Two IRAF MiG-25s fired Use_firearm missiles at a group of F-15Cs escorting a bombing Attack run in Iraq ( which were evaded by the F-15s ) .

As Sercey left Departing Batavia he turned eastward along the northern coast of Java to avoid Preventing_or_letting the British commander in the region , Admiral Peter Rainier , who was escorting Patrolling four ships through the Straits of Malacca to the west .

The French squadron had sailed Self_motion from Brest in search of an inward bound British convoy in October , but instead encountered Hostile_encounter the two British ships returning Self_motion from escorting an outward-bound convoy .

On 9 February 1945 , a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered Bodily_harm many losses Earnings_and_losses , during an attack Attack on the German destroyer `` Z33 '' and its escorting Patrolling vessels ; the operation was called Name_conferral `` 'Black Friday ' '' by the Allied survivors .

Both sides subsequently claimed Statement that the other had refused Agree_or_refuse_to_act battle , although it was the allied squadron which withdrew Escaping , Hargood later successfully escorting Patrolling the China convoy Patrolling safely westwards .

This expedition , composed Come_together of seven ships of the line and three frigates under the orders of Rear-Admiral Richery sailed Self_motion from Cadiz in August 1796 accompanied by a much stronger Spanish squadron , commanded Control by General Solano , which had the aim of escorting it to the coast of Newfoundland .

84 was a strike Attack by 376 bombers of sixteen bomb groups against German heavy industry well beyond the range of escorting fighters .

The Spanish Armada ( ) was a Habsburg Spanish fleet of 130 ships that sailed Self_motion from Corunna in late May 1588 , under the command Control of the Duke of Medina Sidonia , with the purpose of escorting Patrolling an army from Flanders to invade England .

However , the USAAF introduced Choosing the P-51 Mustang , a fighter capable of escorting Patrolling the USAAF bombers to and from their targets Aiming in daylight .