He nodded toward the flight deck, where the normal bustle and excitement of air ops had resumed.

Can we continue air ops from inside this bottle?

But we should be able to proceed with air ops at this level for two more days before that becomes critical.

No air ops were under way; somebody had probably seen a dhow, or a school of flying fish.

And have air ops schedule me for a flight.

Call air ops and scrub me from the mission.

Your boys'll have to work out the air ops and fire control.

If the task force's air ops were restricted by damage to the Jefferson's flight deck, things could get very bad indeed.

The same conversations could also be heard next door, in air ops.

"Just getting the troops acquainted with air ops."