Sentences with phrase «fighter pilot for»

Yes, in Battlefront II «s campaign, players will step into the shoes of Iden Versio, a TIE fighter pilot for the Empire's Inferno Squadron.

Bandar had been a Saudi fighter pilot for 17 years and was a favorite of King Fahd; his father was the Saudi defense minister, Prince Sultan.

Some are visible only after sunset, none are created by seeding, and one chewed on a fighter pilot for half an hour before spitting him out, alive.

Even the driver, Green, is a former fighter pilot for the Royal Air Force.

Not exact matches

The hardest transition for most fighter pilots is to go from just flying an airplane to employing an airplane.

IAG said on Thursday it had bought a 4.61 percent stake in Norwegian as a platform for starting talks, and that could lead to it making a full offer for the airline founded by former fighter pilot Bjorn Kjos.

The pilot, Tammie Jo Shults, who used to fly US Navy fighter jets, guided the airplane, which took off from New York and was bound for Dallas, to a landing in Philadelphia.

One of my childhood heroes was the pilot Douglas Bader, who lost both his legs in a crash early in his career but went on to fly fighter planes for the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.

HERZLIYA, Israel, Oct 30 - Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday that it was making progress on resolving technical issues facing the cutting - edge helmet being developed for use by F - 35 fighter pilots, and it cited positive initial reports from night flight tests of the system.

Taking into account the $ 11 million cost for training a pilot to man a fifth - generation fighter, «a 1,200 fighter - pilot shortage amounts to a $ 12 billion capital loss for the United States Air Force,» Grosso said.

She credits the experience with her later career decisions and says she became «an endurance athlete and a fighter pilot because I was looking for ways to not be powerless.»

For anyone awake early enough on a Midwest Sunday morning, TV programming would often start with Air Force fighter jet footage set to «The Pilot's Prayer» by John Gillespie Magee:

Ahead for Midshipman Kane lay a distinguished career of duty well done — as fighter pilot, fighter group leader and Pacific war ace, as postwar skipper of the carrier Saipan — until the day, last February, when the electrical system of his TV - 2 jet failed and he crashed to his death.

The war began for the U.S. at the end of the year, and he enlisted in the Navy, played service football for a season or so, got his fighter pilot's wings, saw no combat, then signed to play pro football with a generally woebegone Green Bay Packer team in 1945.

McSally wants to preserve funding in the defense budget for the Air Force's A-10 Warthog fleet, the very planes she commanded as the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat.

«The Liquid Oxygen (LOX) plant will enhance the operational capability of the NAF by ensuring steady supply of LOX for use by fighter pilots.

«Liquid Oxygen is critical for the survival of our fighter pilots especially during high altitude manoeuvres.

All that's in the works, according to Mary «Missy» Cummings, a former F / A -18 fighter pilot who is an MIT aeronautics professor focusing on human interfaces for UAVs.

For example, if the United States Air Force has a shortage of fighter pilots, it would not go out and lobby Congress to hire fighter pilots from the former Soviet Union.

Similarly, trainer jets for beginning fighter pilots are built like young red - tailed hawks, with longer wings and bigger tails that provide more lift and stability at the expense of speed and maneuverability.

The pilots of two Greek fighter jets scrambled to intercept the 737 escorted it for 42 minutes.

Director Roland Emmerich is best known for the sci - fi spectacle Independence Day, in which a stern but loving U.S. president leads a group of fighter pilots into the wild blue yonder to kick some alien ass.

As Chase leaves behind his life as a fighter pilot to become the first candidate for the program, he finds his endurance, as well as his very identity, will be tested.

She's caught the attention of several men in town including the local priest (Divergent «s Theo James), but has eyes only for a dashing fighter pilot (Sing Street «s Jack Reynor).

It's not as homoerotic as Top Gun, then, but it does feature pretty boy Josh Lucas as lead pilot Ben Gannon, point man for an experiment by evil Capt. George Cummings (Sam Shepard) to introduce a robot brain into the body of a state - of - the - art fighter aircraft.

Reynolds does a fine job playing a sarcastic jock fighter jet test pilot with daddy - issues, which must be a requisite for all superheroes.

Also revealed during the panel was that the movie will very much make its focus on a post-war generation after the events of the «War of 1996 ″ — with orphans - turned - fighter - pilots, Sela Ward as a president who's been preparing for round two for 20 years, and Jeff Goldblum as the director of Earth Space Defense.

The film tells the story of a Las Vegas fighter - pilot turned drone - pilot (Ethan Hawke), who fights the Taliban via remote control for half of his day, then goes home to his wife (January Jones) and kids in the suburbs for the other half.

A fighter - pilot turned drone - pilot, based in Las Vegas, fights the Taliban by remote control for twelve hours a day, then goes home to the suburbs and feuds with his wife and kids for the other twelve.

Liman keeps a clear timeline, tracking the various ventures of Seal as he pivots from 707 command pilot to an undercover CIA operative snapping photos of Central American militant groups to accidental overnight heroin smuggler for the Medellín Cartel to a weapons supplier for freedom fighters to the various arrests that separate the chapters of the life (and the film).

Gilcrest and Allison find common ground looking up at the constellations, while on the ground Alec Baldwin as the hilariously volcanic General Dixon pushes for a military command center, and Tracey's uncommunicative fighter pilot husband Woody, John Krasinski, the tall silent type, remains an enigma to his wife.

«Pilot» is a perfect word for this car — you're tucked into the supportive bucket seat, sitting upright and perfect distance from the steering wheel, shifter and pedals, directing this fighter jet of a sports car into one maneuver after another.

Greenwood and his brother Burt grew up in the home of a General Motors executive who had earlier been a fighter pilot during World War II, so it was no surprise that John first became widely known for his success racing in a Corvette, winning back - to - back SCCA A Production National Championships in the early 1970s.

It should be a time for celebration, but not for fighter pilot Captain Alisa Marchenko.

Larry Zagorski, a S.F. writer turned U.S. fighter pilot, searches for connections between what seem like disparate events while conspiracy theories begin to suggest the possibility of a single force behind them.

Let's face it, for what is supposedly a «historically accurate» way to experience «the ultimate thrill as a WWII fighter pilot» the title Damage Inc. doesn't inspire much confidence in that statement.

Taking place in the future, the player fills the role of David Crenshaw, a fighter pilot in the High Altitude Warfare eXperimental squadron or H.A.W.X. for the U.S. Air Force.

The most significant ability is the use of a feature in the system that will guide the pilot with the optimal route for just about anything, whether it be the best method of taking out a tank shielded by towering structures, intercepting an enemy fighter or even evading a missile that the enemy has launched.

A small nod to singleplayer is included in the form of missions such as a Speeder chase on Endor or piloting a Tie fighter, each designed to act more as a tutorial for the online side of things with some minor rewards for teir completion.

Come try out the free Demo, join the Community HUB on steam, or join the ranks of brave fighter pilots defending the solar system and competing for high scores and prestige!

I'm pleased to say that we've got three new PS3 games available this week; from gun - tootin» gunslingers in Lead and Gold — Gangs of the Wild West, to furry domesticated animals running riot in Hamsterball Unleashed, to high - speed arcade action in After Burner Climax... a little something for everyone, and for all those hamster owning fighter - pilots with dreams of wandering the prairies hunting outlaws, you're especially well served this week.

In this game, you play the part of a contemporary human fighter pilot abducted by the alien Repton species during your aerial battle, and biologically modified to become a starfighterpilot for them in their war against the Evil Ovon race.

Bandai Namco bring you Ace Combat 7: Skies Unknown, taking their popular fighter pilot series to VR for the first time.

I was disappointed that there were some moments that felt set up for awesomeness and then didn't end up paying off, such as an early level where you enter the cockpit of a fighter jet but rather than pilot it you instead sit backseat and focus on firing off flares and shooting down other enemy fighters.

Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess offers similar gameplay to the aforementioned series, but with an insane story about a resistance fighter who pilots a sentient (possibly haunted) helicopter that hungers for the blood of evil humanoid reptiles whose evil plan includes putting the resistance's favorite pizza joint out of business by opening a competing restaurant.

Use a controller or flight stick to pilot your fighter, and use your head to look up and down, and all around, searching for enemies to shoot with missiles, cannons, and numerous other weapons.

Whilst the original Titanfall's storyline saw you fight both sides of the interstellar conflict, piloting mechs for the IMC and the Militia, Titanfall 2 focuses on John Cooper, a Militia fighter stranded on the planet Typhon attempting to stop the IMC from powering a devastating weapon called The Ark..

Graceful Explosion Machine was first shown off for Switch at the Nindies Showcase with the following description: Skillfully pilot the advanced Graceful Explosion Machine (GEM) fighter while blasting swarms of crystalline enemies with your ludicrously overpowered quad - weapon array.

The building's curved interior balconies have earned it comparisons to a cruise ship, but right now it's functioning as an aircraft carrier for Malcolm Morley's new paintings of fighter jets and pilots.

Dahl, who was also a British spy, fighter pilot and medical pioneer, had an overwhelming passion for art.