41. Normally, agency officials train on the plane at the same time that the air crew conducts a training mission, with the Pentagon assuming the cost. 42. North Korea has frequently accused the United States of disguising surveillance operations as training missions. 43. On a training mission he spotted Daytona Beach from the air and liked it immediately. 44. On this flight, a training mission for evacuations, a pair of Ospreys were to land at Marana. 45. Peterson said there are no routine procedures for preventing a pilot on a training mission from breaking away in such a fashion and eluding detection. 46. Pilots lack the fuel and equipment to fly training missions. 47. Rumsfeld has also been reluctant to commit a large American force to an open-ended training mission in the Philippines. 48. Sanders said he is most concerned about the aircraft training missions but thinks Bush should work on the waste dump issue as well. 49. Senior Pentagon officials said the helicopter was on a routine training mission, and could not explain why the Kiowa flew three to five miles into North Korean territory. 50. So far, the US combat helicopters have flown only training missions. |
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