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.

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.

Scoring is more similar to fencing where fighters are separated after solid clean hits are made ( observed by multiple judges stationed at different positions to be able to observe if the hits were clean and unblocked and able to determine the strength of the strike by the loudness of the impact ).

Japanese naval bombers and fighters took off according to their revised schedule and approached Luzon in two separated forces, both of which were detected by the Iba radar detachment just before 11: 30 am.

Second Lieutenant Ralph Talbot ( pilot ) and Gunnery Sergeant Robert Guy Robinson ( gunner ) become separated from the formation after their DH. 4 loses power, then encounter 12 German fighters.

As the new khan, following his brother's death, Taj is spurred to seek revenge by his cousin, the scavenger Mustafa-and together they lead a band of mujahideen fighters into the valley to pursue the separated tank, counting on their RPG-7 anti-tank weapon to destroy it.

Like in the National Hockey League, no fighting on the ground was allowed ; and the referees separated the fighters if the fight turned too one-sided.

For example, the Spitfire, one of the few fighters in continuous production throughout the war, was in 1939 powered by a Merlin II, while variants produced in 1945 were equipped with the Griffon 61.

Cannons could bring down even heavy bombers with just a few hits, but their slower rate of fire made it difficult to hit fast moving fighters in a dogfight.

The Armed Forces of Suriname were engaged in a domestic war, against a few hundred freedom fighters who named themselves " Jungle Commandos " led by Ronnie Brunswijk between 1986 and 1992.

Captain Pierre Marienne with 17 of his companions ( six paratroopers, eight resistance fighters and three farmers ) died a few weeks later in Kerihuel, Plumelec, at dawn of 12 July.

As the squad is down to its last few rounds of ammunition, the weather clears, allowing Allied fighters to attack the Germans and C-47 transports to drop supplies, enabling the 101st to hold.

During the course of the campaign, Lukin, who is one of the few soldiers stationed on Kolgujev with previous combat experience, switches from his steadfast fight against American forces on Everon and Malden to joining the resistance fighters on Everon battling his own countrymen in order to pave the way for an American take-over of the island.

In May 1945, a few days before the end of World War II, a gun fight took place on the street of Hvidovrevej between Resistance fighters and members of the HIPO Corps.

A few twin-engine light bomber designs were also successful when converted into heavy fighters or night fighters ; examples of these would be the Bristol Blenheim and Douglas A-20 Havoc.

Although this restriction is often exaggerated, as there were few heavyweight contenders at the time who were of " black " ethnicity, however in the other weight divisions there were black fighters who fought for the title as well as notable black champions such as Tiger Flowers.

Amongst the fighters he beat during this period were Gerald Hayes-who later conquered Juan Laporte )-and Antonio Becerra, one of the few men ever to get the better of Salvador Sánchez.

As of 2012 Duva continues active as an advisor and manager for a few select fighters and is also involved in his son Dino's company, Duva Boxing.

Foo fighters were reported on many occasions from around the world ; a few examples are noted below.

For example, the three series 5 fighters were capable of meeting the best allied fighters on equal terms, but only a few hundred of each were produced.

Megatron and Sentinel Prime planned this a long time ago, planning to meet on Earth before Megatron went after the Allspark and ended up frozen and the Ark was shot down by Decepticon fighters ( few Decepticons knew of the plan ) and crashed on Earth's Moon in 1961.

Captain Pierre Marienne with 17 of his companions ( 6 paratroopers, 8 resistance fighters and 3 farmers ) died a few weeks later in Kerihuel, Plumelec, ( 12 July at dawn ).

However, communication problems, limitations of the aircraft identification capabilities of the radar, primitive control procedures, and effective screening of the Japanese dive bombers by their escorting Zeros, prevented all but a few of the U. S. fighters from engaging the Vals before they began their attacks on the U. S. carriers.

That, plus the fact that few top fighters anywhere were willing to challenge Khaosai, made him relatively unknown in the West.

Ozawa had been able to put up very few fighters to intercept the incoming U. S. attack — no more than 35, according to later estimates, but these few were skillfully handled, even though the Japanese antiaircraft fire was intense.

The 49th had three operational squadrons, the 7th, 8th and 9th, and flew the P-80 Shooting Star along with a few P-61 Black Widow night fighters.

To make up for its weaknesses ( few and obsolete fighters ) the FiAF mainly focused on attacking enemy bombers from directions that were disadvantageous to the enemy.

It is actually revealed in a few character endings that some of the fighters had become allies or friends during the course of the tournament.

With the enemy airfields only 20 minutes away, the bombers would have dropped their bombs and be returning to base before the intercepting fighters could get to altitude.

General George Kenney's outnumbered and out classed old fighters, when staged forward from new bases about Port Moresby, would affect Japanese decisions to withdraw from their beachhead on Milne Bay because the allied fighters were only minutes away and enjoyed a rapid turn around time to resume sweeps against long ranged Japanese air during the Battle of Milne Bay — and that earned Kenney a promotion for it was the first time Japanese aggression had been repulsed in any landing.

The first round of Hagler v Hearns is often considered to be among the best three minutes in boxing in middleweight history as the two fighters stood toe-to-toe trading blows.

Two McDonnell F-101 Voodoo fighters of the 75th Fighter Squadron were scrambled from Dow Air Force Base 22 minutes after midnight on 11 April 1961 to intercept an unidentified aircraft approaching the United States.

According to the Russian government, fighting between the troops and the still-conscious Chechen fighters continued in other parts of the building for another 30 minutes to one hour.

The engine allowed about 7 minutes of powered flight, but offered such tremendous performance that they could fly right by the defending fighters.

On that day, 160 jet fighters, most belonging to Israel, battled for 53 minutes over the Nile Delta town of Al-Mansoura.

A wave of 80 Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters arrived shortly after, and unopposed, strafed the base for 45 minutes, destroying all but five of 17 B-17s caught on the ground, and damaging three of the others so that they did not fly again.

If an aircraft was still unknown at two minutes, fighters would be scrambled to intercept it, to find out why the aircraft could not be identified.

From receiving notification to scramble, jet fighters had to be airborne within five minutes.

Eagle sinks in eight minutes, with the loss of 131 of her crew and 16 Sea Hurricane fighters.

This immense armada stretched more than in the sky and took 2 hours and 37 minutes to pass any given point, and was protected by some 2, 153 Allied fighters from the U. S. Ninth Air Force and the Royal Air Force.

Although the Narn fought heroically, in a battle lasting only a few minutes the entire Narn armada was completely destroyed, and hundreds of Narn heavy cruisers and fighters were lost.

A second bomber attack ( 26 " Betty " bombers ) followed closely, then escorting Zero fighters strafed the field for 30 minutes, destroying 12 of the 17 American heavy bombers present and seriously damaging three others.

On 3 June 1942, Marseille attacked alone a formation of 16 Curtiss P-40 fighters and shot down six aircraft of No. 5 Squadron SAAF, five of them in six minutes, including three aces: Robin Pare ( six victories ), Douglas Golding ( 6. 5 victories ) and Andre Botha ( five victories ).

The slugfest continued for the better part of the next two and a half minutes as both fighters traded heavy blows with little regard for defense or pacing.

On 25 April 1945 Wyrożemski participated in the longest ( five hours, fifty minutes ) and last mission flown in World War II by fighters of the Polish Air Force.

Two minutes later, two Israeli Air Force F-4 fighters were scrambled to investigate and they intercepted the airliner at 13: 59.