On the first night of the war Military_operation a USAF EF-111A Raven `` Spark Vark '' , flown by pilot Captain James Denton and Electronic Warfare Officer ( EWO ) Captain Brent Brandon , was on an electronic warfare Hostile_encounter mission ahead of a group of jets on a bombing Attack run .

It has been claimed by some sources that an RAF Tornado ( `` ZA467 '' ) crewed by Squadron Leader Gary Lennox and Squadron Leader Adrian Weeks was shot down Use_firearm on 19 January by an R-60MK ( NATO reporting name : AA-8 Aphid ) missile fired Use_firearm from an Iraqi MiG-29 piloted by Jameel Sayhood , however this aircraft is officially recorded as having crashed on 22 January on a mission to Ar Rutbah .

After the convoy Patrolling was blocked Hindering by the Sri Lanka Navy , India instead chose Choosing to airdrop Bringing supplies Supply to the besieged Besieging city in a mission codenamed Operation Poomalai .

Following Self_motion the successful completion Process_end of the mission , and faced Motion with the possibility of further involvement of the Indian military , including reports Reporting that Indian ground forces Military_operation were being prepared GetReady for possible involvement in Sri Lanka , Sri Lanka President J. R. Jayewardene held Hold talks Telling with the Indian government to resolve Resolve_problem the dispute Quarreling .

Carter ordered Arranging the U.S. military to attempt a rescue Rescuing mission – Operation Eagle Claw – using Using warships that included Cause_to_be_included the and , which were patrolling Patrolling the waters near Iran .

On January 28 , 1986 , the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter undertaking mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of ( OV-99 ) broke apart Destroying 73 seconds into its flight , killing Killing all seven crew members : five NASA astronauts , one payload specialist , and a civilian school teacher .

Its mission began Process_start on 1 January 1997 .

Turkey subsequently approved Agree_or_refuse_to_act two 6-month extensions , but indicated Communication that it would not become Becoming a permanent mission .

For the first year of the mission , northern Iraq was quiet , with no combat Hostile_encounter between Coalition aircraft and Iraqi forces .

Using a combination radar/computer/communications system ( `` Q '' system ) at operating Being_in_operation location in Southeast Asia , a typical bombing Attack mission ( e.g. , during Operation Arc Light with a `` cell '' of 3 Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses ) had an air command Control post turn over control Control of the mission to the radar station , and the station provided Supply bomb Attack run corrections and designated Choosing when to release bombs .

Using a combination radar/computer/communications system ( `` Q '' system ) at operating Being_in_operation location in Southeast Asia , a typical bombing Attack mission ( e.g. , during Operation Arc Light with a `` cell '' of 3 Boeing B-52 Stratofortresses ) had an air command Control post turn over control Control of the mission to the radar station , and the station provided Supply bomb Attack run corrections and designated Choosing when to release bombs .

By the end Process_end of 2017 , OSCE observatory mission had accounted Cost for around 30,000 individuals in military-style dress Wearing crossing Motion_directional from Russia to Donbass just at two border checkpoints it was allowed Preventing_or_letting to monitor .

The Conquest Conquering is highly controversial ; apologists describe Statement it as a civilising mission , while revisionists label Labeling it a genocide Catastrophe .

However , the lack of fixed-wing aircraft and the use Using of airstrikes Attack does not mean that the mission was not , by definition , an air assault Attack .

to assist Assistance them in carrying out Action their mission , the division was reinforced Cause_change_of_strength by the 1st and 4th special service Rite brigades , the 1st belgian infantry brigade and the royal netherlands motorized infantry brigade , as well as increased artillery support .

operation entebbe or operation thunderbolt was a successful counter-terrorist unk mission carried out Action by commandos of the israel defense Defending forces ( idf ) at entebbe airport in uganda on 4 july 1976 .

As the UN mission began Process_start to fail , the United Kingdom declared Expressing_publicly its intention to intervene Response in the former colony and Commonwealth member in an attempt to support Supporting the weak government of President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah .

Mahatma Gandhi camped Hostile_encounter in Noakhali for four months and toured Traveling the district in a mission to restore Recovering peace and communal harmony .

However , the peace mission failed to restore Recovering confidence among the survivors , who could not be permanently rehabilitated Recovering in their villages .

In the meantime , the Congress leadership accepted Receiving the Partition of India and the peace mission and other relief camps were abandoned GiveUp .

In September 2009 , a UN special mission , headed by the South African Justice Richard Goldstone , produced Creating a report accusing both Palestinian militants and the IDF of war crimes and possible crimes against humanity , and recommended Convincing bringing those responsible to justice .

In late December 2011 , an Arab mission was sent Sending to monitor the situation following Self_motion the Arab League plan .

Following the abortive mission , the Syrian Army in February 2012 launched Process_start an offensive against Baba Amr , shelling Attack the entire district and blocking Hiding_objects all supply Supply routes .

Operation Prairie was conceived Creating as a larger , longer mission covering the same areas along the DMZ .

`` Junon '' was on a mission Arranging to carry Carry_goods trade goods from the Îles des Saintes near Guadeloupe back to France and was part of a succession of French warships sent Sending during 1808 and the early months of 1809 in an effort to break Destroying the British blockade Besieging of the French Caribbean , which was destroying Destroying the economies and morale of the islands .

The attack Attack has often been described Statement as a suicide Killing mission , but it has also been asserted Statement that it was the outcome of a unpublicized larger operation that went Self_motion awry .

Initially , the US authorities acknowledged Statement the incident as the loss Earnings_and_losses of a civilian weather research aircraft operated by NASA , but were forced Causation to admit Reveal_secret the mission 's true purpose when a few days later the Soviet government produced Manufacturing the captured pilot and parts of the U-2 's surveillance equipment , including photographs of Soviet military bases taken Creating during the mission Scrutiny .

Initially , the US authorities acknowledged Statement the incident as the loss Earnings_and_losses of a civilian weather research aircraft operated by NASA , but were forced Causation to admit Reveal_secret the mission 's true purpose when a few days later the Soviet government produced Manufacturing the captured pilot and parts of the U-2 's surveillance equipment , including photographs of Soviet military bases taken Creating during the mission Scrutiny .

The mission was vital to the success of Operation Tonga , the overall British airborne landings in Normandy .

This mission goal was not met , with the reactors of the research facility only slightly damaged Damaging , although many of the secondary targets were hit Attack .

After completing Process_end his mission Cooke decided Deciding to investigate Research the state of readiness of Spanish forces in Manila himself .

The Boeing 747 airliner was en route from Anchorage to Seoul , but deviated Change from its original planned route and flew Motion through Soviet prohibited airspace about the time of a U.S. aerial reconnaissance mission .

The Soviet Union initially denied Agree_or_refuse_to_act knowledge of the incident , but later admitted shooting down the aircraft , claiming that it was on a MASINT spy mission .

He also broke Destroying the record Recording for the highest altitude jump , set Placing in 1960 by USAF Colonel Joseph Kittinger , who was Baumgartner 's mentor and capsule communicator at mission control Control .

The operation itself followed Motion an unsuccessful United Nations ( UN ) peacekeeping mission and diplomatic efforts to settle Resolve_problem the conflict .

American wartime intelligence claimed Statement the first Schweinfurt–Regensburg mission in August had reduced Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale bearing production by 34 percent but had cost Cost many bombers .

As the squadrons rebuilt Building , plans for the return mission were modified Change based on the lessons learned .

Of the 291 B-17 Flying Fortresses sent Sending on the mission , 60 were lost Earnings_and_losses outright , another 17 damaged Damaging so heavily that they had to be scrapped GiveUp and another 121 had varying degrees of battle damage .

An escort of 24 squadrons of Spitfires equipped with drop tanks was provided Supply on the first and last leg of the mission .

The mission 's objective was to airlift glider infantry of the 6th Airlanding Brigade and divisional troops to reinforce Cause_change_of_strength the British 6th Airborne Division on the left flank of the British invasion beaches .

Planned Arranging at short notice , the mission followed an offer by the Italian government to open Openness the ports of Taranto and Brindisi on the heel of Italy to the Allies .

The airborne division was selected Choosing to undertake the mission , but at the time they were located in North Africa .

these accusations were contested Quarreling by the european community monitor Scrutiny mission ( ecmm ) .

With a 21,000-strong force Hostile_encounter , the Kivu conflict Hostile_encounter constitutes the largest peacekeeping mission currently in operation .

Witnesses describe Statement the boy behaving Action as though he had been `` drugged Bodily_harm or severely harassed Bodily_harm before the mission . ''

The African Union and the United Nations also have a joint peacekeeping mission in the region , named Name_conferral UNAMID .

The British Expedition Traveling to Abyssinia was a rescue Rescuing mission and punitive expedition Scrutiny carried out Action in 1868 by the armed Bearing_arms forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire .

Operation Military_operation Turkey Buzzard , also known as Operation Beggar , was a British supply Supply mission Military_operation to North Africa that took place Process_start between March and August 1943 , during the Second World War .

The mission was undertaken Action by No .

unusually , the mission was known Know by different names in different branches of the british armed Bearing_arms forces : the british army called Name_conferral the operation `` turkey buzzard '' , while in the royal air force it was known as `` beggar '' .