fighter
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Nato fighter pilots have shot down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace overnight, the Lithuanian president said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
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
The U.S. fighter jet was the first to be lost over enemy territory in more than 20 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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
She and Katya were both granted the special status of okhotnik, or “free hunter”—a fighter pilot who could use her initiative to go searching for enemy aircraft or ground forces to attack.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
The U.K. has scrambled jets to deter Russian jet fighters spotted over Ireland’s west coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
They were also able to speak directly to rival fighters on the ground, urging them to surrender, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Other fighters have managed to move the conversation on by producing defining performances in the ring.
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
The 586th’s main mission in their dangerous Yak fighters was defense.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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