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Kwek Hong Png ( simplified Chinese: 郭芳枫; traditional Chinese: 郭芳楓; pinyin: Guō Fāng Fēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Koeh Hong-png; 1913 - 8 November 1994) was a Singaporean businessperson, known for establishing Hong Leong Group, of which he was also chairperson. Kwek became one of the world's richest men, with an estimated net worth of S ...
The PNGDF is a small force, numbering around 3,600 personnel, and consists of a Land Element, an Air Element and a Maritime Element. It is a joint force tasked with defending Papua New Guinea and its territories against external attack, as well as having secondary functions including national-building and internal security tasks.
The Parachutist Badge, also commonly referred to as "Jump Wings", is a military badge of the United States Armed Forces. Some services, such as the Marine Corps, officially refer to it as an insignia instead of a badge. The United States Space Force and United States Coast Guard are the only branches that do not award the Parachutist Badge, but ...
Wing of a Eurasian magpie, a wing that flaps to enable flight A swept wing KC-10 Extender (top) refuels a trapezoidal-wing F-22 Raptor. A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils.
Chrysopidae. Green lacewings are insects in the large family Chrysopidae of the order Neuroptera. There are about 85 genera and (differing between sources) 1,300–2,000 species in this widespread group. Members of the genera Chrysopa and Chrysoperla are very common in North America and Europe; they are very similar [ 1] and many of their ...
Wings termed 'Tactical' within the Royal Air Force provide are cohesive, specialised teams. Tactical Communications Wing – RAF Leeming. Tactical Imagery-Intelligence Wing – RAF Marham – Disbanded, merged to become No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing RAF based at RAF Waddington. Tactical Medical Wing – RAF Brize ...
Wing (singer) Wing Han Tsang ( Chinese: 曾咏韓; pinyin: Zēng Yǒnghán; b. 1960), known professionally by the mononym Wing, is a retired Hong-Kong -born New Zealand singer. Her singing style has drawn comparisons to Florence Foster Jenkins [ 1] and Mrs. Miller. [ 2] She is an example of outsider music .
The wing configuration of a fixed-wing aircraft (including both gliders and powered aeroplanes) is its arrangement of lifting and related surfaces. Aircraft designs are often classified by their wing configuration. For example, the Supermarine Spitfire is a conventional low wing cantilever monoplane of straight elliptical planform with moderate ...