Last year America failed to sell India a big consignment of fighter jets, but that caused only a temporary ripple of bilateral irritation.

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France has long been a big seller of weapons and fighter jets in the region, including (until now) to Libya.

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They can also significantly reduce civilian casualties: a drone strike often replaces a big bomb dropped from a fighter jet.

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As is often the case with a fighter's first big bout, the size of the purse hasn't been announced.

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Louis, since it had lost out on a big order for the F-15 fighter.

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McCain portrayed himself as a fighter, saying he tackled corruption and big spenders, regardless of which party they came from.

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Promoter Frank Warren insisted he will not rush Khan into a world title bout just yet and feels his fighter needs another contest before he goes for the big time.

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On the big screen, he earned a second Oscar nomination as the producer of The Fighter and also produced his 2012 film Contraband and new film Broken City.

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"We compete in the land of the giants, " says Jones, 56, a onetime fighter pilot for the Air Force who later spent 15 years coaxing Congress and the Pentagon to fund big-ticket Rockwell International programs like the B-1 bomber.

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