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...

aircraft right before takeoff, when they are in close formation. Often, it takes place right before a minimum interval takeoff. The term elephant walk...

aviation articles List of established military terms Combat readiness Minimum Interval Takeoff Interceptor aircraft Ground-controlled interception Glossary of...

Maintenance – METAR – Meteorology – Maintenance, repair and overhaul – Minimum interval takeoff (MITO) – Mobility – Mobile Air Traffic Control Tower (Mobile ATC/MATC)...

established military terms ACCS Baltic Air Policing Cold War II Minimum interval takeoff NATO Integrated Air Defense System (NADGE, or NATO Air Defence...

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...

California, crashed upon takeoff.[m] The crew was performing in a local training mission consisting of a Minimum Interval Takeoff and Landing (MITO) mission...

aircraft would perform an elephant walk to the runway, where a Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) might be performed. Over the course of their construction...

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...

C-130 aircraft depart in a minimum-interval takeoff at Dyess during a mass airdrop exercise, December 1988....

"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...

In aviation safety, master minimum equipment list, or MMEL, is a categorized list of on-board systems, instruments and equipment that may be inoperative...

grief five miles E of Chennault Air Force Base. 4 January During Minimum Interval Takeoff (MITO) from Pease AFB, New Hampshire, Boeing B-47E Stratojet, 53-4244...

April 1960 the division conducted Exercise Open Road, testing Minimum Interval Takeoff of its KC-97s, with the planes departing every fifteen seconds...

463rd get airborne as the remaining 16 aircraft wait on the runway during a Minimum Interval Takeoff at the start of a mass airdrop exercise at Dyess...

463rd Operations Group 463rd C-130 Hercules aircraft on a Minimum Interval Takeoff at the start of a mass airdrop exercise at Dyess Active 1943–1945; 1953–1957;...

or plyos, are exercises in which muscles exert maximum force in short intervals of time, with the goal of increasing power (speed-strength). This training...

1 minute 15 seconds before the Yak-40. Tashkent Airport had a minimum takeoff interval of only one minute, regardless of aircraft type, leading to the...

strengthening the landing-gear and extending the time before overhaul interval from 10 to 12 years. On 31 March 2021, Corsair took delivery of the first...

The Allies countered by attacking the aircraft on the ground and during takeoff and landing. One of the most advanced WWII combat aircraft, the Me 262...

enforces traffic separation rules, which ensure each aircraft maintains a minimum amount of 'empty space' around it at all times. It is also common for ATC...

aircraft was to possess Short Takeoff and Landing (STOL) capabilities, which it was to perform while carrying a minimum payload of 35,000lbs. In response...

the appropriate choice of route, height, and speed, and by loading the minimum necessary fuel on board. Air Traffic Services (ATS) use the completed flight...

just after takeoff from the airport: On September 17, 1961, Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashed upon takeoff, killing...

crashed into Boston Harbor shortly after takeoff, with 62 fatalities out of 72 passengers. Subsequently, minimum bird ingestion standards for jet engines...

improvement, and longer aircraft maintenance intervals with less downtime. The A380plus' maximum takeoff weight would have been increased by 3 t (6,600 lb)...

Crews were trained to perform "Minimum Interval Take Offs (MITO)", one bomber following another into the air at intervals of as little as 15 seconds to...

was in dangerous proximity to aircraft 65132. The interval was 55 km (34 mi) – close to the minimum, although the safety distance between 65132 and Flight...

a minimum of three points and with one segment of the flight consisting of a straight-line distance of at least 50 nmi (93 km) between the takeoff and...

fatal hull loss accidents for every million takeoffs and 0.26 total hull loss accidents for every million takeoffs. As of 2023, the Airbus A320 family had...