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“Yale will be regarded either as a beacon and a fighter for academic freedom or as the weakling who succumbed and obeyed.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Discussions about deploying more ground-based long-range missiles and fighter aircraft in place of long-range strategic bombers are currently taking place, Western officials say.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026

Although Turkey will eventually fit the fighter with its own domestically-produced engine -- the F110s lacking stealth capability -- that project is still in the preliminary design phase, Defence Minister Yasar Guler said in September.

From Barron's ● Jul. 5, 2026

Poland has also activated its fighter jets to protect its airspace, with the country's armed forces describing it as a "preventative" measure.

From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026

While he’d been arguing with Pelicarnassus, the tiny fighter planes had come for a second run.

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness

In a statement, McMaster said Graham was “irreplaceable,” calling him “the fiercest of fighters for South Carolina and America.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 12, 2026

Under the Obama administration, an international coalition targeting the Libyan regime of Muammar Gaddafi during the country’s 2011 civil war struck his fleeing convoy, leading to his capture and killing by rebel fighters.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026

Analysts say Platner's rise spoke to a real hunger for fighters who sound less polished, less cautious and less beholden to donors than the candidates national leaders tend to favor.

From Barron's ● Jul. 9, 2026

The government faced criticism earlier this year after it dismantled a large camp holding displaced families of Islamic State fighters.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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