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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

The fighter jet landed without deploying its landing gear, causing it to slide dozens of meters along the runway, Greece's Kathimerini newspaper reported.

From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026

Trump stood to attention as the "Star Spangled Banner" played and even attempted a greeting in Turkish -- before Turkish fighter jets streaked overhead trailing red, white and blue smoke.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Global Combat Air Program, or GCAP, launched in 2022 with the aim to deliver by 2035 a modern next-generation stealth fighter equipped with cutting-edge technologies.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

In daylight, the Po-2 was an easy target for enemy fighter planes because it was so slow.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

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 Swedish royal family paid a rare visit to Canada last year as part of the country’s effort to pitch Saab’s Gripen jet fighters as an alternative to Lockheed Martin’s F-35s.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026

In the savage fighting in South Carolina, the British hunted down rebel fighters, and the Jackson boys and a cousin were captured in April 1781.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis