fighter
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The report identified losses to the American fleet, including four F-15s fighters destroyed, one F-35 fighter damaged, seven KC-135 tanker aircraft damaged and up to 30 MQ-9 Reaper drones destroyed.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Eventually Rubezhnoy, a barrel-chested fighter, would take over as the head of Putin’s Federal Guards’ Service, Moscow’s equivalent of the Secret Service, a coveted position with proximity to the country’s most powerful man.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Nobody should begrudge a fighter for accepting a life-changing world-title shot, but bypassing the traditional British, Commonwealth and European route removes learning fights.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
The famed Mexican American fighter from Oxnard — who at one point was the youngest U.S. national amateur champion — also faced legal troubles of his own for his role in a 1999 assault case.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
Captain Colayco is celebrated as a great freedom fighter.
From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly
A 2022 review of Ireland’s military capabilities recommended expanding the country’s armed forces, and acquiring radars and jet fighters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
It would be unfair not to credit Benn's in-ring evolution, going from a raw novice who used to take beatings in sparring to becoming one of British boxing's most recognisable fighters.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2026
"Boats carrying armed Houthi fighters reached Mayyun Island after government forces withdrew from it yesterday," the local government official told AFP, referring to an island also known as Perim.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Ukraine also uses foreign fighters, although Amnesty says it cannot conduct inquiries among those held in Russia due to the group's status as a "foreign agent" in the country.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
On December 3, 1942, three pilots from the 586th took off in their solo Yak fighters into a snowstorm on a mission to escort a VIP away from the Stalingrad Front.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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