He said the government was committed to improving the working conditions of fighter pilots.
An Israeli air force engineer even produced a matkot paddle made of fighter jet alloys.
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What kind of fighter could take that kind of beating and still be on his feet?
Hazel Gregory was 18 in 1940 and working as a plotter at the Headquarters of Fighter Command in Uxbridge.
The authorities in Azerbaijan this week said they had seized a Russian shipment of fighter aircraft bound for Yugoslavia.
Above the incessant ding-ding-ding is an aural hash of fighter jets, screaming monkeys, clattering coins and a bellowing Wizard of Oz.
Gairy is the type of fighter who will really make him think.
Last year America failed to sell India a big consignment of fighter jets, but that caused only a temporary ripple of bilateral irritation.
He also spoke candidly on the issue of fighter pilots wanting to quit the IAF for better salaries being offered by private Indian airlines.
Pacquiao, despite the two losses, is still a supremely talented southpaw, the type of fighter that Mayweather has historically had the most trouble with.
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This includes anti-radiation missiles designed to destroy enemy air defences, advanced radars for its fleet of fighter jets, KC135 refuelling aircraft and Osprey V22 transport aircraft.
The future of the base was secured this week with the government announcing that it would become the home of the next generation of fighter jets.
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The skies over Aleppo that used to buzz to the sound of attack helicopters and the roar of fighter jets are largely clear, at least for now.
But humility is not required of fighter pilots and astronauts.
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.
It lists those who received the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-45 Star for service in the air under the control of Fighter Command between 10 July and 31 October 1940.
The Abhijit Air Safety Foundation - formed in honour of fighter pilot Abhijit Gadgil who was killed in a crash three years ago - has been lobbying against the use of MiGs.
The Commons defence committee said it was clear the government's decision to change the variant of fighter jet for the UK's new carriers had been "rushed and based upon incomplete and inaccurate policy development".
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.
Given the relatively low costs of drones -- already far cheaper than the costs of a fighter jet and of training a fighter jet pilot -- armed drones will play a key role in future conflicts.
The range of the equipment is classified for military reasons, but a demonstration showed that a helicopter, so equipped, could hang back and be the eyes and ears of fighter planes battling ground or aerial targets around it.
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It hooks up hundreds of computers around the world to get them talking to one another at the same time to calculate acoustic and electromagnetic effects on the fuselages of fighter planes when they are in steep angles of attack.
The Marines are planning to buy a version of the fighter capable of short take-offs and vertical landings, which has been plagued by cost over-runs and development problems.
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One such edge case was Fighting is Magic, a fan-made 2D beat-em-up in the style of Street Fighter using the cast of Friendship is Magic.
Last November a pair of Iranian fighter planes fired on a drone conducting surveillance of Iran, but missed.
Al Jazeera broadcast what it said was footage from inside Qusayr showing the body of a fighter wearing an ammunition vest in the back of a truck and the bodies of bearded military-age men at a field hospital, shrouded in white sheets and being readied for burial in accordance with Islamic traditions.
Enter the cockpit of a fighter plane and you will be amazed by the myriad arrays of display panels and complex control systems.
Aerospace contractor Northrop Grumman is developing an unmanned combat jet the size of a fighter plane.
The next generation of European fighter jets, he says, should be a more co-ordinated effort.
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