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reconnaissance, reconnoissance a preliminary inspection of an area of land before an engineering survey is made reconnaissance [ri′kän·ə·səns] (engineering) A mission to secure data concerning the meteorological, hydrographic, or geographic characteristics of a particular area. (ordnance) A mission undertaken to obtain, by visual observation or other detection methods, information about the activities and resources of an enemy or potential enemy. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Army Air Corps during World War II in England, doing photo reconnaisance. Included in the collection are the Lockheed SR-71A Blackbird reconnaisance plane, the A-12 test plane and the D-21 drone. As commander of divisional artillery reconnaisance fought together with the 8th Guards Air Borne division in the Kursk Salient Battle (the Okhtyrka-Koterva sector), in the Oposhnia-Koterva lodgment area, and negotiated the Vorksla river. |
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