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• n  a flight by an aircraft over a particular area (especially over an area in foreign territory)

• Mohammed Raad, a senior Hizballah official, suggested that the overflight was an attempt to "identify an aggressive aerial passage" for an air strike against Iran.
• And Arab governments are reluctant to be seen to offer new "rewards" such as allowing the opening of diplomatic facilities or overflight rights for commercial aircraft in .
• Putin reverses Russia's initial position on overflight rights and the use of bases.

News & Articles

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• Collaboration Eases Southern Border Overflight-Exemption Process
  NBAA Lauds Key Individuals For Their Work To Produce Welcome Program Revisions The NBAA on Thursday welcomed recent changes to the Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency’s “Southern Border Overflight-Exemption” process, which will directly benefit business aviation operators who frequently fly into the United States from across the country’s Southern border, while preserving key security and ...
  June 22, 2013 - The Aero-News Network

Quotes

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• Gen James E Cartwright in Los Angeles Times
  We're just trying to go back now and look at what message was intended by this overflight,Cartwright told the Senate Budget Committee. "What are the implications of that activity and how do we best address that?"
• John Bolton in Jerusalem Post
  Bolton, who has talked recently to a number of Arab leaders, added: "None of them would say anything about it publicly, but they would certainly acquiesce in an overflight if the Israelis didn't trumpet it as a big success."