C-130J Super Hercules, the company announced on Wednesday.

A300-600ST main Commonly referred to as the Airbus Beluga or "Airbus Super Transporter," these five airframes are used by Airbus to ferry parts between the company's disparate manufacturing facilities, thus enabling workshare distribution.

Airframe test failures The most serious problem with the aircraft was discovered when two Tu-144S airframes suffered catastrophic failures during laboratory testing just prior to the Tu-144 entering passenger service.

All mainline aircraft are now painted in this livery, save for the airframes listed in special liveries below, which include two retro liveries.

Also included in the work package were more efficient work areas for airframes and a repair facility for ground support equipment and the addition of avionics support capability for the S-3.

Approximately 13 aircraft are on static display and another 36 airframes are under restoration for either display or flight.

As the surviving S-3 airframes were forced into sundown retirement, a Lockheed Martin full scale fatigue test was performed and extended the service life of the aircraft by approximately 11,000 flight-hours.

A total of six pre-production Ju 87 B-0 were produced, built from Ju 87 An airframes.