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    A minimum interval takeoff (MITO) is a technique of the United States Air Force for scrambling all available bomber and tanker aircraft at twelve- and...
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    aircraft right before takeoff, when they are in close formation. Often, it takes place right before a minimum interval takeoff. The term elephant walk...
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    aviation articles List of established military terms Combat readiness Minimum Interval Takeoff Interceptor aircraft Ground-controlled interception Glossary of...
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  • Maintenance – METAR – Meteorology – Maintenance, repair and overhaul – Minimum interval takeoff (MITO) – Mobility – Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower (Mobile ATC/MATC)...
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    California, crashed upon takeoff.[m] The crew was performing in a local training mission consisting of a Minimum Interval Takeoff and Landing (MITO) mission...
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    established military terms ACCS Baltic Air Policing Cold War II Minimum interval takeoff NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NADGE, or NATO Air Defence...
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    off. Seven men were killed, including six crewmembers, during a Minimum Interval Takeoff drill. On 4 October 1989 a KC-135 crash killed all 4 crewmembers...
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    the aircraft were to be launched as quickly as possible, then a Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) would be performed, in order to lessen the chance that the...
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    C-130 aircraft depart in a minimum-interval takeoff at Dyess during a mass airdrop exercise, December 1988....
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    Runway (redirect from Takeoff Run Available)
    "defined rectangular area on a land aerodrome prepared for the landing and takeoff of aircraft". Runways may be a human-made surface (often asphalt, concrete...
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