With the run-rate plummeting as wickets fell, the arrival of a desperately out of form Paul Collingwood was perhaps not the tonic the England fans would have wanted, but the Durham man is nothing if not a fighter.
He has to lose sometime because nearly every fighter not named Rocky Marciano lost at some point in their career.
"This was a policy enforcer for a governor, not some freedom fighter, " said a senior U.S. official briefed on the case.
Japan does not currently export fighter planes as a matter of policy.
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But humility is not required of fighter pilots and astronauts.
Hamidullah played with his wisp of facial hair as he told of how his family has collected letters from district officials vouching for his identity as a farmer and not a Taliban fighter.
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The price-tag of a legacy fighter may appear to be lower, but if it is less likely to survive combat, or its survival depends on support from electronic jammers and other helpers that a stealthy fighter does not need, then in the end the plane with the higher price-tag may turn out to be cheaper.
But in Italy, I learned I was just a fighter pilot, not a commercial aviation pilot.
Defence systems already exist for fighter jets but not for commercial aircraft.
"Every fighter wants recognition not just from his own people but from fans all over the world, " said Calzaghe, who will also be fighting at light-heavyweight for the first time.
Critics argue that, while it is true some of the high performance technologies essential to advanced fighter aircraft would not directly translate, the skills and industrial capabilities required to produce such specialized systems, however, could have considerable applicability to civil aircraft production.
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Today the Israel Air Force faces the prospect of not having a new-generation fighter.
But any cut in the plan would drive up the already high cost of the stealthy strike fighter in a way that might undermine political support, a fact not lost on Boeing marketers charged with keeping their company in the fighter business.
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Defense Secretary Gates, who is adamant about closing the door on the world's only fifth-generation fighter in service, does not intend to be outmaneuvered.
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Norway has said that the six fighter jets it contributed will not take any action as long as it remains unclear which country is going to command the multi-national force.
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"I'm a really good fighter even if I'm not playing well, " said Corretja.
The defense secretary had used a similar approach in dealing with the Air Force two years earlier, replacing a Secretary and Chief of Staff too committed to the F-22 fighter with new leaders who would not oppose his counter-insurgency-centered spending priorities.
The sheikh was clearly nervous and eager to leave, but not before first receiving a lecture from a rebel fighter.
And like the fighter he is facing, Donaire does not waste punches, but lands his power shots at a remarkable rate of 47%.
U.S. military officials, while conceding the American mistakes, emphasized that the Pakistanis should have known from the fighter jets and gunships that they were not firing on insurgents.
He did not know anything beyond the hiss and screech of fighter planes passing overhead and the missiles falling, the bears bellowing in another part of the fortress, and the sudden silence of the birds.
Meanwhile, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, which scrambled fighter jets for the wayward plane did not launch them, said it was reviewing procedures for launching the fighters to track potentially hijacked or suspicious aircraft.
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Wladimir pulled out of his defence against English fighter Chisora on Wednesday, claiming he could not take part because of a stomach injury.
Mr Trimble is a stubborn fighter, and is said to be determined not to step down as party leader even if he is defeated.
Vital vectoring data for fighter aircraft and SAM sites are, consequently, not available, thus denying an adversary the ability to conduct effective defensive operations.
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This has not stopped speculation that it will be Chen Long, a fighter pilot who has been to Russia to train with the cosmonaut programme.
The government has said it is confident there will not be a second U-turn on the type of fighter planes to be used on the navy's new aircraft carrier.
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