air blockade

An Israeli air blockade prevents the runway from being used.

Despite the cease-fire, officials said, a continuing Israeli sea and air blockade hampered the arrival of equipment.

In the event of an air blockade or fuel or climate crisis people would be starving in weeks.

Some Colombian officials had accused the United States this weekend of moving toward a naval and air blockade.

Resolution 665 and Resolution 670 were further added creating both naval and air blockade on Iraq.

Israel said it was lifting the air blockade because German monitors had arrived at Beirut's international airport to help enforce the arms embargo.

The United Kingdom declares an air blockade of the Falkland Islands.

Stenniss aircraft are used to conduct strikes, support land battles, protect the Battle Group or other friendly shipping, and implement a sea or air blockade.

Almost one month into the siege of Lebanon, with a land, sea and air blockade by Israel choking off the country, fuel reserves have all but dried up.

Commercial planes streamed into Beirut's international airport late Thursday after Israel formally ended its eight-week air blockade of Lebanon.

But there has been growing pressure in the United Nations for an air blockade and Mr. Bush expressed concern about the continued air supplies to Iraq.

They successfully breached the air blockade conducted by the Dutch air forces, covering the airspace from Indonesia to India and Pakistan.

There is also the possibility of an air blockade which would not only guard against sanctions busting but make the Serbian air force desist from its present bombing campaign.

A1 Israel Partly Lifts Blockade Israel formally ended its eight-week air blockade of Lebanon.

Mr. Baker said the Administration might consider an air blockade if the United Nations' committee on sanctions does not find a way to stop such shipments into Iraq.

Although the Administration has hesitated to take that step out of fear it could set off armed conflict, there has been growing pressure in the United Nations for an air blockade.

After the United Nations Security Council authorized an air blockade of Iraq on Tuesday, prohibiting planes from entering or leaving Iraq without special permission, a U.N.

Lebanese Muslim and leftist militias backed by Syria offered tonight to lift a land and air blockade of the country's embattled Christian enclaves, but called for major concessions in return.

Britain's Foreign Secretary, Douglas Hurd, said the United Nations Security Council would determine the details of an air blockade, but he added that "everyone is very keen" on such a measure.

The only step that would mean anything would be a sea and air blockade of Iran, accompanied by the warning of bombardment of military targets if any of the 14 hostages remaining in captivity are injured.

President Francois Mitterrand, who favors an air blockade, noted Saturday that those suspected of sanctions-breaking include "companies in our country trying to get around the embargo to the profit of their large or small businesses."

As a result, the ships and their aircraft are now able to participate in a wide range of operations, which can include sea and air blockades, mine laying, and missile strikes on land, air and sea.

Against this enemy, No.3, which replaced the No.2 sqn, was placed on what has been termed "Watch and Ward" operations and "Air Blockade", ostensibly CAS and tactical bombing.

The economic problems had their roots early in the Karabakh conflict when the Azerbaijani Popular Front managed to pressure the Azerbaijan SSR to instigate a railway and air blockade against Armenia.

At the United Nations on Monday, the permanent members of the Security Council agreed on a broad outline of a proposal including an air blockade, which has yet to be approved by the full 15-member Council.