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Throughout the attack, Muehl kept his arms up in a performative boxing stance and at one point referred to himself as Max Holloway, an Ultimate Fighting Championship fighter, the department said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Earlier this week, UFC president Dana White said Makhachev is "on the right path" to being regarded as the greatest fighter in UFC history.

From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026

He inserted himself into negotiations for the Air Force One and the F-35 jet fighter programs, directed design changes to the Constellation-class frigate and championed the creation of Trump-class battleships.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026

In state media his obituary described him as an "outstanding member of the Communist Party of China and loyal Commnist fighter... an outstanding leader of the Party and state".

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

A U-2 had strayed over Soviet airspace and was being chased by six Soviet fighter jets.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin

Intercepting a drone with two advanced jet fighters is extremely expensive.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026

In the years since their fighters swept into Kabul on 15 August 2021, they've grown in confidence and consolidated control despite intermittent attacks by armed opposition groups based abroad, as well as Islamic State fighters.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Another Italian and two Turkish jet fighters were scrambled in response to the incursion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

A medical source at a hospital in Alimata told AFP that four Tigrayan fighters -- a woman and three men -- had been wounded in the strikes.

From Barron's ● Aug. 11, 2026

The Po-2s were hard to see in the dark as they bumbled along, and the German fighters couldn’t fly slowly enough to get an easy shot at them.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein