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Definition of Strip alert
1. Noun. A state of readiness for domestic defense aircraft. "The Air Force will keep fighters on strip alert at bases around the country"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Strip Alert
Literary usage of Strip alert
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Military Dictionary (1987)
"Typical operations include strip alert, airborne alert/ indoctrination, no-notice
launch of an alert force, and the maintenance of missiles in an alert ..."
2. The Final Campaign: Marines in the Victory on Okinawa by Joseph H. Alexander (1996)
"The CAP requirement soared from 12 planes initially to as many as 32 on station,
with an additional dozen on strip alert. The missions involved long hours ..."
3. Transforming for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations by Hans Binnendijk, Stuart E. Johnson (2004)
"... routine patrol overhead or on strip alert, and unmanned combat aerial vehicles
are part of the answer, but surveillance platforms with the capacity for ..."
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