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One hopes that the order for the purchase of war planes from the U.S., ostensibly to fight Boko Haram terrorism, is not connected with the hidden agenda for a jihad.»

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A famous example of this comes from statistician Abraham Wald, who in World War II recommended putting extra armor on planes in locations where surviving crafts returning from battle had no bullet holes.

Planes from the Garibaldi carried out 288 missions in the first year of the War in Afghanistan.

The area where London City Airport stands used to be an industrial center, and it came under heavy bombardment from German planes during the war.

«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.

The pontiff has told reporters on board the plane for his trip to Chile that the world is one step away from nuclear war.

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

We all know about the dangerous, drowsy driver, and we have heard about sleep - deprived British pilots who crashed their planes (having fallen asleep) while flying home from the war zone during World War war zone during World War War II.

A few years later we found ourselves journeying to Russia in the cargo hold of an Ilyushin Il 20M propeller plane, a onetime aerial spy from the cold war era.

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.

An escape from an old World War II plane manages to be both thrilling and true to the same event in the game.

Next is «The Wind Rises,» Miyazaki's latest tale which takes a slight diversion from his more whimsical fantasy films to tell the real - life story Jiro Horikoshi, the man who designed the Zero fighter plane that was used during World War II, and infamously during the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Finally, Abrams brought his Star Wars veterans out, one by one: First Carrie Fisher, then Mark Hamill, and finally Harrison Ford, apparently well - rested and recovered from the plane crash he was involved in back in March.

Free flight is a good bet to get a hang of flying World War II fighter planes from Spitfire to Junkers Ju 87, all purchasable with money earned from the campaign missions and their optional side missions.

Christensen, of course, has gone from playing a young Darth Vader for «Star Wars» creator George Lucas, to starring in Doug Liman's disappointing sci - fi film «Jumper,» to now the cinematic equivalent of hitting rock bottom by working with David R. Ellis, the director of the infamous B - movie «Snakes on a Plane.»

As World War I unfolds, Diana Prince / Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) lives on an Amazonian island, cut off from the outside world until fighter pilot Steve Trevor (Chris Pine) crashes his plane there.

Ten years after terrorists crashed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the profound impact on the United States is not hard to see, from heightened domestic - security measures to the U.S. role in conflicts deemed part of a war on terror.

Whicker would later be honored for his quick thinking in bringing the plane to a safe landing at a South Korean airbase and he'd go on to participate in airborne reconnaissance around Kuwait during the first Gulf War's «Operation Desert Storm,» then would be tasked with calling up reservists from the U.S. Strategic Command headquarters amid the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

This gripping, true - life child - of - war account relays the story of a mixed - race orphan's evacuation from Vietnam on a plane under fire, his international adoption, his success in America, and his pride in his roots.

Time editor Chua - Eoan looked after me from a bench along the side of the plane; a Critical Care Air Transport Team — the fully - equipped airborne ICUs deployed for the first time in war to keep soldiers alive until they reached hospitals — stood by to monitor my heart rate.

It operates on a different plane from the culture wars.

While most of the game takes place during World War II, you'll also get to fly planes from World War 1 as you uncover the story of DeeDee's father through the flashbacks of people she meets along the way.

Another flaw comes when you get the opportunity to get into the seat of some classic planes from the first World War during flashbacks: what should be a massive change of piloting style turns out to be....

Coinciding with its release today, EA has debuted a launch trailer for Battlefield 1, the new World War I - set first - person shooter from DICE; check it out here... SEE ALSO: Watch Battlefield 1's single player prologue in 12 minute gameplay video You look into the distance and see planes torn apart by gunfire, their debris raining -LSB-...]

While Richter also painted from photographs of skies and war planes, his found source material also included family photographs.

Images of supernatural demons, USA bomber planes referenced from American comics, as well as various skeletal monsters, all are profoundly related to his childhood memories of war.