commander
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"You've got the controls," said Reid Wiseman, the commander of that lunar mission.
From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026
Another image showed Trump looming over warships, dressed as a military commander clad in gold armor, as fighter jets flew overhead.
From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026
But Ike was never the sort of man-on-horseback-style commander that Churchill idolized in the manner of the First Duke of Marlborough, Napoleon Bonaparte or the Duke of Wellington.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
Air Forces in the Pacific and the Middle East, rising to deputy commander of U.S.
From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026
Marina Raskova was less experienced as a pilot than as a navigator, and as the commander of the 587th Bomber Aviation Regiment, she too had to learn to fly this difficult plane.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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