thunder run n.— «They were called Thunder Runs, high-speed gauntlet races by the mechanized infantry units of the army’s 1st Infantry Division along Highway 13, northwest of Saigon. The tactic was used to throw off the Viet Cong and North...
thunder run n.— «At night the outposts scattered along the route, consisting of a few vehicles and an infantry squad, were vulnerable to attack, so continuous patrols known as “thunder runs” were maintained. A run involved AFV’s moving in column...
thunder run n.— «“Looks to me like a ‘Thunder Run,’” I said, recalling reconnaissance-in-force operations of that name I’d seen near the Y Bridge in Vietnam in 1968.…A “Thunder Run” was a unit of armor and mechanized infantry moving at high speed...
thunder run n.— «Tucker cited an Abrams with the 3rd Infantry Division (Mechanized) that took part in the first “thunder run” into Baghdad as an example.» —“Making the Best Tank Better” by Sean D. Naylor DefenseNews.com (U.S.) Mar. 21, 2005...
black sky n.— «The second is that there is a balance to be struck between the positive and the negative—”blue sky” and “black sky”, in the parlance of strategists—and that there has been too much thunder from each side.» —“Positively...
receipt n.— «This match, as Joey might put it, was a “receipt” for Awesome throwing Vader out of the Extreme Rumble for the DEWF Heavyweight Title. Really. It was gruesome.» —“DEWF Thursday Thunder for 4/25/96!!! (Part One)” by The Undertaker...