Minimum interval takeoff
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title:
Minimum interval takeoff
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A minimum interval takeoff (MITO) is a technique of the United States Air Force for scrambling all available bomber and tanker aircraft at twelve- and fifteen-second intervals, respectively. Before takeoff, the aircraft perform an elephant walk to the runway. It is designed to maximize the number of aircraft launched in the least amount of time possible before the base suffers a nuclear strike, which would obliterate all remaining aircraft. Although the practice is aimed to efficiently send airc
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Military maneuver of the US Air Force
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_interval_takeoff
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2024-04-11T23:56:30Z
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