combat

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Retired US brigadier general Houston Cantwell, who has 400 hours of combat flight experience, said a pilot's training would likely kick in before he or she parachutes to the ground.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

F-35A was damaged during a combat mission over Iran on March 19.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Forces deployed along Iran’s coastline have more extensive exposure to armed operations than those in the country’s interior, which hasn’t seen direct combat since the war with Iraq.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

He has also served in multiple deployment combat missions, including in Afghanistan and Iraq.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

By the end of 1914, after less than five months of combat, more than 600,000 soldiers on both sides had been killed on the Western Front.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman