aircraft

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Parmitano holds degrees in political sciences and experimental flight test engineering and has logged more than 2,000 flight hours across 40 aircraft types.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

Meanwhile, Deutsche Lufthansa canceled flights and grounded less fuel-efficient aircraft, while Air France-KLM AF 0.09%increase; green up pointing triangle froze hiring.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

Marine colonel, he has accumulated more than 7,000 flight hours across 95 aircraft types and currently helps oversee spacecraft and system development for Artemis missions.

From Science Daily • Jun. 11, 2026

In a post on X, US Central Command said an aircraft fired "precision munitions" into the engine room of the Palau-flagged Settebello "after the crew repeatedly failed to comply with directions from American forces".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

Sometimes they also had to deliver urgent messages, or provide a fighter escort for important officials who needed protection in case they encountered armed German aircraft.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein