A drop zone (DZ) is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land. It can be an area targeted for landing by paratroopers and airborne forces...
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Drop Zone is a 1994 American action thriller film directed by John Badham, starring Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancy Butler, Michael Jeter, Sam Hennings...
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Drop Tower, formerly known as Drop Zone: Stunt Tower, is the name of five drop tower amusement rides located at Six Flags amusement parks in the United...
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Look up drop zone or dropzone in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A drop zone is a place where parachutists or parachuted supplies land. Drop zone may also...
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Promotion and relegation (redirect from Drop zone (sports))
to be in the promotion zone, and those at the bottom are in the relegation zone (colloquially the drop zone or facing the drop). An alternate system of...
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101st Airborne Division (section Drop Zone Able)
became casualties. The second wave, assigned to drop the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR) on Drop Zone C 1 mile (1.6 km) west of Sainte Marie-du-Mont...
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U.S. Army and its sister services to set up parachute drop zones and helicopter landing zones for airborne and air assault missions. The two-week course...
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Park Giant Drop at Six Flags Great America On August 22, 1999, 12-year-old Joshua Smurphat fell to his death on Drop Zone: Stunt Tower (Drop Tower) at...
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Mission Albany (section Drop Zone A)
error. Although the 2nd Battalion, 502nd PIR was dropped as a compact unit, it jumped on the wrong drop zone, while its commander, Lieutenant Colonel Steve...
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DZ Flash (redirect from Drop zone flash)
the British Army and all squadrons of the RAF Regiment. DZ stands for 'drop zone'. In RAF Regiment use, these flashes distinguish between squadrons, although...
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