jet over

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Iranian state media first claimed on Friday that the country's forces shot down a US jet over its southern region.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Arad has been missing since he was captured after he ejected from his combat jet over Lebanon in 1986 as the aircraft went down.

From Barron's • Mar. 7, 2026

The Houthis have been able to fly this year a Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jet over the capital, Sanaa, during a military parade, along with a Northrop F-5 Tiger combat aircraft at another.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Disclosure of the harassment of Canadian aircraft followed an earlier provocative encounter between an Australian P-8 maritime patrol jet and a Chinese military jet over the disputed South China Sea.

From Washington Times • Jun. 8, 2022

Twenty years before the crash of KAL 801, a Korean Air Boeing 707 wandered into Russian airspace and was shot down by a Soviet military jet over the Barents Sea.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell