fighter
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Van had insisted that his first victory wasn’t solely due to Pantoja’s injury, while the Brazilian argued that the December result didn’t show who was truly the better fighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026
Van described Pantoja as a “very, very dangerous” fighter.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
Nato fighter pilots have shot down a drone that entered Lithuania's airspace overnight, the Lithuanian president said.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
In the autumn 2025, unidentified drones flew over several Danish airports and the Skrydstrup air base -- where Ukrainian pilots are trained on F-16 fighter jets.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
On December 7, 1941, Japanese kamikaze fighter planes, dive bombers, and torpedo bombers attacked Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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At a news conference in August in Los Angeles, the fighters got into an exchange that forced UFC president Dana White to intervene.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
The U.S. and Danish jet fighters are currently participating in a military exercise in Greenland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Tice, as a trained marine, would sometimes share his military experience with rebel fighters - according to several people we spoke to - and would correct fighters on how they used their weapons.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
The two soon became inseparable, working in construction together and training as mixed martial arts fighters.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 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
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