combat

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The loss of the warplanes comes after 13,000 combat flights and five weeks of airstrikes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

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

Cantwell logged 400 hours of combat flight experience, including missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, and he trained at length for hard parachute landings.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

The incident also marked the first operational use of a helicopter in combat.

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