manned

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“That cannot be right,” Livingston Holder, a former manned spaceflight engineer with the Air Force and space shuttle payload specialist, recalled thinking when he first heard that fact.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

This is the fourth U.S. manned aircraft taken down since the beginning of Operation Epic Fury — with none being hostile fire from Iran.

From Salon • Mar. 13, 2026

Strikes are delivered by a combination of manned fighter jets and bombers from Boeing, Lockheed, and Northrop, all refueled mid-air by a fleet of hundreds of Boeing-made airborne tankers.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Further out, the U.S. is working on its so-called Collaborative Combat Aircraft, a $6 billion program of drones that can accompany manned jets and operate autonomously.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

The other keeps, long deserted, were lonely, haunted places, where cold winds whistled through black windows and the spirits of the dead manned the parapets.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin