"mision de sombrilla"

English translation: (air) umbrella mission

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Spanish term or phrase:"mision de sombrilla"
English translation:(air) umbrella mission
Entered by: RachC

19:35 Feb 6, 2004
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Military / Defense
Spanish term or phrase: "mision de sombrilla"
Su cometida es el de patrullar o dar proteccion a alguna region del continente.

This is referring to an air mission carried out by Argentine forces during the Falklands War
RachC
(air) umbrella mission
Explanation:
Hope it helps:

Fifth Air Force - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Providing an air umbrella for MacArthur, Fifth Air Force was an ... personnel and supplies
for the Persian Gulf war in 1990. ... Fifth Air Force's mission is three-fold ...
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/5af.htm - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Defense Issues: Volume 11, Number 55-- An Air Force for Tomorrow - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Our versatile fighters provide the secure air umbrella in which ... our defense adviser
to our mission at NATO ... She commented on how the Air Force\'s long tradition ...
www.defenselink.mil/speeches/ 1996/s19960614-widnall.html - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 2004-02-06 19:49:22 (GMT)
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ARMY Article: Special Forces Reemphasizes its Roots, July 2001 - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... There is growing Special Forces Command emphasis on reinforcing the understanding
that unconventional warfare is the umbrella mission that incorporates all ...
www.ausa.org/ www/armymag.nsf/0/6596E093CEE5AE0F85256A710068F075?OpenDocument - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares

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Local time: 04:13
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2(air) umbrella mission
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
5Combat Air Patrol (CAP)
Gerard Burns Jr.
4(Air) Support Assignment/Mission.
Reinaldo Quiles


  

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(air) umbrella mission


Explanation:
Hope it helps:

Fifth Air Force - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Providing an air umbrella for MacArthur, Fifth Air Force was an ... personnel and supplies
for the Persian Gulf war in 1990. ... Fifth Air Force's mission is three-fold ...
www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/usaf/5af.htm - 18k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 2004-02-06 19:48:27 (GMT)
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Defense Issues: Volume 11, Number 55-- An Air Force for Tomorrow - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... Our versatile fighters provide the secure air umbrella in which ... our defense adviser
to our mission at NATO ... She commented on how the Air Force\'s long tradition ...
www.defenselink.mil/speeches/ 1996/s19960614-widnall.html - 34k - En caché - Páginas similares



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Note added at 2004-02-06 19:49:22 (GMT)
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ARMY Article: Special Forces Reemphasizes its Roots, July 2001 - [ Traduzca esta página ]
... There is growing Special Forces Command emphasis on reinforcing the understanding
that unconventional warfare is the umbrella mission that incorporates all ...
www.ausa.org/ www/armymag.nsf/0/6596E093CEE5AE0F85256A710068F075?OpenDocument - 21k - En caché - Páginas similares



Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 04:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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(Air) Support Assignment/Mission.


Explanation:
Patrol and give support to ground troops. You can perhaps just use Air Support by itself depending on context.

Reinaldo Quiles
United States
Local time: 06:13
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
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Combat Air Patrol (CAP)


Explanation:
The first site (below) is the USMC teaching you how to do it.
The second one is a USAF pilot talking about how it feels to do it over his own house for "Homeland Defense"

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The British also use it:
http://www.foi.mod.uk/glossary.asp?letter=c



    Reference: http://www.mstp.quantico.usmc.mil/modssm2/MAUI/MAUI%20COMBAT...
    Reference: http://www.hilltoptimes.com/story.asp?storyid=938
Gerard Burns Jr.
United States
Local time: 05:13
Native speaker of: English
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