Sentences with phrase «war fighters in»

Not exact matches

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.

John spent his life breaking barriers, from defending our freedom as a decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II and Korea, to setting a transcontinental speed record, to becoming, at age 77, the oldest human to touch the stars.

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.

Glenn was also a decorated Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean 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.

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.

Two years after the war, as a Navy test pilot, his P - 80 Shooting Star fighter jet would crash on takeoff in a Panamanian jungle, costing him both arms.

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.

Known as La Pasionaria (The Passion Flower), Ibarruri was a communist, who fought in the Spanish Civil War and whose fiery rhetoric inspired Republican fighters.

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.

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.

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).

As a fighter pilot with the famed all - black Tuskegee Airmen in the then - segregated U.S. Air Corps, Captain Brown flew missions against the Nazi war machine.

Following his determination to sustain the air power domination by Nigerian Airforce fighter aircraft in the war against terrorism, the new Chief f Air staff, AVM Sadique Abubakar during the week embarked on an operational visit to its offensive bases.

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.

The Film House is trying to sign star Gina Carano, a former mixed martial arts fighter who has starred in several movies, to be in «The Opium War.»

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.

From expeditioners perishing in an Antarctic icescape to World War II fighter planes exploding over Britain, dire situations can lead to crucial medical advances.

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.

There weren't many fights you'd consider a tune - up fight in the Pride days, so many great fighters fought wars and left with losses.

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

When America is thrust into World War II, Jamie becomes a fighter pilot while the Jacksons» eldest son, Ronsel (Jason Mitchell), rises to sergeant in an all - black tank battalion.

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

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.

We hear from Henry's brother Jamie (Garrett Hedlund), who is blindingly suave in early scenes but brought down by his time as an aerial fighter in World War II.

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.

Laura Dern is a troubled journalist in «The Tale,» Carey Mulligan is a 1960s mom in «Wildlife,» Andrea Riseborough is a woman having an identity crisis in «Nancy,» and «Star Wars» fighter Daisy Ridley is reimagined as a Shakespearean heroine in «Ophelia.»

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.

He had a cameo in Johnson's classic Breaking Bad episode Ozymandias (2013), and as X-Wing fighter pilot Stomeroni Starck he was the true hero of Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017).

Director William Wellman, who earned the nickname «Wild Bill» as a fighter pilot in the First World War, plucked him from near - obscurity to play Lt. Bill Walker, the CO of an infantry division embroiled in World War II's Italian campaign, in The Story of G.I. Joe.

Opening on an air force squadron of Free French fighters hidden in the countryside, it segues into a sea drama, a prison escape thriller, a war film, and during a brief deck brawl something approaching a pirate film, all nestled into the storyline through flashbacks and plot twists.

In Jiro's case, these beautiful things — most notably his design for the Zero fighter plane, which became one of Japan's most effective weapons in World War II — were requisitioned as implements of death, an irony that suffuses every frame of this dark and difficult film, which, it should be stressed, is not at all for young childreIn Jiro's case, these beautiful things — most notably his design for the Zero fighter plane, which became one of Japan's most effective weapons in World War II — were requisitioned as implements of death, an irony that suffuses every frame of this dark and difficult film, which, it should be stressed, is not at all for young childrein World War II — were requisitioned as implements of death, an irony that suffuses every frame of this dark and difficult film, which, it should be stressed, is not at all for young children.

At the end of Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve Rogers (Evans), aka Captain America, finds out he has been «asleep» for the last seventy years after he awakens in the present day despite being a World War II fighter.

Johnson makes these scenes his own with visual references to World War II carrier battles (fighters, bombers, dreadnoughts) and it's an interesting choice, even if the falling bombs seem to suggest that gravity exists in outer space.

The Millennium Falcon being chased by First Order TIE Fighters in a still image from «Star Wars: The Last Jedi.»

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