Sentences with phrase «of war fighters»

«Would the tradeoff of preventing a PTSD, a terrible disease, for a lifetime be worth having a cohort of war fighters who came back and did not feel guilt or regret or shame about that they had seen?»

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He says the government established it as a means of inculcating youth with the same qualities and values that helped Eritrean fighters overcome their Ethiopian adversaries during Eritrea's War of Independence (1961 — 1991).

Inspired by the single - seat fighter aircraft from World War II of the same name, it blends vintage design details into a timepiece that's elegant in design, precise in performance, and stylish in its commitment to the wearer.

This aligns perfectly with our strategy and vision of maintaining our status as the most elite war - fighters in the world.

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.

Since early in the six - year - old Syria war, Hezbollah's energies have been focused on propping up President Bashar al - Assad in alliance with Iran and Russia, throwing thousands of its fighters into battle against Syrian rebels.

A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said pockets of YPG fighters defied orders to withdraw, but Turkish forces were in control.

As the son of a World War II fighter pilot, I grew up an Air Force brat and went to air shows every year.

The self - made billionaire also counts an extravagant lineup of cars, World War II fighter jets, real estate, and two sports teams — the Seattle Seahawks and the Portland Trailblazers — among his luxurious array of assets.

«The P - 51 Mustang is the most iconic fighter plane from World War II and a powerful symbol of the United States» aviation combat history,» Hinton explains.

That ship carries troops and more than 30 planes, including the F - 35 stealth fighter — one of America's most advanced attack aircraft and one that would almost certainly be used if war with North Korea were to break out.

The PBO has provided credible estimates on the costs of the F - 35 fighter, the costs of the Afghan War as well as credible analysis on the fiscal affects of an aging population.

Juan Manuel Santos, the president of Colombia, tells the News Agency that peace will elevate country's expansion forever, as he urges Colombians to assist conclude the «senseless war» among the authorities and rebel fighters & # 13

In the midst of Cold War tensions, Soviet fighter jets shot down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, killing all 269 passengers aboard.

In Iraq and Afghanistan, soldiers, most of whom are Christian, have waged war against fighters who are Muslim, but not on account of their religion.

We rather too quickly learned that the 9/11 attacks were carried out by al - Qaeda - an organization headed by Osama bin Laden, our «freedom fighter» from the days of the USSR in Afghanistan, and our paid CIA asset, which had openly declared war on the United States and was committed to killing innocents in our country and around the globe.

The book revolves primarily around Rosenbaum, a Jewish partisan fighter who survived European combat in World War II but became a prisoner of war as a result of later combat in PalestiWar II but became a prisoner of war as a result of later combat in Palestiwar as a result of later combat in Palestine.

Fighters of the culture wars always lose.

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.

Roberto Duran took the title from Leonard that night, beating him narrowly but unanimously, in a war that locked the two fighters in a kind of brutal dance and swept them from one side of the ring to another for 15 rounds.

I think most of the problem with this is many of the wars we have been in, the civilians are definitely NOT enabling the enemy fighters.

It was the first long - range fighter introduced during the war, capable of flying and fighting alongside the bombers on their way to targets deep in Germany.

Tunisia is the largest source of foreign fighters for the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, and increasing numbers of Tunisians are traveling to neighboring Libya to grow the Islamic State's presence in that war - torn country.

But we must do so with a host of incentives guaranteeing Taliban leaders and fighters a career other than war.

The S - 300 sale is potentially a threat to intervention by air in the Syrian Civil War by the U.S. or its allies (the U.K. and France, for example, also participated in the chemical weapons retaliation strike in April of 2018, and Turkish aircraft have intervened in parts of the Syrian Civil War as well, for example, shooting down a Russian jet fighter which was intruding into its air space).

Going to war has been the defining moment of American politics in the last decade but Elizabeth says that many fire fighters she treated were against this action as they saw ground zero as a «sacred place» that should not be used for political gain.

'' It is also clear, as has been shown so far by the outcome of the panel probing past arms deals, that the purchase of substandard weapons apparently resulted from the massive corruption that enveloped the deals, the kind of horrifying graft that saw the purchase of refurbished choppers that lacked rotors, or fighter jets that could not be deployed to the theatre of war because they were not up to par.

As far as I know, they do have one, sort of, and it's especially important to recruit fighters from Western Europe but civil wars easily become self - sustaining and are just as much about survival, power and resources than about any cause (cf. the wars in the east of Congo for example).

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Mashall Sadique Abubakar has personally commanded fighter jets in the war on terror to motivate fighter - pilots into putting in their best.

The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar has personally commanded fighter jets in the war on terror to motivate fighter - pilots into putting in their best.

What the whole sad episode has revealed is the extremism not of OLR's critics, but of Mark - Viverito and those who so foolishly romanticize a terrorist by pretending he's a «freedom fighter» and a «prisoner of war.»

US supplies Nigeria Army $ 593m fighter Jets The United State of America Congress has been notified that the sales of warplanes and weapons worth $ 593m to Nigeria is to help win the war against insurgency currecntly ravaging the nation.

The former Ghanaian leader said while freedom fighters like Kwame Nkrumah could not change some of the problems associated with the Cold War they made pronouncements, which kept the younger growing generation in touch with what was politically desirable.

Cummings, who served as a naval officer from 1988 to 1999 and was one of the Navy's first female fighter pilots, said the argument that killing at a distance could desensitize soldiers has evolved in tandem with advances in war - fighting technology.

«One of the main limitations facing war fighters and emergency responders in subterranean environments is a lack of situational awareness; we often don't know what lies beneath us,» Timothy Chung, program manager in DARPA's Tactical Technology Office (TTO), said in a statement.

If I wear low heeled black boots, I feel like one of the rebel fighters from Star Wars!

The Long and the Short and the Tall (released as Jungle Fighters in the USA and Canada) is a 1961 British war film directed by Leslie Norman, which stars «Short man syndrome» is a condition in which a person has to deal with a feeling of inadequacy which can come from a lack of height — or a perceived lack

The scene switches to a fort in New Mexico where Captain Joseph Blocker (Christian Bale), one of the staunchest anti-Native American fighters in the so - called «Indian Wars», is given the unenviable assignment of escorting the cancer - stricken Cheyenne war chief Yellow Hawk (Wes Studi) back to his home territory in Montana to die.

Players can participate in some of the war's most famous battles piloting fighters, battle planes and heavy bombers across a range of thrilling missions.

Of all the World War Two fighter sims I've played, and simply historical games in general, this game ranks with me among the best, if not the

The film then becomes part «Rambo,» part «Apocalypto,» as Ghost leads his tiny band of fighters to war against the Vikings.

Now that's one of my favorite game in my collection betwin Gears of war 2, GRID, Soulcalibur 4 and Virtua fighter 5 and in few days: Super street fighter 2 turbo hd remix.

Operation Intercept — Outside of St Lo, France, the next War Mode experience, developed in partnership with Raven Software, leads you on an urban rescue mission to save Resistance fighters being transported by train.

«Unborken» retells his remarkable journey as an Olympian - turned - World War II fighter - turned prisoner of wWar II fighter - turned prisoner of warwar.

In the mix is a small but ferocious band of guerrilla fighters, who also want to get their hands of the treasure to fund their war for independence.

But things change (and the pace picks up considerably from its exposition - heavy, conflict - free intro) when Capt. Trevor's fighter plane delivers the agonizing realities of the first World War.

The film opens on the island of Themyscira, a paradise island created by the god Zeus and hidden from the real world by a protective shield, and the film stays there for a while as we follow Diana from curious little girl to fully trained warrior princess but once Steve Trevor's fighter plane crashes there and Diana realises there is a war being fought in world she does not know of that is not too far away then we swiftly get brought into London in 1918 and this shift from fantasy into a «real world» scenario gives the film a greater sense of depth, and when combined with characters that you actually care about then Wonder Woman is head and shoulders above all of the other DCEU movies on the strength of that alone.

Fresh off of trying to appeal to every nerd ever with Ready Player One, Steven Spielberg has signed on to produce and «very possibly» direct an actual comic book movie with Blackhawk, an adaptation of an old DC Comics series about World War II fighter pilots.

The Japanese animation power - house, Studio Ghibli, proudly presents The Wind Rises, an animated biography of Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed Japanese fighter planes during World War II.