The Command offices were in the border country, up north, where the radar systems centralized their intelligence reports, and the fighters were dispatched to harry the enemy.

Suppose, he says, that the tables were turned, and we were in the Soviets' position: `` There would be more than 2,000 modern Soviet fighters, all better than ours, stationed at 250 bases in Mexico and the Caribbean.

The fighters were separated in a few minutes.

In that engagement at least 3 other Serbian aircraft were shot down by USAF F-16C fighters using AIM-9 missiles ( see Banja Luka incident for more details ).

In 1998 and 1999 AMRAAMs were again fired by USAF F-15 fighters at Iraqi aircraft violating the No-Fly-Zone, but this time they failed to hit their targets.

Some smaller designs have been used as the basis for specialist fighters, such as night fighters, and a number of fighters, such as the Hawker Hurricane were used as ground attack aircraft bombers, replacing earlier conventional light bombers that proved unable to defend themselves and carry a reasonable bombload.

In December 2005 Belarus bought 10 L-39 jet trainer aircraft from Ukraine, and plans were announced to buy 18 used Su-30K fighters.

These ex-Libyan Air Force MiG-21 ' Fishbed ' fighters were based in Ouagadougou, although they were actually operated by the Libyan Air Force on loan by Libya, and were removed in 1985 without seeing combat.

The first boxing rules, called the Broughton's rules, were introduced by champion Jack Broughton in 1743 to protect fighters in the ring where deaths sometimes occurred.

A " no decision " bout occurred when, by law or by pre-arrangement of the fighters, if both boxers were still standing at the fight's conclusion and there was no knockout, no official decision was rendered and neither boxer was declared the winner.

Throughout the 17th through 19th centuries, boxing bouts were motivated by money, as the fighters competed for prize money, promoters controlled the gate, and spectators bet on the result.

Its first modern incidence in biological warfare were when Scandinavian " freedom fighters " supplied by the German General Staff used anthrax with unknown results against the Imperial Russian Army in Finland in 1916.

They were medium rather than heavy cavalry, meaning that they were better suited to be scouts, skirmishers, and pursuers rather than front line fighters.

Although the U. S. Air Force sent fighters such as the F-16 to theater in Desert Shield, they had to carry bombs with them as no stores were in place for sustained operations whereas the carriers arrived on scene with full magazines and had support ships to allow them to conduct strikes indefinitely.

In World War II, the USAAF and RAF often favored fighters over dedicated light bombers or dive bombers, and types such as the P-47 Thunderbolt and Hawker Hurricane that were no longer competitive fighters were relegated to ground attack.

They never seem to succeed, despite being supreme fighters, brilliant detectives, extraordinary hackers and duplicitous conwomen.

The enraged troops broke into the houses along the street and shot or bayonetted 15 male civilians whom they accused of being rebel fighters.

Air-to-air missiles largely replaced guns and rockets in the early 1960s since both were believed unusable at the speeds being attained, however the Vietnam War showed that guns still had a role to play and most fighters built since then are fitted with cannon ( typically between 20 and 30 mm in caliber ) as an adjunct to missiles.

Other scenes have the freedom fighters wasting time in debate, with one of the debated items being that they should not waste their time debating so much.

These fish are well known as strong fighters, and their meat is eaten, being quite edible and firm, though catch-and-release fishing is becoming more popular in order to preserve fish populations.

Initially given a blue color scheme, the TIE fighter models for the first Star Wars movie were grey to better film against a bluescreen ; TIE fighters in the next two movies shifted back to being a muted blue.

Despite being told that it was against the rules, Ender sacrifices most of his fighters fleet to launch a Molecular Disruption Device at the planet, destroying the planet and the entire Formic fleet.

Also, in the Kosovo War the ethnic-Albanian militant organization known as the UÇK ( Kosovo Liberation Army ) used child soldiers, with 10 % of their fighters being under the age of 18, and some being as young as 13.

Nimrod aside, many naval fighters were named for birds-such as the Fairey Flycatcher, Fairey Fulmar, Blackburn Skua and Grumman Martlet ( the martlet being a heraldic bird ).

One reason is the US strategy of daylight precision bombing and the corresponding high loss rate it causes to the American bombers to enemy antiaircraft fire and enemy fighters, the latter being aggravated by the fact that there are not yet any US or Allied fighters with sufficient range to escort the bombers to and from their targets.

He retired for good in 1995 with a record of 82 wins, 8 losses, and 65 KO's, along with the recognition of being one of the sports most universally respected fighters among fans, experts, and boxers.

If Jones was to beat Ruiz in the fight, he would join Bob Fitzsimmons, Michael Spinks, and Michael Moorer as the only three fighters to win titles at light heavyweight and heavyweight as well as becoming the second fighter ( Fitzsimmons being the first ) to win titles at both middleweight and heavyweight.

Arum responded by saying that MMA fighters need to examine the revenues being generated and ask why the UFC wasn't paying them more.

Furthermore, Brock mistrusted the Canadian colonists, many of whom he suspected of being American sympathizers, and he was reluctant to arm them indiscriminately to help defend the colonies, instead favouring the expansion of volunteer forces, as well as the employment of British regulars and Tecumseh's native fighters.

The bushfire continued to burn for 2 weeks before being extingused by fire fighters which then the highway reopened.

Henry Jr. was a boxer who not only was a member of the exclusive group of fighters that have won boxing championships in three or more different divisions ( at a time when there were only 8 universally recognized World Titles ), but also has the distinction of being the only boxer to hold three world championships at the same time.

"' Let the goyim be the fighters ,'" Ross later recalled being told by his father.

By the 1940s almost all larger aircraft used the cantilever exclusively, even on smaller surfaces such as the horizontal stabilizer, with the Messerschmitt Bf 109E of 1939-41 being one of the last World War II fighters in frontline service to have bracing struts for its stabilizer.

The British also experimented with mounting pilot-operated AI Mark 6 radar sets in single-seat fighters, and the Hurricane II C ( NF ), a dozen of which were produced in 1942, became the first radar-equipped single-seat night-fighter in the world. It served with 245 and 247 Squadrons briefly and unsuccessfully before being sent to India to 176 Squadron, with which it served till end-1943.

The new format took the show in a completely different direction, which included fighters being on the ‘ Ultimate Fighter ’ for 13 weeks total, with each elimination fight airing live on FX on Friday nights.

Prior to this, ONUMOZ had disarmed some 76. 000 fighters, collected 155. 000 fire arms, helped training 10. 000 soldiers of the new Mozambican Armed Forces ( FADM ) and helped repatriating most of the five million refugees and internally displaced people uprooted by the civil war.

Air Force forward headquarters in Europe and in the Pacific, which control tactical fighters on ships and land bases ; ;

Aircraft with special characteristics that give them unique capabilities will often display those in their demos ; For example, Russian fighters with Thrust vectoring may be used to perform Pugachev's Cobra or the Kulbit, among other difficult manoeuvers that cannot be performed by other aircraft.

The navy operates its own aircraft for transport and patrol ; there are no fighters or bomber aircraft but they have attack helicopters.

Opponents in these types of matches, however, still grapple with each other occasionally when fatigued or in pain ; when this occurs, the referee will step in and restart the match, sometimes giving a warning to one or both of the fighters.

The French army recruited French Forces of the Interior ( de Gaulle's formal name for resistance fighters ) to continue the war until the final defeat of Germany ; this army numbered 300, 000 men by September 1944 and 370, 000 by Spring 1945.

This is because it does not explicitly state the aims of the war Muslims are obliged to wage ; the passages concerning jihad rather aim at promoting fighters for the Islamic cause and do not discuss military ethics.

In the eighties, many fighters defected to the rival World Karate Association ( WKA ) because of the PKA's policy of signing fighters to exclusive contracts ; plus, the PKA sanctioned fights exclusively with what has become known as " full contact rules " which permit kicks only above the waist as opposed to the international rules advocated by the WKA which is similar to kickboxing promotions in Japan and other countries in Asia and Europe.

Aircraft strength was 4, 201 operational aircraft ; 1, 191 bombers, 361 dive bombers, 788 fighters, 431 heavy fighters, and 488 transports.

Production of fighters was not given priority until 1944 ; Adolf Galland commented that this should have occurred at least a year earlier.

The weapon was designed in 1943 by engineer Henryk Strąpoć and produced in several underground facilities ; the name is a reference to the resistance fighters who used the weapon.