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Vladimir Voronkov Vladimir Petrovich Voronkov () (born March 20 1944) was a Soviet/Russian cross country skier who competed in the late 1960's and early 1970's, training at the Armed Forces sports society in Moscow. He won the 4 x 10 km gold at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo for the USSR.
Vladimir Vujtek Vladimir Vujtek (born February 17, 1972, in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) is a former National Hockey League right wing. He was drafted by the Montreal Canadiens in the fourth round, 73rd overall, of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft.
Vladimir Vysotsky Vladimir Semyonovich Vysotsky (Влади́мир Семёнович Высо́цкий) (January 25 1938 – July 25 1980) was a great Russian singer, songwriter, poet, and actor whose career has had an immense and enduring effect on Russian culture. The multifaceted talent of Vladimir Vysotsky is often described by the word bard that acquired a special meaning in the Soviet Union, although he himself spoke of this term with irony.
Vladimir Yakunin Vladimir Ivanovich Yakunin (Russian: Владимир Иванович Якунин; born June 30, 1948 in Vladimir region), is a Russian official, head of state-run Russian Railways company. Vladimir Yakunin is a close ally of the Russian president Vladimir Putin and is considered to be one of the members of his inner circle.
Vladimir Yashchenko Vladimir Yashchenko (January 12, 1959 - December 1 1999) was a member of the USSR national team and former world record holder in the high jump (234cm and 235cm). He won the 1978 European Championships high jump competition with a jump of 2.
Vladimir Yourkevitch Vladimir Ivanovich Yourkevitch (, also spelled Yurkevich, 1885-December 13 1964) was a Russian Naval Engineer, developer of modern design of ship hull, designer of famous ocean liner SS Normandie. He worked in Russia, France and United States.
Vladimir Zagorovsky Vladimir Pavlovich Zagorovsky (June 29, 1925 in Voronezh, Russia, formerly USSR - November 6, 1994) was a Russian chess grandmaster of the correspondence chess, most famous for being the fourth ICCF World Champion in correspondence chess between 1962 and 1965.
Vladimir Zeman Vladimir Zeman is a Professor of Philosophy at Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec. He specializes in German Idealism (Kant and neo-Kantianism in particular), 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, and Philosophy of Science.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (, previous name Vladimir Volfovich Eidelshtein, born April 25, 1946) is a Russian politician, deputy and vice-chairman of the State Duma (the Russian parliament), and lawyer. Zhirinovsky is the founder and the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia (LDPR), the third largest party in the Duma.
Vladimir Zhitarenko Colonel Vladimir Zhitarenko was a military correspondent for the Russian armed forces daily Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star). He had covered conflicts in Afghanistan, Abkhazia, South Ossetia, Tajikistan and the Transdnester, as well as the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
Vladimir Zworykin Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin () (July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American inventor, engineer, and pioneer of television technology. Zworykin invented a television transmitting and receiving system employing cathode ray tubes.
Vladimir, Metropolitan of Moscow Vladimir (Russian: Владимир; real name - Василий Никифорович Богоявленский, or Vasili Nikiforovich Bogoyavlensky) (January 1, 1848, Tambov guberniya — January 25, 1918, Kiev) was the Metropolitan of Moscow from 1898 to 1912.
Vladimiro Montesinos Vladimiro Lenin Montesinos Torres (born May 20, 1945) was the long-time, powerful head of Peru's intelligence service, Servicio de Inteligencia Nacional (SIN), under President Alberto Fujimori. In 2000, secret videos were televised revealing him bribing a politician and the ensuing scandal caused Montesinos to flee the country, later contributing to the resignation of the administration of Alberto Fujimori.
Vladimirs Buzajevs Vladimirs Buzajevs or Vladimir Buzayev, (), born October 8 1951 in Zhukovka town of the Bryansk region, Russia, is a Latvian politician and Member of the Saeima for For Human Rights in United Latvia. Chairman of Equal Rights party, Member of Latvian Human Rights Committee since 1993, Candidate degree in hydrogeology.
VladiROCKstok VladiROCKstok '96 was the first major international music Festival in Vladivostok, Russia, taking place on September 21, 1996. The festival was founded by co-Executive Producers David Poritzky and Dan Gotham, who led a team of more than 100 Russians and international volunteers.
Vladislao Cap Vladislao Wenceslao Cap (born July 5, 1934 – died September 14, 1982) was a football defender from Argentina, who represented his native country at the 1962 FIFA World Cup in Chile. Twelve years later he was the manager of the Argentina national football team at the 1974 FIFA World Cup.
Vladislav Ardzinba Vladislav Ardzinba (born May 14, 1945) is an Abkhaz politician who was the first president of the unrecognized, but de facto independent Republic of Abkhazia, a breakaway autonomous republic of Georgia, from 1994 to 2004.
Vladislav Gorodetsky Vladislav Gorodetsky or full name Vladislav Leshek Dezidery (; May 1863 in Sholudky, Podillia — 1930 in Iran) was an architect and big-game hunter, best known for his Art Nouveau-style buildings, namely the House with Chimaeras, the St. Nicholas Roman Catholic Cathedral, and many others in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine.
Vladislav Hercegović Vladislav Hercegović (1426 or 1427 - Rab, 1490) from the House of Kosača was a Medieval ruler of Herzegovina. In the year 1466 he succeeded his father Stefan Vukčić, receiving his lands and the title of Duke of Saint Sava.
Vladislav Khodasevich Vladislav Felitsianovich Khodasevich (Russian: Ходасевич Владислав Фелицианович) (1886-1939) was an influential Russian poet and literary critic who presided over the Berlin circle of Russian emigre
Vladislav Kulikov Vladislav Kulikov (born January 7, 1971) is a former butterfly swimmer from Russia, who won the bronze medal in the Men's 200m Butterfly at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. He also competed at the Barcelona Games (1992), as a member of the Unified Team.
Vladislav Petković Dis Vladislav Petković Dis (Владислав Петковић Дис) was a Serbian poet, part of the impressionism movement in European poetry. He was born in 1880 in Zablac, near Čačak in Serbia and died in 1917 (on a boat on the Ionian Sea.
Vladislav Polyakov Vladislav Polyakov (born November 30, 1983) is a Kazakhstani swimmer who competes in the breaststroke events. He is currently a student at The University of Alabama, where he is a member of the varsity swim team.
Vladislav Rastorotsky Vladislav Stepanovich Rastorotsky (Russian: Владислав Степанович Растороцкий) (born June 14 1933 in Liski, Russian SFSR) is a Russian (and former Soviet) artistic gymnastics coach, Honoured Trainer of the USSR, who trained in Dynamo sports society. Sportswomen, trained by him, earned more than 50 Champion titles at the National (USSR) championships, European championships, World championships and Olympic Games.
Vladislav Shevchenko Vladislav Vladimirovich Shevchenko(, born 18 June, 1940) is a Russian astronomer specialized in Moon exploration. He is the Head of Department of Lunar and Planetary Research, Sternberg State Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University
Vladislav Shoot Vladislav Shoot (also spelled Chout, Schut, Sciut, Shut or Szut) is a Russian-British composer of classical music. Born on March 3, 1941 in Voznesensk, Soviet Union, he became a resident of the UK in 1992, naturalising as a British citizen in 1999.
Vladislav Surkov Vladislav Yuryevich Surkov (Russian: Владисла́в Ю́рьевич Сурко́в) (b. September 21, 1964, or in 1962, Solntsevo, Lipetsk region, USSRor Shali], [[Chechnya|Checheno-Ingush SSR, USSRis a Russian businessman and politician.
Vladislav Tretiak Vladislav Aleksandrovich Tretiak MSM (Russian: Владисла́в Алекса́ндрович Третья́к; born April 25, 1952 in the village Orudyevo in Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union, now Russia), was a goaltender on some of the most successful hockey teams of the Soviet Union and is considered one of the greatest goaltenders in the history of hockey.
Vladislav Tretiak (fencer) Vladislav Tretiak (born February 21, 1980 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian fencer who competed in the Sabre Individual at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He finished 3rd in Team Sabre at the 2003 World Championships.
Vladislav Vančura Vladislav Vančura (23 June 1891, Háj near Opava – 1 June 1942, Prague) was one of the most important Bohemian (Czech) writers of the 20th century. He was also active as a film director, playwright and screenwriter.
Vladislav Volkov Vladislav Nikolayevich Volkov (Russian: Владислав Николаевич Волков; born November 23, 1935, Moscow – June 30, 1971) was a Soviet cosmonaut who flew on the Soyuz 7 and Soyuz 11 missions.
Vlado Bučkovski Vlado Bučkovski (Macedonian: Владо Бучковски) (born December 2 1962 in Skopje) is a former prime minister of the Republic of Macedonia, elected by parliament on December 15 2004. He was previously the defense minister of Macedonia from May 2001 to November 2001 and from November 2002 to December 2004.
Vlado Dapčević Vladimir "Vlado" Dapčević was a Yugoslav communist and founder of Party of Labour, born 1917 in the village Ljubotinj in Montenegro, he attended Secondary school in Cetinje, where he was expelled because of organizing a student strike.
Vlado Georgiev Vlado Georgiev (born June 6, 1976 in Dubrovnik, Croatia) is a popular Montenegrin pop singer. Georgiev has recorded two albums to date: Navika (Habit) in 2001 and Žena Bez Imena (Woman without a name) in 2003.
Vladyslav Kryvobokov Vladislav Krivobokov was a candidate in the 2004 Ukrainian presidential election, nominated by the People's Party of Depositors and Social Protection, which he has chaired since its foundation in 2000. In 1997, he created and chaired a public organization "For social protection of population", that aims to ensure social and rights protection of population.
Vlahina Vlahina () or Vlaina (), meaning "Vlach [mountain]" is a mountain on the border of southwestern Bulgaria and eastern Republic of Macedonia. The highest peak is Ogreyak (also known as Kadiytsa) at 1,924 m.
Vlach ancestry of royals of Romania The deposed current Royal Family of Romania, contrary to common misconceptions, and despite of the country having lost its independence, for at least a few centuries, to the Ottoman Empire, descends from earlier indigenous monarchs of Danubian principalities, both Moldavia and Valachia, as well as from Asen Tsars of Vlachs (the Second Bulgarian Empire) and from plenty of Emperors of "Romania" who ruled in Constantinople, were they Byzantine or Latin Emperors.
Vlach language (Serbia) Vlach / Roumanian Website of the Consiliul Naţional al Minorităţii Naţionale Rumâne din Uniunea Statală Serbia şi Muntenegru (limba română in their own designation Website of the Federaţia Rumânilor din Serbie, sometimes rumâneşte / rumâneşce ; Влашки / Vlaški in Serbian) are the terms used to designate the language spoken by the Vlachs of Serbia.
Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion The Vlach-Bulgarian Rebellion was a revolt of the Bulgarians and VlachsThe meaning of the term "Vlach" in this case was the subject of fierce dispute in the late 19th and 20th centuries (see also Kaloyan of Bulgaria). living in the Byzantine Empire, caused by a tax increase.
Vlachata Ikossimias Vlachata or Vlahata (Greek: Βλαχάτα from Vlach- + -άτα -ata), rarely Vlakhata is a village located in the eastern part of the municipality of Leivathos in the southern part of the island of Kefalonia. To avoid confusions with another Vlachata near Sami, it is also known as Vlachata Ikosimias or Vlachata Ikossimias.
Vlachs Vlachs (also called Wallachians, Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs or Ulahs, South Slavic: Власи Vlasi, , Albanian: Vllehë, , ) is a blanket term covering several modern Latin peoples descending from the Latinised population in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Groups that have historically been called Vlachs include: modern-day Romanians, Aromanians, Morlachs, Megleno-Romanians and Istro-Romanians.
Vlakados Vlakados is a character from Irish mythology, the name that was given to a child who would be king in the mystical realm of Belfree. He was rumoured to have been a great conqueror of the demons in ancient Ireland.
Vlasic Pickles Vlasic Pickles grew out of a Detroit creamery and fresh pickle business begun by Eastern European immigrant Joe Vlasic in the 1920s. Vlasic's primary product, pickles packaged in glass-jars, began production during World War II, and the business rapidly expanded in the post-war years, corresponding with growth in per capita pickle consumption.
Vlasina River The Vlasina (Serbian Cyrillic: Власина), is a river in southeastern Serbia, a 68 km-long outflow of the Vlasina Lake and a right tributary to the Južna Morava, which also gives its name to the surrounding Vlasina region.
Vlastimil Cerny Vlastimil Cerny (born April 7, 1963 in Vyškov, Czech Republic) is a former international butterfly and freestyle swimmer, who competed for Canada at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. There he finished in 12th position in the 100m Butterfly, and in ninth place with the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Team.
Vlastimil Lejsek Vlastimil Lejsek was born in 1927 in Brno, Czechoslovakia as the son of the well-known Moravian choirmaster Frantisek Kvetoslav Lejsek. He studied at the Brno Conservatory and the Academies of Music in both Prague and Brno with Frantisek Schafer, Jan Erml and Frantisek Maxian.
Vlastimil Petržela Vlastimil Petržela (born July 20, 1953 in Prostějov) is a Czech football coach who worked with Zenit Saint Petersburg from 2003 to 2006, winning the silver medals of Russian Premier League in 2003 and reaching the quarterfinal of the UEFA Cup in 2005/06. Before Zenit he managed Sparta Prague and Bohemians Prague.
Vlastimil Pták Vlastimil Pták (November 8 1925, Prague - May 5 1999) was a Czech mathematician, who worked in functional analysis, theoretical numerical analysis, and linear algebra. Notable early work include generalizations of the open mapping theorem.
Vlatko Marković Vladimir "Vlatko" Marković (born 1 January 1937 in Bugojno, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Bosnia and Herzegovina)) was a Croatian football player, football manager, and current president of Croatian Football Federation (as of 2006).
Vlax Romani language Vlax Romani is an Indo-Aryan dialect/language spoken mainly in Southeastern Europe by Roma people. It is considered either an independent language or a dialect of the Romani language, as it is mutually intelligible with many other Romani dialects (mostly Balkanic, Carpathic).
Vlekho Vlekho stands for Vlaamse Ekonomische Hogeschool. The school was founded 1968 by professors and assistant-professors from the oldest university in Belgium, the Catholic University of Louvain, or in Dutch: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KU Leuven).
Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School The Vlerick Leuven Gent Management School is post-graduate business school in Belgium, with the status of an autonomous university. It was formed out of the merger of the Vlerick School in Ghent and the MBA programme of the Catholic University of Leuven (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven).
Vlodrop Vlodrop (Limburgish and town dialect: VlĂłrp) is a town in the southeastern part of the Netherlands in the municipality of Roerdalen. The town is situated near the German border, about 8 km southeast of Roermond.
Vlog Videoblog, a portmanteau combining video, web, and log, (usually shortened to vlog) is a blog that includes video.Media Revolution: Podcasting New England Film Regular entries are typically presented in reverse chronological order and often combine embedded video or a video link with supporting text, images, and other metadata.
Vlotho Vlotho is a city in the district of Herford, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It borders on Herford and Löhne in the west, Bad Oeynhausen and Porta Westfalica (both Minden-Lübbecke district) in the north, Kalletal in the east, and Lemgo and Bad Salzuflen (both Lippe district) in the south.
Vltava The Vltava (Moldau in German and many other Germanic languages, Moldva in Hungarian, unrelated to the Moldova river of Romania) is the longest river in the Czech Republic, draining into the north from its source in Šumava through Český Krumlov, České Budějovice, and Prague (Praha), merging with the Elbe (Labe) at Mělník. It is 430 kilometers long and drains about 28,090 square kilometers; at their confluence the Vltava actually has more water than the Elbe, but joins the Elbe at a right angle to its flow so that it appears a mere tributary.
VL Myrsky VL Myrsky was a Finnish World War II fighter, designed by the State Aircraft Factory (Valtion lentokonetehdas) for the Finnish Air Force. The different versions of the aircraft were called Myrsky I, Myrsky II, and Myrsky III.
VL Paarma VL Paarma was a Finnish biplane, two-seated trainer aircraft, designed by the State Aircraft Factory (Valtion Lentokonetehdas) for use with the Finnish Air Force. A prototype was constructed in 1930-31 and made its maiden flight on March 20, 1931.
VL Pyörremyrsky VL Pyörremyrsky (Hurricane) was a Finnish fighter, designed by DI Torsti Verkkola at the State Aircraft Factory (Valtion lentokonetehdas) for service with the Finnish Air Force in the second World War. The aircraft was constructed out of wood, as far as possible, since metals were sparse.
VL Pyry VL Pyry was a Finnish low-winged, two-seated fighter trainer aircraft, built by the State Aircraft Factory (Valtion lentokonetehdas) for use with the Finnish Air Force. The Pyry was in use from the beginning of the 1940s to the end of the 1960s.
VL Viima VL Viima was a Finnish two-seat, biplane trainer used by the Finnish Air Force from the end of the 1930s to the end of the 1950s. During their later lives, the aircraft were used as liaison aircraft in the air force.
VLAN hopping VLAN hopping (virtual local area network hopping) is a method of attacking networked resources on a VLAN. The basic concept behind all VLAN hopping attacks is to for an attacking host on a VLAN to gain access to traffic on other VLANs that would normally not be accessible.
VLC media player The VLC media player is a free software media player, distributed under the GNU General Public License. It is a highly portable multimedia player, encoder and streamer that supports many audio and video codecs and file formats as well as DVDs, VCDs and various streaming protocols.
VLDL receptor The very-low-density-lipoprotein receptor (VLDLR) is a lipoprotein receptor that shows considerable similarity to the low-density-lipoprotein receptor. This receptor has been suggested to be important for the metabolism of apoprotein-E-containing triacylglycerol-rich lipoproteins, such as very-low-density-lipoprotein (VLDL), beta-migrating VLDL and intermediate-density lipoprotein.
VLF transmitter DHO38 The VLF transmitter DHO38 is a VLF transmitter used by the German Navy near Rhauderfehn, Saterland, Germany. It is used to transmit coded orders to submarines of the German Navy and navies of other NATO countries.
VLFS Very large floating structure(s) (VLFS(s)) (or, as some literature refers to them, very large floating platform(s), VLFP(s) for short) can be constructed to create floating airports, bridges, breakwaters, piers and docks, storage facilities (for instance for oil), wind and solar power
VLM Airlines VLM Airlines (short for Vlaamse Luchttransportmaatschappij - Flemish Air Transport Company) is a Belgian business airline that focusses on getting passengers to their destinations in a fast and efficient manner, with short check-in times, fast boarding and disembarkation and by flying to regional airports that are located close to city centres.
VLN VLN is the acronym for Veranstaltergemeinschaft Langstreckenpokal NĂĽrburgring, or The Association of Organisers of the Endurance Racing Cup on the NĂĽrburgring. It is also still widely used for the series of 10 races they organize, even though this was renamed to "BFGoodrich Langstreckenmeisterschaft (BFGLM)", or BFGoodrich Endurance Championship, in 2001.
VLocity The VLocity 160 (normally just VLocity) is a high speed diesel multiple unit train manufactured by Bombardier Transportation (contract inherited from Adtranz) for use on regional rail lines in Victoria, running under V/Line. As of 2006 they are the newest in V/Line's fleet, the previous being the Sprinter manufactured by Goninan (now United Rail)
VLSI Project DARPA's VLSI Project provided research funding to a wide variety of university-based teams in an effort to improve the state of the art in microprocessor design, then known as VLSI. Although little known, notably in comparison to their work on what became the internet, the VLSI Project is likely one of the most influential research projects in modern computer history.
VLYNQ VLYNQ is a proprietary interface developed by Texas Instruments and used for broadband products, such WLAN and modems, VOIP processors and audio and digital media processor chips. The chip implements a full-duplex serial communications interface that enables the extension of an internal bus segment to one or more external physical devices.
Vmpc VMPC ("Variably Modified Permutation Composition") is encryption technology designed by Bartosz Zoltak, publicly presented in 2004 at an international cryptography conference Fast Software Encryption in Delhi, India.
Vmstat vmstat (virtual memory statistics) is a computer operating system monitoring tool that collects and displays summary information about memory, processes, interrupts, paging and block I/O information. By specifying the interval, it can be used to observe system activity interactively.
VM (operating system) VM (often: VM/CMS) refers to a family of IBM virtual machine operating systems used on IBM System/370, System/390, zSeries, and System z9 IBM mainframes and compatible systems. (VM also runs under Hercules, a S/370, S/390, and zSeries emulator.
VM Labs VM Labs was the company behind the Nuon technology which was used in several DVD players from Samsung, Toshiba, & RCA. The Nuon technology brought features which other DVD players didn't have at the time (around 2000), such as playing games created for Nuon, visual effects while playing audio CDs (provided by VLM (Virtual Light Machine) which was created by Jeff Minter), 128 speed rewinding/fast forwarding, zooming up to 16x & many more features.
VM-5 reactor The VM-5 reactor was the nuclear fission reactor used in a pair to power the Soviet Navy's Project 661 Анчар (Papa) second-generation submarine. It was a pressurized water reactor (PWR) using enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce 177 MWt of power.
VM-A reactor The VM-A reactor was the nuclear fission reactor used in pairs to power the Soviet Navy's Project 658 and 701 (Hotel), Project 659 and 675 (Echo), and Project 627 Кит (November) first-generation submarines. It was a pressurized water reactor (PWR), using 20% enriched uranium-235 fuel to produce 70 MWt of power.
VM2000 VM2000 is a hypervisor from Fujitsu Siemens Computers (formerly Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme) designed specifically for use with the BS2000 and SINIX (a Unix® variant) operating systems. It is an EBCDIC-based operating system.
VMA-124 Marine Attack Squadron 124 (VMA-124) was a fighter squadron in the Marine Forces Reserve based out of Naval Air Station Memphis flying the A-4 Skyhawk. They were part of Marine Aircraft Group 42 and were decommissioned in 1996.
VMA-131 Marine Attack Squadron 131 (VMA-131) was a A-4 Skyhawk fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Diamaondbacks”, were part of the Marine Forces Reserve and were based out of Naval Air Station New York, Brooklyn, New York from 1960 through 1972 and NASJRB Willow Grove from 1972 until their deactivation in 1998.
VMA-133 Marine Attack Squadron 133 (VMA-133) was a reserve A-4 Skyhawk fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Originally known as VMTB-133, the squadron saw combat during the [World War II]] campaigns on Bogainville and Philippines.
VMA-144 Marine Attack Squadron 144 (VMA-144) was a reserve A-4 Skyhawk fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. Originally known as VMSB-144, the squadron saw its first combat in World War II as part of the Cactus Air Force during the Battle of Guadalcanal and also provided close air support during the Bougainville campaign (1943-45).
VMA-211 Marine Attack Squadron 211 (VMA-211) is a United States Marine Corps attack squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMA-214 Marine Attack Squadron 214 (VMA-214) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMA-223 Marine Attack Squadron 223 (VMA-223) is a United States Marine Corps fixed wing attack squadron that consists of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14) and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMA-231 Marine Attack Squadron 231 (VMA-231) is a United States Marine Corps fixed wing attack squadron that consists of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron, known as the "Ace of Spades", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMA-311 Marine Attack Squadron 311 (VMA-311) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. Known as the "Tomcats", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and falls under Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13) and the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMA-322 Marine Attack Squadron 322 (VMA-322) was a fighter squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Fighting Gamecocks”, fought in World War II and later became a part of the Marine Forces Reserve based out of Naval Air Station South Weymouth, Massachusetts.
VMA-331 Marine Attack Squadron 331 (VMA-331) was an attack squadron in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron, also known as the “Doodlebugs” and “Bumblebees”, were part of Marine Aircraft Group 32, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and were based out of Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort.
VMA-513 Marine Attack Squadron 513 (VMA-513) is a United States Marine Corps fighter squadron consisting of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. Known as the "Flying Nightmares", the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Arizona and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 13 (MAG-13), 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing (3rd MAW).
VMA-542 Marine Attack Squadron 542 (VMA-542) is a United States Marine Corps fixed wing attack squadron that consists of AV-8B Harrier (V/STOL) jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMADS The latest in electronic technology weapons is the VMADS (Vehicle-Mounted Active Denial System). Pentagon officials have said they were "developing a new non-lethal weapon which uses electromagnetic energy to cause a burning sensation on the skin.
VMAQ-1 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 1 (VMAQ-1) is a United States Marine Corps electronic warfare squadron consisting of EA-6B Prowler jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMAQ-2 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) is a United States Marine Corps electronic warfare squadron consisting of EA-6B Prowler jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMAQ-3 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 3 (VMAQ-2) is one of four Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadrons in the United States Marine Corps. The squadron consists of five EA-6B Prowler jets and is tasked with conducting airborne electronic warfare.
VMAQ-4 Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 4 (VMAQ-4) is a United States Marine Corps electronic warfare squadron consisting of EA-6B Prowler jets. The squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, North Carolina and is attached to Marine Aircraft Group 14 (MAG-14), 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing (2nd MAW).
VMAT-203 Marine Attack Training Squadron 203 (VMAT-203) is a squadron in the United States Marine Corps that trains naval aviators to fly the AV-8B Harrier. Also known as the Hawks, the squadron is based at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point and is part of Marine Aircraft Group 14 and the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing.
VMB4 VMB4 is a UHF Citizens' Band Radio (UHF CB) Repeater located one kilometer from Mount Sugarloaf on the Sugarloaf Range in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. Owned by businessman Richard Akehurst the repeater is Newcastle's fourth repeater to go to air in the Hunter Valley.
VMDS VMDS abbreviates the relational database technology called Version Managed Data Store provided by GE Energy as part of its Smallworld technology platform and was designed from the outset to store and analyse the highly complex spatial and topological networks typically used by enterprise utilities such as power distribution and telecommunications.
VMeme vMeme is a typographic construction created for the 1996 book, Spiral Dynamics: Mastering Values, Leadership, and Change. It collapses a v for 'value system' and meme in an effort to represent an "idea attractor" rather than an information packet.

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