manned

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CBS News reported that the possible indictment would focus on the 1996 downing of two civilian planes manned by anti-Castro pilots, citing US officials familiar with the matter.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

The country has to be able to build manned and unmanned ships for a global, blue-water, sea-control and sea-denial Navy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Jeremiah manned the phone “like a secretary,” took notes and relayed them during commercial breaks.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

What happened to manned missions opening new frontiers?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

At NASA’s High-Speed Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base—the place where pilot Chuck Yeager first cracked through the sound barrier in 1947— engineer John Perry manned an X-15 simulator.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly